Been going to make a Whirligig for yonks
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martinka
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It's a shame you can't get the materials from the charity shops, like you can for woodwork
technium
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Claymore":1mq5oydz said:
Best source for Angle Iron is the road signs, they just leave them everywhere
Can I ask where you guys source your wood, do you go skip diving for odds and ends or just purchase new?
thanks
technium":2a2g0e3p said:
My local recycling tip will let you take as much wood away as you want. There is some great wood in old furniture.
All my woodturning stuff is donated or self-felled.
If I had to buy wood, I'd have a different hobby.
technium
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Thanks all, ive just emailed our local recycling center to see if they would allow me to collect wood as ours you chuck over a wall so would never special access so I doubt they will allow me but worth a try. Also I will look into the project places. Do you make a donation or get it free. Also you mention charity shops but arent the stuff they sell too expensive or are you on about their scrap wood items?
thanks
Colin
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Colin
Well, the Zombie one is no more... Despite a good slathering of lacquer, the plywood blades delaminated to the point where one failed completely and the whole thing shook itself to pieces in the high winds recently.
Sooooo, I made a new one based on the 'Forever Grinding' whirligig by Anders S. Lunde.
This one only uses hardwood scraps, no ply or softwood anywhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqA4mAi_tJQ
... and the chickens seem to like it.
... and yes, he's sharpening a Stanley knife blade. :-D
Sooooo, I made a new one based on the 'Forever Grinding' whirligig by Anders S. Lunde.
This one only uses hardwood scraps, no ply or softwood anywhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqA4mAi_tJQ
... and the chickens seem to like it.
... and yes, he's sharpening a Stanley knife blade. :-D
technium
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Great, I like it. nice touch with teh Stanley blade.
martinka
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I like that Naz, I must have a go at one of those animated ones. I rebuilt my girly wig last week and it's been performing great in this weekends wind. I also resurrected my bandsaw by making some new parts on the lathe. It cuts better, straighter and quieter than it did when I bought it, though that's not saying much as it was already about 20 years old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W61y69g4XQs
I used a cam and a push-rod to lift the carrot, much easier than messing about with a crank mechanism.
I used a cam and a push-rod to lift the carrot, much easier than messing about with a crank mechanism.
martinka
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I like it! Is that one your own pattern? Nowt wrong with the painting, and even if it doesn't look like bird %^&* now, it will do when the birds have finished using it for target practice.
