Making Animated Whirligigs
by Anders S Lunde
Softcover
210 x 275mm
155pp
Published
by Dover Publications, Mineola NY, USA
Originally published 1984, Chilton Book Company
R.R.P.$25.90
ISBN 0-486-40049-2
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Extract from back cover of book:
The hand-crafted, wind-powered toys known as whirligigs have enchanted observers for centuries with their whimsical images: birds with spinning wings, people waving arms, and countless other fanciful figures. In this volume an expert at designing and making whirligigs shows both novices and experienced woodcrafters how to create more than two dozen large-scale, animated models.
The author's easy-to-follow discussion of design and construction covers key elements such as the propeller and driving mechanism and features step-by-step instructions and detailed illustrations. Best of all, these projects require no elaborate tools and only the most inexpensive materials.
Choose from both traditional and original models, including the functional variety (weather-vane whirligigs, a mole chaser, a bird scarer, more) as well as purely decorative types: the Gooney Bird, Tony and His Wheelbarrow, Eleanor at the Tub, Pete Sawing Wood, the Moon Ship, and more. Assembling these imaginative creations will provide you with hours of satisfaction and delight viewers.
Photos: Black & White
Contents
Chapter 1: The Wonderful World of Whirligigs
Do Your Own Thing
Ideas
for Whirligigs
Women and Whirligigs
Principal Tools and Materials
Organization
of the Text
You Are One of a Few
Chapter
2: Design of the Larger Whirligigs
General
Types of Whirligigs
Winged
Types
Arm-Waving Types
Weather Vane Whirligigs
Mechanical Whirligigs
Other Types
Key Elements in Whirligig Design
The Base
The Pivot
Point
Mounting
The Propeller
The Driving Mechanism
Moving Objects
or Figures
The Tail or Rudder
Making a Plan
Materials in Design
Wood
Hardware S
ocket Liners and Spindles
Sleeve Liners
Bolts
Screws
Nails
Figures in Design
The Human Figure
Other Figures
Design
of the Large Birds
The Bird Body
The Pivot Point
The Wing Base
Wings
Mounting the Wings
Remarks
Design of Mechanical Whirligigs
The
Base
Activity, Movement, and Figures
Mechanisms
The Propeller
The
Drive Shaft
Connecting Wire or Rods
Support of the Moving Parts
Socket
or Pivot Support
Tail
Chapter
3: Whirligig Mechanisms
Supporting Devices: Brackets
Angled Iron Brackets,
or Inside Corner Braces
Special Metal Brackets
Wooden Brackets
Additional
Hardware for Braces
Drive Shafts: The Use of Bolts
The Direct Drive Mechanism
The Bent Bolt Mechanism
Camshafts
Attachments to the Cam
Support
for the Camshaft
Attachment to the Propeller
The Loose End
Chapter
4: Propellers: Principles and Design
The Simple Propeller
The Single
Two-Bladed Propeller
The Three-Piece Propeller
The Split Propeller
Four-Bladed
Propellers
The Solid-Hub Propeller
The Crossed-Hub Propeller
Multibladed
Propellers
Metal Propellers
All-Metal Propellers
Metal-Bladed Propellers
Unusual Designs
Tin Can Top Propellers
The Lollypop Propeller
The
Horizontal Propeller
Only the Beginning
Chapter
5: Construction of Large Bird Whirligigs
The Mallard Duck
The Sea Gull
The Common Loon
The Gooney Bird
Other Large Bird Designs
Chapter
6: Direct Drive Whirligigs
The Railcar
Anne at the Pump
Tony with
His Wheelbarrow
Chapter
7: Camshaft Whirligigs
Bill the Fisherman
Eleanor at the Tub
The
Concert
Waving the Flag
Chapter
8: Silhouette Whirligigs
Pete Sawing Wood
Erik Chopping Wood
Propellers
and Stands for Silhouette Models
Chapter
9: The Large-Arm Whirligigs
Carousel I
Carousel II
Cosmos
Chapter
10: Weather Vane Whirligigs
The Bathing Beauty
The Whale
The Cod
Fish
Chapter
11: Special Designs
Functional Types
The Mole Chaser
The Bird
Scarer
Decorative Types
The Windmill Whirligig
The Flying Jenny
The
Tin Goose
Chapter
12: Multiple Activity Whirligigs
The Moon Ship
Too Many Chickens
The
Nothing Factory
Chapter
13: Exhibiting and Marketing Whirligigs
The Craft Associations
Exhibitions
Marketing
Entering the Merchant Class
Summary of Marketing Principles
A Final Word
Foldouts
- Platform of the Railcar
- Anne at the Pump
- Tony with His Wheelbarrow
- Bill the Fisherman
- Eleanor at the Tub
- Eleanor at the Tub
-
The Bathing Beauty/The Cod Fish
- The Whale
- The Flying Jenny
- The
Tin Goose
- Too Many Chickens
- The Nothing Factory