Portland's gas-powered leaf blower ban goes into effect

https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2026/01/portlands-gas-powered-leaf-blower-ban-goes-into-effect.html

#HackerNews #Portland #Leaf #Blower #Ban #Environment #Sustainability #CleanAir #GreenCity

Ont. man charged, to appear in court

Updated: December 08, 2025 at 2:46PM EST Published: December 08, 2025 at 1:56PM EST A 57-year-old man in Sault Ste.…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Assault #bail #blower #CA #Canada #Canadian #ChristopherWright #court #Crime #Justice #Law #neighbors #neighbours #ontario #police #Sault #snow #snowblower #Society #SSMPS #undertaking
https://www.newsbeep.com/297606/

Wasp Blower

https://softsolder.com/2025/08/12/wasp-blower/

#HackerNews #Wasp #Blower #WaspControl #InsectRepellent #Innovation #TechNews

When the guy who invented the leaf blower died, did they just scatter his ashes over the neighbouring graves?

(Yes, neighbours clearing their snow with a leaf blower is a sore point for me. The prevailing winds mostly dump it on my driveway.)

#leaf #blower #LeafBlower #neighbour #neighbor #inconsiderate

I'm going to have a bit of a #tech #rant (less charitable people might say #whine) here. If you just want jokes and cute bunny pictures, feel free to skip this one.

Object of my #ire this week? #Furnaces. I'm not even going to rant about their main control boards; most of that's been said better than I could say it, by others with more knowledge than I.

I'm ranting about #furnace #motors.

Ages ago, furnaces had one #motor in them, to spin the #blower that moves air through your house.

1/x

26 août 2022

Quand la fièvre s'épanche
Le ventilateur tu rebranches

#photodujour #journalphoto #defi #quotidien #artiste #photographe #pictureoftheday #photodiary #challenge #artist #photographer #ventilateur #grille #soir #evening #fan #ventilator #blower #grid #fievre #fever #photo

3D-Printed Parts Let You Assemble Your Own Biggest Fan

It's getting close to the time of year when we need to start carefully vetting projects here at Hackaday. After all, nobody likes to get punked by an early April Fool's joke. But as silly as this outsized PC fan looks, it sure seems like a legit build, if a bit on the pointless side.

Then again, perhaps pointless is too harsh a word to use. This 500-mm fan is by [Angus] over at Maker's Muse, and it represents a lot of design work to make it buildable, as well as workable and (mostly) safe. Using both CNC-cut MDF and printed parts, the fan is an embiggened replica of a normal-sized case fan. The fan's frame had to be printed in four parts, which lock together with clever interlocking joints. Each of the nine blades locks into a central hub with sturdy-looking dovetails.

And sturdy is important, as the fan is powered by a 1,500 Watt brushless DC motor. With a 4:1 reduction thanks to a printed gear train, the fan spins at around 3,300 RPM, which makes a terrifying noise. There's a little bit of "speed-wobble" evident, but [Angus] managed to survive testing. The fan, however, did not -- the 3D-printed gears self-destructed after a full-speed test, but not before the fan did its best wind tunnel imitation. And the RGB LEDs looked great.

This one reminds up of something we might see [Ivan Miranda] come up with. In fact, his super-sized 3D printer might have been just the thing to shorten [Angus]' print times.

#3dprinterhacks #3dprinting #bldc #blower #dovetail #esc #fan #leds #rgb