Monthly Archives: October 2012

Building a Homemade Wind Generator Brake

Our home wind generator features a charge controller with a regulation feature, which the manufacturer claims eliminates the need for an actual brake for the mechanism. When charging reaches a preset voltage level, the prop slows itself, and will eventually … Continue reading

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Simple Pleasures: Writing With a Fountain Pen

I’ve been focusing the last few posts on cursive writing and its uses. To return to the topic one more time, I’d like to recommend my favorite tool for this particular job: a fountain pen. The fountain pen is almost … Continue reading

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