wind vane
Ray Mtn. Home Ar.
Between jobs in the machine shop. Its to hot to work on wood in the pole barn so I dug out some scrap copper and stainless rod and made this. It still needs to be cleaned up a little.
wind vane
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Philip F Duffy
FYI, the Abby Aldrich Museum here in Colonial Williamsburg has a fascinating collection of early American weather vanes which you might find interesting and inspirational should you have a chance to visit. P
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Howard Rosenberg
That looks great.
How thick is the copper? And how do you mount it to your off?
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Ray Mtn. Home Ar.
The copper is 1/16 thick and it will probably get put on a fence post 0r on the bird feeder.
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Pete in Holland MI
Wondering about your pivot. I made a vane in high school shop class. Teacher had me us a pipe on the moving part, and a steel rod on the stationary part. Prior to final assembly on the roof, grease it, and put a ball bearing on the rod prior to assembly. Makes for a good pivoting point. Still pointing the right direction 35 years later (got greased a couple times since).
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Howard Rosenberg
Very cool
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Ray Mtn. Home Ar.
It spins on a hdpe plastic bushing.