I met this couple in a woodworking booth at the Alto car show and they asked me if I could build a replacement bird for on top of their mailbox post. I said I could do it sometime and gave him my card. Well he came over yesterday with his well worn bird with a damaged wing and I cut him a new one last night. I bushed the wings with brass and put an aluminum shaft through the bird so you can fully tighten the screws without the wings binding. I put an aluminum shaft, with steps turned it ,to mount the bird on so it would never sit low enough to have the wings hit the post The body is cedar and the wings are treated pine. I made a quick and dirty fixture to hold the wings at 21 degrees on the band saw that worked really well. It is unfinished- he will paint it.
Cheers, Jim
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
Thank you all for the nice comments! He was in no hurry, but when I get a project in my shop for someone else, I try to get it out as soon as possible because there are 5 more going on all the time in there!!
Hi Ducky, I was going to set up the mill and cut the 21 degree with a long end mill, but this tapered block was whole lot quicker. They are counter rotating wings so I cut one on one end of the block and the other on on the opposite end- There are 2 dowel holes in the angled block
Cheers, Jim
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
Thanks, John. I guess I'm a pragmatist! I make a drawing of several options and then try out the easiest ones first. My next one for this was to make a 21 degree set up in the mill and I'm glad the first one worked! Cheers, Jim
ps. I was thinking of the 3 machines I would want to keep if I had no room for the others and they would be the band saw, the floor model drill press and the lathe!
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
