Archive for October, 2015
The owl’s toes (talons) are cut from 4mm steel rod. The ends are shaped with a file while spinning the rod on the lathe.
Next the toes are tacked together with weld
I tapered two legs by grinding some 8mm rod with the angle grinder while spinning it with an old electric drill held in a vice. (This could be done on the lathe but turning the taper would lead to a clinically precise taper and using the angle grinder over the lathe is a bad idea as the grinding dust is very bad for the lathe.)
The feet are then welded to the legs. Once attached to the legs I give the toes a little natural shape by bending. Here the finished feet are shown attached to the owl and the whole mounted on a small mounting plate which can be screwed down with countersunk wood screws.
Here he (Ollie) is completed and ready for rusting.