Etape 1
Make two holes in a film
can near its opening.
Press two straw pieces as
bush bearings.

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Etape 2This is a view from the top with the two straws push through the holes of the film can.

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Etape 3Take a piece of rubber
and stick two neodymium magnets in between.

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Etape 4Poke a piece of bicycle
spoke in the rubber as the axle or the shaf.

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Etape 5And now weave the two
bicycle spokes in the two bearings.

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Etape 6
One hole in the film can
is split.
This helps to put the axle in place.

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Etape 7Wind 800 turns of thin enamelled (insulated) copper wire (36 gauge) aroung the film can.

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Etape 8Scrape the copper wire ends with sand paper and connect them to a LED.

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Etape 9When rotating the spoke,
the LED should light up.

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Etape 10Fold a strip of stiff
card to create a turbine.

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Etape 11This is the turbine finished

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Etape 12Attach the turbine to
the end of the bicycle spoke.

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Etape 13Using two sticks, fix and glue the generator to a bottle cap with a
hole.

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Etape 14Screw
the cap on a plastic bottle with the bottom part cut off.

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