Wood Chopper Whirligig

Good job

-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability

Really nice, where did you come up with the layout?

-- "older I get, the more fun I have"

Geeze, you guys that make these toys and whirlygigs just blow me away. Great job!

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These are so cool, I really need to make one of these for my back yard…. It just screams a woodworker lives here. Do you have plans for this? I would be very interested in any info you could provide. Thx Great job….

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

I got the plans from this book. Making Animated Whirligigs (Dover Woodworking)

I did modified the plans a little. I ended up using a branch for the chopping block as I forgot to cut out the chopping block. The sail is also smaller as I couldn’t resaw a piece of 6×8in pine on my tablesaw. My sail is 4×6 in. The sail has no problem directing the blades into the wind.

I couldn’t bend a 1/4 bolt over a rock in my backyard so I used a brass rod as suggested in another whirligig book found here: The Art And Craft of Whirligig Construction

However I just hammered the brass over the edge of a sledge hammer instead of soldering.
If I had an anvil I could have bend the 1/4in carriage bolt no problem.

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Looks perfect to me and very fun to have that. Well executed and love the colors.

Great job, love this

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This is really nice. Congratualtions.

Making a whirligig like these is definitely on my list – even got a book on whirligigs for Christmas.

Only trouble is: so many ideas, so little time.

But. we’ll get to it some time

greetings from Germany

Josef