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Old 05-05-2006, 09:11   #29
Bill Harsey
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
You say that in jest, but I would bet that if there were enough body panels for the vanes, a load of steel pipe, and a welder, we could make a windmill from a car, to include using the water pump for the pump and the pulleys and belts to drive it.

Just a thought.

TR
I wasn't completely joking. Your exactly correct, I'd also want a cutting torch in the "shop truck" and a good angle grinder that would run off the power supply built into the portable gas powered welder.

This would be a good test of mechanical/fabrication skills.
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