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diy-wood-garden-spinner-tube I wanted to have 2 layers that would spin independently so I decided on 5 petals for the front and 5 in the back. Prepare the top of the threaded rod so you can hang your wind spinner. More by the author:. I place them just to the outside of the ring. Reply Clay, if you have not already done so, try hanging your wind spinner using feet of string. Why not enter it into the Make it Move contest as well? Finally, place a washer and a diy wood garden spinner tube on the bottom then lightly tighten the nut.

You can build a wind spinner in as little as one to two hours. Wind spinners make great presents, and they have a good profit margin at craft fairs. The wood is cedar. A miter saw can be used to speed up this process. Notice how a stop block is clamped to the miter saw below.

This allows me to cut multiple pieces at once without stopping to measure. Using a miter saw to cut the wooden strips.

Make sure the holes are drilled in the center of the board. This will help ensure the spinner is balanced and will spiral properly. I am using a drill press with a stop block to speed up the process. This will also help ensure all the holes go through the center.

Notice in the image below, how I can drill holes in more than one piece at a time. Close-up view of drill press. Prepare the top of the threaded rod so you can hang your wind spinner. Option 1. Smash the end of the threaded rod with a hammer and drill a small hole in this end. Insert a fishing swivel into this small hole.

Option 2. Connect the threaded rod with an eye bolt using a coupling nut as shown below. Use epoxy or thread sealant Loctite on the threads to prevent them from loosening.

Threaded rod with fishing swivel. Insert a nut and washer on the top of the threaded rod. Then insert the rod through all strips of wood. Finally, place a washer and a nut on the bottom then lightly tighten the nut.

Lightly tightening the nut on the wind spinner. Marking profile of wind spinner. Cutting out the profile of the wind spinner using a band saw. I have to admit, even though you can cut Diy Wood Garden Spinner 800 through the tin with scissors, it does make your hand really tired.

I had to rest my hand after ever 2 or 3 petals. After all the petals were cut, I sanded down the edges. As you will see from the picture, I originally had pointy tips to the petals and a little tab that I ended up cutting off because they was just too sharp. Because I wanted to create a lifted edge on the petal to catch the wind, I left the paper on so I could draw a curved line to follow so I could score and bend.

I was a bit harder to score than I thought so I ended up using a pair of pliers to bend the curve. To smooth things out, I placed the petal on a thick sheet of fun foam and with a muddler and good amount of pressure, smoothed the curves out as best I could. Any smooth round hard surface could be use in place of the muddler.

Next is the painting. So I dug out my airbrush and airbrush paints and sprayed the colors on. You can easily use canned spray paint too. I chose some green, blue and purple and gradated it up the petal. I let all this dry and sprayed on a couple of coats of a clear gloss sealer.

Of course one coat at a time with drying time in between. While all the paint and sealer coats are drying, you can dig into that fidget spinner to steal the bearings. I used a jewelers saw to slice into the plastic and it popped right out. This will be the base you need to attach the flowers to and to attach the bearings. The hole in the bearing and the hole in the CD just happened to be a perfect fit. Using some gorilla glue, I glued the bearings to the CD being careful not to get glue on the center ring of the bearing because that is where the spin needs to happen.

When gluing the bearing down make sure that you are on the side of the CD that does not have the coating on it as the bearing would then be glued to only the coating and the coating could easily pull off. When the bearing is secured and cure in place you can now attach the petals.

I overlapped my just a tad so you couldn't see the CD behind. I place them just to the outside of the ring. Place a nice strong glue like E on the CD and press each petal in place. Arrange them as you like and let them dry preferably over night. Run the hex screw through just to make sure it goes through. Slide the first spacer up the length of the 8 inch hex screw, then the small flower. Next will be another spacer and then slide the large flower.

After that, another spacer and then a washer. Slide this entire assembly through the hole in the copper pipe, slip on another washer then screw the nut on securely. For the center of the flower, I cut the bottom off a soda can sanded the edges then centered and glued it to the end of the hex screw. I left the copper tubing raw in the hopes it will patina, but if you prefer to keep the copper color you can always spray the pole with a clear gloss sealer. Question 27 days ago.

I absolutely love this. You did a great job. I would love to try this. Is there a pattern for the petals? Reply 2 years ago. Thank you so much! I didn't use a pattern. I just drew one out and made 5 copies of it, then reduced the size and made 5 more copies as my template. Try it!

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