wind powered bubble machine

it can hang on a fishing rod, a kite line, a tree ...
when there is no wind, You can swing it.
The size of the Bubble machine is aprox 50 cm x 25 cm.

Video

stainless steel chain, 3d printed cogwheel

unscrewable pinwheel

manual

Assembling medium and large bubble machine: 

Check if the bubble wands are bent from transport, they should spinn free in the trough. 

Plug the stick of the vane in the hole and fix it with the silicon tube.

Please rinse the bubble machine after use and allow it to dry.
It is not designed to stay permanently outdoors. 

 

Ideal wind range is 5 to 10 kmh, it works up to 15 kmh. 

 

 

 

Recipe for bubble juice: 

 

- 1000 ml water 

 

- 1 gram Guar Gum 

 

- 2 grams baking powder 

 

- 40 ml dishwashing liquid Fairy or Dawn 

 

- (optional) alcohol (isopropyl alcohol or grain alcohol or glycerine or propylene glycol or PEG). This liquid makes it easy to mix the guar gum without clumping. If you mix the guar gum powder first with any one of the liquids in the preceding list and then add then the water, there will be no clumping. Only a little bit is used. 

 

Alternative it is also possible to mix first the guar with the dishwashing liquid and add then the water. 

 

Source: http://soapbubble.wikia.com/wiki/Recipes_Guar_EAS

 

 

Troubleshooting: 

 

Dirt in the gear holes: Pull away the silicon tubes and  move the gear shafts in the holes. 

 

A loose pinwheel can be fixed with superglue. 

 

Worn out ribbon: Cut off the knot and shorten it a bit with a new knot, or replace it with a new bungee cord from the sewing accessories shop