Whirligigs patterns

Easy To Make Whirligigs

Exploded assembly diagrams accompany each design, along with measured drawings, sizes of materials/suggestions, plus the all important full size patterns. These are simple projects than anyone can have fun making and displaying.

This post will show one method for cutting the diagonal slots in a whirligig center hub. This can be a difficult cut to make so I wan...

ix, 113 p. : 28 cm

Contemporary Whirligigs Hand-crafted kinetic wind sculpture

Cat chasing a mouse whirligig. This is a play on an older design I came up with in the 70's The older design has the cat in a more upright position and the mouse is mostly cut out of wood. My original 1998 version. 4th generation at that time and as you can see changes are always on going. The bottom round was for display only and was designed to be mounted on fence post. The eyes were animal doll eyes for the cat. The mouse eyes were plastic google eyes and the tail pipe cleaner. For this…

Here’s a great opportunity to take a detour from the ordinary and dip your toes in the whimsical waters of folk-art projects.

Discover a method to create a whirligig propeller without a table saw, using just a drill and some dowels. Be sure to check out the "Community" tab on my Cha...