A weather vane is also called a wind vane. It is a tool for measuring wind direction. It spins on a rod and points in the direction from which the wind comes. The weather vane is one of the oldest ...

GRAND RAPIDS — Recently we have had some very windy days, but do we always know which direction the wind is blowing? In today's weather experiment we are going to build a wind vane or weather vane to ...

Problem: build a combined anemometer and wind vane where the pivots for both sensors are coaxial. Solution: turn an old universal motor into a step-wise potentiometer for the wind vane, and then pull ...

For retired brewery designer Frank Santner, not only is beer in his blood – it’s on his lawn. About a half-dozen wind vanes made from beer and soda cans dot the front yard of his College Park home. “I ...

Weather vanes may have different appearances, but they generally have one thing in common, and that is the direction the "arrow" points with respect to wind direction. That part of the vane opposite, ...

Last summer, Vermont’s Burlington Free Press reported on a stolen weather vane. It wasn’t just any petty theft. The perpetrator went so far as to build and silently install a replica of the ...

Long ago, weather vanes were utilitarian objects, used by farmers to forecast weather conditions. Now they are sought for their decorative appeal and as prized collectors’ items. Last fall, a 62-inch ...

Children, ages 6 and up, can create their own whimsical wind vane at the Cambrian Library, 1780 Hillsdale Ave. Wind, a powerful yet invisible force of nature, can be an intriguing topic for youngsters ...

Double-fin vanes which have their fins at angles >10° with the vane axis may refuse to point into the wind, having instead two symmetric equilibrium positions at angles up to 16° with respect to the ...

Wind generator vanes can suffer degradation by erosion, particularly at their outer edge, produced by particles (dust, sand, etc.) which are present suspended in the air. Wind generator vanes can ...