Thanks for the video. I'm in the process of building a windmill and I hadn't decided how I was going to tackle the sails. Your video just made my decision for me!
Great Video, watching this was like being explained to like my Opa would in the Workshop. I’m hoping to get My Sons as interested in Woodworking as I am
Fantastic videos Tim. Really enjoyed watching these. I need to downscale though as I have a scroll saw and much smaller tools. I want to make windmill planters for the garden. You explained everything in great detail and I completely appreciate the hard work you put into these videos. I've never made a windmill before and thought I would have to scroll saw every hole out of the windmill arms. Now that would take me ages to do. I completely forgot about the angle of the spinning blades and the extra wood used inside the mill to screw into. I use this wood all of the time to make clocks and wall art. I will be building a jig tomorrow and will be teaching myself angles on the scroll saw. I do have a table saw, but it has no proper guards to it and I feel unsafe working to precision. Your work is amazing! Thank you for making these and making woodwork easier for us. Many thanks again, Lou xxx
@@TimTools99 They have indeed Tim. I wanted to make a start today, but we've had nothing but problems with the car. Starter motor on Tuesday. Not that. New battery in the pouring rain this morning. Got absolutely soaked. Still wouldn't start! Turned out to be a dodgey ignition barrel. Just finished fitting it before and perfect! Result! Onto the windmill tomorrow. I will post a picture as soon as I've finished it to show you. Will be watching your videos a few times to get this right. Cant thank you enough for posting your videos. I think your amazing! Catch up soon. Lou xxxx
So pleased I watched your videos, they gave me the inspiration to to build my own. I added a few ideas of my own. I had the shaft running in ball bearings and I mounted the roundhouse on a Lazy Suzan type bearing, I think that’s what they are called. I also added a fan tail on the back of the roundhouse. Thank you so much I am so pleased with my creation
I love your works. I enjoyed a lot and learnt each part. Now I am going to build similar type as I do not have all tools you have. Thank you sir for your beautiful video
I followed your tutorial and I built one for myself. Thanks so much for a great and indepth tutorial. I wish I could send a picture in the comments so you could see it.
Thanks Tim! I live in a Dutch community in Wisconsin and we’re actually starting up a festival this next year called Windmill Days. So I went in search of a DIY video on how to make a windmill for my front yard. I’m gonna give this a try. Wish me luck!
@@TimTools99 Now that we're all home-bound and it's getting kind of warmer up here in the north, I wanted to get started on this. Do you have a list of all the materials and tools I'll need? I could write it all out by-rewatching the videos, but I thought if you had it, I could avoid that. Thanks!
@@mattdougherty6722 Yes ... but I tend to do stuff on the cheap. In the long run. I know it would pay to use materials that could stand up to the rain and snow. If I make any more of these, I will spend the money and get the right outside materials.
Wonderful instructional video. Just built a Dutch Windmill and it came out very nicely. I also adapted your initial windmill design to build a 5 foot lighthouse. Would have liked to have shared here but do not see a way of attaching photos. Anyway, thanks for the inspiration!
Just come back from Holland wanted to make one .and found your channel on these gonna make one thanks Tim gr8 job .ive subscribed ,hey I have a compressor and nail gun lightweight surprised you don't have one certainly time saving and convenient for that awkward nailing 👍
Oh! I would love to go to Holland. Yea, I "had" a nail gun but it broke and I haven't replaced it yet. I really need to do that. Hope you make yourself a windmill! Good luck Anthony.
Awesome Sir thks for sharing your project with us how much wood you sell something like this thks again l,m going to try l live in Canada 🇨🇦 SK Dalmeny on a farm wood be nice to put out front yard
Hello Tony. That is a problem for sure, especially with using that 1/4" luan for the sails. I am going to replace that with plastic strips. I guess i would recommend a marine grade plywood or just keep the unit painted often.
Hi, Tim. Nice work. I came across this video when doing a search for working models of Dutch windmills. I have some water draining through my backyard ALL THE TIME and thought it would be neat to use a small model of a windmill to pump it away. No electrical parts--just the old-school way the Dutch used to do it before steam/coal/electrical/etc. power came along. Any suggestions as to how to make a mechanism than can work with a small model that actually pumps water?
I have never built a water pump for a windmill but the spinning action of the windmill would need to be converted to an up and down pumping action . On the Amish mills around here, they have a gearbox that takes that spinning shaft and with a pinion arm riding around that gear it makes a rod go up and down. That long rod reaches from the mindmill up on the tower all the way down through a pipe underground to where the water is. That rod going up and down works the pump down there. So i don't know how you would make one. You could probably buy the gearbox etc but it's probably expensive. I'll have to think about this.
Tim amazing job im in the final stages of mine , did you paint and finish the windmill before you assembled as the paint job looks great especially the Details , the bluse slats look hard to pain after there assembled. thanks
Yes I painted then assembled. I used quality primer and paint but the plywood strips did not hold up.. I'm thinking of using metal for those next time.
Hi Tim what model is the desalt saw you use ,I don't think mines upto the job on 3 quarter ply time I bought a new one yours seems to be effortless cheers ant from Wales U k .and yes get to Holland it's beutifull get it on your bucket list lol .
Not sure what the model is on the DeWalt saw. It is a good saw though. I also had a porter cable saw that was even smoother running. Dropped that one off the roof and bent it all up. Ha! Take care over there in Wales U K
Nice work Tim! Im planning to make one myself but there is one thing im wondering. Does the "roundhouse" move according to the wind direction or is it solid in one direction?
I made one where the roundhouse turns with the wind direction. I stuck a 5/8 bolt down through the center and a turns on that. The other windmills i made have stationary roundhouses and i try to face the windmill toward the prevailing wind direction.
Hi Dale I made one and made a few modification to it but this was a great project the Hub i made was a 6" Diamater I used a 7x7 piece of ply to make it I also just a brad mailer using 3/4 brads to put the lats on the blade.
ok I made it earlier .... its all taken from your video ... still work to be done but heres what I got so far ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ROj63tqU-ac.html
Hello WoodRodent. I gave these away for Christmas presents. My family appreciated getting them. Maybe I should consider making a few to sell but I would need to streamline the process in order make more than $.50 an hour. Ha! Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.
Very beautiful windmill, love your result. You can also find these windmills in Denmark, also called Dutch windmills. Thank you for sharing your story. God bless you and your family
!! Wow thks for sharin this is Awesome to See Easy to build Looks Like Ya Got my Vote cause ya Have this going to try and Build this in Winter it,s 2022Now hopefully ya Still around Made it through Covid Ok Keep up the Great Work Keep them comin P.S. going to put Solar Light in Mine Just added Touch ok Ya Should Patten these are !!!! GREAT
What motor are you using and where did you purchase please, trying to locate a 3v dc motor geared to 3 to 4 rpm for scaled down indoor windmill. I'm in UK. P.s nice build and great content
Hello. Sorry but I am not able to help you with making a bigger size windmill at this time. If you use the techniques I showed you in the video, you should be able to scale up to whatever size you want. Plywood is expensive so try to scale to a size that makes the best use of your lumber so you minimize waste. good luck
Netherland and Holland are not really two seperate places. North and South Holland are still the Netherlands, cause they also are simply provinces. Im clueless on why people think they are seperate places. Also, really nice video and cool build! Greetings from Zuid Holland but still the Netherlands ;)
We Americans tend to not know our geography too well. I was reading about Holland when I was making my windmills and learned a lot but there is so much I still don't know. My wife always wanted to visit Holland at tulip-time.
@@TimTools99 Most Dutchies are aware that Americans aint so great with Geography ;) Its cool that you are reading up into a subject and that you do your research! When you and your wife can go to here, go! Try to avoid Amsterdam tho, there are a lot of other places which are comparable but wayy less touristic :)
@@Sawer Yes and if they want to see the result of all the windmill activity they really need to visit The Polder. My grandfather was a bulldozer driver flattening the reclaimed land there.
@@TimTools99 Oh shit, Im sorry to hear this man! I suppose its part of life but that does not make it easier. Be good for yourself and be glad for the time you had with her.
Thank You for doing these videos. They are very helpful. I have subscribed to your channel and can't wait to what else you have to offer to everyone. This is so great. I really love how they came out.
That is a real problem. I primed this with a good oil based primer then double coated with exterior paint. after three years the luan that I used for the sails is falling apart. This 1/4" plywood is not meant for outside! I'm now rethinking what I should use for the sails that would be lightweight and weatherproof.
