The Woodshop Shed

Pileated Woodpeckers Whiligig

Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)


This is a whirligig with a couple of woodpeckers poking holes in a pecan log. The birds and all the frame works are made from mahogany with Delrin bushings for the rod and black nylon cams to work the birds. I mounted it on a bearing so it swivels to catch the wind. I had to use cams because I don't think I could have formed cranks on that 3/16” steel rod to be exactly across from each other and small enough to go through the log.The woodpeckers are mounted onto aluminum plates epoxied into the log .I put gun bluing on the steel rod to help keep it from rusting in the future.The prop is 17” across.Cheers, Jim

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