Thread: Scribbly notes from the shed

Originally Posted by Frank&Earnest

Sorry, I do not get it: there is no transfer to vertical spin in that sketch. You might as well have the "drum" on the same shaft with the propeller. What do you want to do? If the "drum" is the same as the "barrel" of your previous post and you want to tumble small things in it, and the problem is only to transfer the rotation from the propeller in a high place down to an accessible level, your sketch is fine. The swivel at the base vould be better for stability on a wide area, eg a circle of ballbearing balls around it like a lazy susan, to help avoiding the force of the wind bending it.

Sorry for the confusion Frank&E and thanks for your input. The scetch is a deviation away from my initial thought as I was thinking the propeller (if that's the right word) would need to be big to turn heavy metal mechanics, gears and a vertical shaft. I was hoping to achieve turning a small plastic drum with about a kilo of weight tumbling in it with a 50 to 80 cm propeller. Your right about the drum/barrel, it could be on the same shaft and yes the pulley/belt setup was for easier access to the drum but a ladder is not beyond the realms.

No problem then. If I were doing it, however, it would be much simpler and space saving using a $5 recycled washing machine motor and a belt. Your solution is more environmentally friendly, though.

I'm not very happy with it but stage one of the night nest is completed ready for a dunk in tea then to soak up some liquid nightmare, all is at risk I'm trying to source some black or midnight blue silk yarn to wrap and stitch to both inside and outside, the sooner the copper wire is covered up the more satisfied I'll be. Que Sera Sera
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Originally Posted by springwater

Sorry for the confusion Frank&E and thanks for your input. The scetch is a deviation away from my initial thought as I was thinking the propeller (if that's the right word) would need to be big to turn heavy metal mechanics, gears and a vertical shaft. I was hoping to achieve turning a small plastic drum with about a kilo of weight tumbling in it with a 50 to 80 cm propeller. Your right about the drum/barrel, it could be on the same shaft and yes the pulley/belt setup was for easier access to the drum but a ladder is not beyond the realms.

it would have to windy to turn it
the trouble with wind drive is to get them moving with a load
a better windmill would be a 60ltr drum cut down the middle and joined so they face diffrent ways and run vertical it would supply more power

just a idea

Originally Posted by SPIRIT

it would have to windy to turn it
the trouble with wind drive is to get them moving with a load
a better windmill would be a 60ltr drum cut down the middle and joined so they face diffrent ways and run vertical it would supply more power

just a idea

Thanks SPIRIT, I can see your suggestion working and have given thought to the dead weight budging problem. Trouble is I don't want the windmill waking up the neighbours, scaring the birds away or otherwise attracting attention. Todays thoughts drifted into a "western red" cedar box enclosing the workings, a cedar barrel to soften the tumbling sounds, a few chimes from time to time and woody woodwind. Holy Moses, before I know it I'll be making a no man band

I have to move house soon so I'm thinking small and portable but more likely put on the back burner 'til things settle.

Soaked in a cup of tea twenty four hours and back it goes. Tea cleans copper well
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Originally Posted by springwater

Thanks SPIRIT, I can see your suggestion working and have given thought to the dead weight budging problem. Trouble is I don't want the windmill waking up the neighbours, scaring the birds away or otherwise attracting attention. Todays thoughts drifted into a "western red" cedar box enclosing the workings, a cedar barrel to soften the tumbling sounds, a few chimes from time to time and woody woodwind. Holy Moses, before I know it I'll be making a no man band

I have to move house soon so I'm thinking small and portable but more likely put on the back burner 'til things settle.

no worries

With a hint of Spring, blue skies, the weekend at last and a mongrel flu which has made me feel like a wandering Wildebeest for two weeks, only little got done.

The little night nest is dry after emerging from the liquid nightmare mix and instead of being black bears the colour of yuk brown one shade lighter than sludge brown with patches of rust But we forge ahead, a rotary wire brushing and further staining with black ink should bring things around, I hope Put aside for the mo, I started on a Willy Wagtail which is to be perched on the edge of the nest where chicks, mouth gaping will be nestled. With the intention of finishing the bird and starting the chicks over the weekend snuffed by another surge of mongrel flu, I crawled inside, found a comfy chair and had a grandpa snooze with two dogs

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One ugly yuk brown nest.
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Scribbly birds, yuk brown nests' shadow and my last bit of Blackwood.
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First cut out. Concerned about whether the cranky bit of Blackwood would hold together, I made two, just in case. Eventually they'll get their turn in liquid nightmare which will make Blackwood go, well black in keeping with the night nest theme.
I new I didn't really like the profile but at this stage I'd stuffed tissues up my nostrils The things we do for love
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A little bit more statified.
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As far as I got before hayfever and mongrel flu got the better of me

Great to see! Well, no the flu bit obviosly. You sure its not bird flu?

Originally Posted by tea lady

Great to see! Well, no the flu bit obviosly. You sure its not bird flu?

Feels like...
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First size up to the gloomy nest balancing act...good news is the blackwood looks like holding together...Perkins looks worried

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Wood impersonating a bird strangely

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Spent a some time trying to find Willy Wagtail in the wood today. Late in the day things were going well...why ...did I continue Fumbled, dropped, reflex caught and crack, Willy no Wagtail no more

Rotary wire brushed the nest to get the rust off and it's come up better ready for the yarn and stuff wrapping which I'm still trying to source, running out of time.

Here's Willy Wagtail's friend Stumpy:

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Checking size and position a moment before disaster struck
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Willy no Wagtail
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Back on the perch
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Legless

A little progress on night nest. Begginnings of the wrapping in Merino, Mohair, cotton and linen threads with copper wire yet to be aged, lots more to go. Temporary base to come off, a "false" floor to put in and bells hung from underneath. Cracked bird in liquid nightmare bath.
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