Whirly Bird

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