Wind spiral

[Popeye]

This isn't really finished yet. I saw something like this at fair/craft thing down here and liked it. Looked like an excellent way to use up cutoffs the normally would go into the trash. I'm gonna shoot it with lacquer tomorrow.

Pat

[TheRic]

Nice!!! Can you give a little detail on it? Does each stick spin, or does the whole thing move as one ( lean toward the latter). How did you attach them together?? Any thing you would do different? Dimensions?

[Popeye]

Nice!!! Can you give a little detail on it? Does each stick spin, or does the whole thing move as one ( lean toward the latter). How did you attach them together?? Any thing you would do different? Dimensions?

Sorry, I know better
This one is 3/8" x 3/4" x 7" sticks drilled in the center. About 27" tall. Most of the scrap in this is from a chunk of treated 1x. The whole thing is clamped on a piece of 1/4" all thread. Tighten it down to the point that you can just twist the pieces and work your way down and then tighten the nuts alittle more. I ground the top of the allthread flat and found some small split ring key chain looking things in the craft dept (around ear ring parts) at Walmart. One #1 swivel snap and heavy fishing line and it's ready to hang. Since I saw something like this at the Crawfish festival I've seen painted ones and all sorts of variations on the net. Pat

[cgallery]

Far out. That photo makes it look 5' tall, BTW. I wonder whether dimensional changes in the lumber will cause the threaded rod to loosen over time.

[Popeye]

Far out. That photo makes it look 5' tall, BTW. I wonder whether dimensional changes in the lumber will cause the threaded rod to loosen over time.

Might, but a tweak with a couple of 7/16" wrenches should make quick work of it. I really don't see these as something will last for years and years but the total cost not counting your time runs about $3 including finish. Now that I think about it, this would be a great project for me and my grandson. Gramps cuts the parts, Lance drills the holes and does the assembly. He and his daddy hang it outside his window. Dang, I like it Pat

[lrogers]

Careful Pat. Those things sell like wildfire at craft shows/flea markets. You made have stumbled into a full time job.

[Popeye]

Not exactly "Fine woodworking" but I can see some fun in it for awhile. Won't toss so many scraps of hardwood for a bit. Pat

[SARGE..g-47]

My first words after seeing it were, "what is it and what useful purpose does it serve? If I want wind spiraling, I can just go seek out the eye of a tornado"...

The lovely lady that lives at my house first words were, "It's beautiful and I want one for the deck"!

So Pat... ya can just kiss my southern hinny from over there in Woodbine, GA., which is well in range of over here in Lawrenceville for posting the pic and giving the "boss" new ideas of what I will be doing down the road.

OK... so it looks really nice.. whatever a wind spiral is? ha.. ha... ha..ha..ha..

Regards from L'ville...

[Popeye]

The lovely lady that lives at my house first words were, "It's beautiful and I want one for the deck"!

So Pat... ya can just kiss my southern hinny from over there in Woodbine, GA., which is well in range of over here in Lawrenceville for posting the pic and giving the "boss" new ideas of what I will be doing down the road.



Regards from L'ville...[/quote]

Sarge, ya just can't let them look over your shoulder when you're on net. See what it get's ya?? Pat

[mater]

A good way to use cutoffs. If my daughter sees it then I will be trying to do one.

[Perfidiajoe]

Pat, Even fooling around, You do good work!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday!!!!!!! come Monday.

[John Hunter]

Very neat!

[atgcpaul]

I ground the top of the allthread flat and found some small split ring key chain looking things in the craft dept (around ear ring parts) at Walmart. One #1 swivel snap and heavy fishing line and it's ready to hang.

I really like it. Can you elaborate on how you attach the snap ring to the
all-thread. Maybe a close-up?

Thanks,

Paul

[Mrs. Wallnut]

Careful Pat. Those things sell like wildfire at craft shows/flea markets. You made have stumbled into a full time job.

Around here those things and other things that hang in the wind and spin and turn and are nice to look at sell like crazy. But of course we have the wind blowing around here75% of the time.

Pat I like the one that you did, it is bigger than the one that my parents had for years. The one they bought was about 12 inches long. And as usual nice job on it.

[Popeye]

I really like it. Can you elaborate on how you attach the snap ring to the
all-thread. Maybe a close-up?

Thanks,

Paul

Yep, found the little mini key ring looking things with the ear ring parts at WalMart.

Pat