Level Up Your Circuit Sculpture Skills

Building a circuit sculpture is a great way for an electronics hobbyist to show off their skills and create something useful all at the same time. But let’s be honest — most circuit sculptures look like jumbles of wires soldered together with little aesthetic appeal. The fact of the matter is that it takes more skill to create a circuit sculpture than most people expect.

YouTuber Huy Vector, on the other hand, knows exactly what it takes to create a beautiful and functional circuit sculpture. Vector’s latest creation is a DIY windmill desk lamp that would look great on any desk, and he carefully walks through the build process to help the rest of us level up our skills.

Vector carefully forms 1mm-thick brass wire into the blades and body of the windmill. A DC gear reduction motor spins the blades, each of which is equipped with a 29mm Edison LED bulb to provide a warm, pleasing glow. The base of the windmill is composed of a DC motor speed controller board. The base and a pair of 16340 batteries are installed on a bamboo coaster. A dial on the speed controller adjusts how fast the windmill’s blades spin.

The full parts list is available here. With that in hand, careful watching (and some rewinding) of the video should be all you need to create your own windmill lamp.