Weather Vane Toppers
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Weather Vane Toppers
Here are some weather vane designs that I collected from this and other sites with minor changes...
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Re: Weather Vane Toppers
Very nice. Thank you.
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Re: Weather Vane Toppers
Thanks, they all look nice!
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Re: Weather Vane Toppers
GREAT! Thanks
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Re: Weather Vane Toppers
Very cool!!
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Re: Weather Vane Toppers
these are cool!
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Re: Weather Vane Toppers
Great job!
I needed a new Witch!
Thanks for sharing!
I needed a new Witch!
Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Weather Vane Toppers
these are just beautiful thank you for sharing
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These look great! Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Weather Vane Toppers
Thank you.
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Thank you!
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to jest super
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Thanks very cool
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Re: Weather Vane Toppers
Do you have the DXFs for these. There is no attachment.
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You should be able to do a simple auto trace with Inkscape and save as dxf. You can use the search function to learn more. I'm pretty sure I have shown a step-by-step on how to do this several times in the past.smtechster wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 11:39 am Do you have the DXFs for these. There is no attachment.
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Here is one of them to get you started. Try to do some of the others yourself and let us know if you have any questions.
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Re: Weather Vane Toppers
Great Share Thanks
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Here's one I drew
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Nice Work!! And a nice clean file! Thanks.
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Re: Weather Vane Toppers
Made a rooster weather vane . Set it at the balance point and it spins in the wind. Tried the pivot point a little forward and it kind of points into the wind, but also swings back and forth. What would be your suggestion?
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This might help you.smtechster wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 10:08 pm Made a rooster weather vane . Set it at the balance point and it spins in the wind. Tried the pivot point a little forward and it kind of points into the wind, but also swings back and forth. What would be your suggestion?
https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/weath ... ather-vane Perhaps your "head" is too large in relation to your "tail". Maybe post a photo of yours so we can take a look.
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Re: Weather Vane Toppers
Sean P did weather vanes here in the past, I think the larger portion needs to be behind the pivot point. Look at it like you are going vertical if you want the tip pointing up it need more in the bottom. The wind will make it act like gravity does. I did not do weather vanes but a wind mill, I had to add the black face to make it work better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqFOnoz ... wq0KTKpuRw
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Tom- that's what I was thinking also. The smaller arrow portion points to the front, and the larger tail is at the rear. So it is actually out of balance and not pivoting at the center balance point. It will be interesting to see how he has his rooster set up.
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Re: Weather Vane Toppers
Okay, not as easy as it looks. major mass of vane to rear to act as a sail, then add weight to the front (arrow) to balance the vane. I will give that a try. Thank you!