SteveJ
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Made this for my wife - next one will use slats from our children's crib - this was my first attempt at a wind spinner and I didn't want to mess up the crib pieces!
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MRDucks2
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I have always liked those. The idea of adding the image with the laser is a good one.
Kenny Durrant
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Cool. Did you engrave the image with the slats flat then stager them? Neat idea.
SteveJ
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Yes After staggering the pieces I applied the finish.
Woodchipper
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Very nice and, I'm sure, took lots of patience to position the slats. Something unique to decorate the house.
My wife would love to have the hummingbird spinner. We got a magazine a few years ago, Birds and Blooms, that was the summer hummingbird edition. Since then, we set out 5 hummingbird feeders. I recommend the magazine, too.
My wife would love to have the hummingbird spinner. We got a magazine a few years ago, Birds and Blooms, that was the summer hummingbird edition. Since then, we set out 5 hummingbird feeders. I recommend the magazine, too.
TellicoTurning
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Haven't tried one of those yet, but I did see some for sale at the Apple Store in Townsend, TN on one of our trips to Gatlinburg. Pretty cool spinning in the wind.
Another thing I want to try in the future is a wind harp... we had enough wind last night with the rain to really have played a tune on a wind harp.
Another thing I want to try in the future is a wind harp... we had enough wind last night with the rain to really have played a tune on a wind harp.
SteveJ
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A wind harp!!! I had never seen those - they sure can get expensive - and they seem beyond my abilities.
The wind spinner slat arrangement isn't really too difficult. Precision isn't necessary, so I just eyeballed moving each slat about 1/4 off the previous one to get this shape. My laser can't do larger images than what is on this, but I hope to do multiple images on the next one - with baby pictures on one side and the matching "now" picture on the other side.
The wind spinner slat arrangement isn't really too difficult. Precision isn't necessary, so I just eyeballed moving each slat about 1/4 off the previous one to get this shape. My laser can't do larger images than what is on this, but I hope to do multiple images on the next one - with baby pictures on one side and the matching "now" picture on the other side.