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1.From a piece of Plexiglas, measure and cut two 8cm by 8cm pieces.
2.Cut out four more pieces of Plexiglas, each of them 3.65 cm by 8 cm.
3.Drill holes in the exact centers of the two larger pieces. Make sure the holes are just big enough for the nail to pass through and turn easily.
4.Use the silicone caulking to attach the two large pieces to two of the smaller pieces. (The remaining two pieces can be attached after the generator is working.)
5.Slide the nail through the holes, and attach 2 magnets to each side of the nail. If the magnets are not balanced evenly, add small cardboard or Plexiglas spacers in between the two magnets so they do not tilt to any side.
6.Try to spin the nail. If the magnets do not spin, then the magnets must be glued or taped to the nail.
7.Wrap at least 375 turns of wire around the Plexiglas container so that there is wire parallel to and on both sides of the nail. There should be approximately 10 cm of wire remaining on both ends.
8.Attach the 1.5 volt 25miliAmp light bulb to the generator. Take off any plastic at the ends of the generator’s wire, and twist the wires of the generator with those of the light bulb.
9.To make sure that the generator works, crank the nail very fast. There should be a small glow coming from the light bulb.
10.Attach the final two pieces of Plexiglas to the bottom and top of the generator.
11.Glue one propeller to one side of the nail.