Making whirligigs is a very enjoyable activity, in this series of videos I will go through all the stages of making a whirligig. this video is an extra covering obtaining rods for use in the models.
Well, the old saying "ONE MANS JUNK IS ANOTHER MANS TREASURE" and by gosh you have the gold mine! I really like re-purposing unused items into something useful. Don't throw it away give it to us! Good video.
Many thanks for your comment, Sorry I took along time to reply, (only just noticed the comment) you are 100% correct about junk being treasure. There is a saying "There is no such thing as Junk, it's just stuff in the wrong hands" .
Ive come back to this i was looking at price of rods was about a fiver for a ft length so some good tips here to find rods from every day items, well done for bringing it to our attention fellow scrimper lol,
@@scrimperuk I know i cant let things go ,soon as i go to the tip im straight in the scrap metal skip ,the stuff ive got out of there makes my eyes pop when i stare in lol i hate waste.
@@indianatone218 It hurts me to see how much useful stuff people throw away, We are ultimate recyclers and the planet would be a better place if more people saved things more rather than scrapping for no good reason.
Thanks so much...love your life experience, kindness and good insight. Our Cockers have enjoyed the foxes and crows videos. Grabbed some white-coated closet wire shelves, from the trash, and trimmed with a small bolt cutter. Inner wires are smaller and fit within small flexible copper tubing used on ice makers. It makes a wonderful bearing for these closet wires and small pieces of copper tubing can be pinched on as a spacer or end stop. Outer closet edge wires are slightly larger and also fit the 1/4" flexible copper tubing and work swell for the top of your support pole. All are rust proof coated and paint well. Nice firm wire that holds it shape but a little tough to cut. You have a place in our home and in our new whirligig....Many Thanks JIM
I believe you and I are kindred spirits on opposite sides of the ocean. I see the repurposing of items all the time. Thanks for the tutorials on the whirligigs. I am going to start making them and appreciate the ideas. Thanks.
Yes it is amazing how many people throw away parts that can be used for other projects. I never scrap anything before dissecting it for any useful parts.
Sir, thank you SO much for this video! I'm just getting ready to start making whirlygigs and had no idea what to use for shafts other than buying threaded rod which is not fun to bend
The news this evening from down south. About a hundred shopping trolleys went missing last night at a morrisons supermarket, a man was reported today as the neighbour saw them all lined up and been broke into pieces when the policeman asked him what his game was he replied wirly gigs officer ,hes now behind bars and the wheels off the trolleys were salvaged and returned.
When we make do with what we have in my part of the world we call it,""working out of a hollow""! I like that you make do with whatever you can scrounge up?
I love how you repurpose things. I do to. I'm just learning how to make the whirligigs and am wondering if you have a video on how to bend the rods and get those cams just right in them.
Thanks for your comment Mr.Always. Somewhere amongst my whirligig videos I am sure that I do broach the subject of rod bending, but I don't remember which one.
Hi Larry the best shaft collars (IMHO) are the small brass Meccano ones (part no 59) or Meccano spring clips 9Part no 35) The Meccano brass wheels (part no 22) are very common and easy to obtain second hand, if you snap the tyre rim bit off you end up with a collar like part 59 with a grub screw or both fitted. You can even use brass connectors out of old electrical fitting as they have a hole for the cable and a small screw to hold it in place, you can drill out the hole if required.
