Ceiling Fan for Backyard Tent
Overview
Here's an easy and fun project to create a useful personal fan or one that can be hung inside a backyard tent.
Instructions
Gather materials: Hobby Motor; Cut into 3/4” slices Bicycle Innertube - 1” - 1.5” Diameter 1” to 2” piece; Glue Stick; Shears; Electrical or Masking Tape
Add a glue stick to a hobby motor and make it vibrate! Perfect for kinetic sculptures and tinkering.
Cut 1” - 2” off of a “mini” glue stick with heavy shears.
Push motor into the glue stick - place on table & push shaft in. Push in end for more vibration!
Twist the end of wires if they’re frayed!
Wrap wires with electrical tape where they contact motor to keep them from breaking off.
Cut a battery holder from a used bicycle innertube. Cut off 1/4” to 1/2”. Don’t use road bike tube
Test motor by inserting the wires under battery holders on each end.
Tape a small slice of a pool noodle to the glue stick or similar material to move air
Note: Rotating blades must rotate in direction so that the air moves outward away from motor