Bird mobiles

On Aug 6, 4:23 pm, Max George <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I am looking for plans for a bird mobile to make a present for new
> granddaughter.
> The sort I am looking for is of a single bird body in profile with wings
> I did a google search and found

http://www.australianexports.com.au/Woodworking_Plans_1.htm
http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/plans/index.php?cat=520
http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/plans/aboutourplans.php

> I am looking for plans for a bird mobile to make a present for new
> granddaughter.

Google *bird mobile* and when the page comes up, click on *images*
This should give you a lot of ideas.

Smitty

I don't have a suggestion for where to look for plans, although I'm sure
they're out there. Just a word of warning, having made a few of these in the
past to hang in the back yard. They're very impressive in the throes of a
gentle breeze - but when the wind kicks up to more than a few MPH, you'd
better run like hell to take them down, or you'll have a bunch of
double-amputees on your hands. Sounds like you may be talking about an
indoor application, which won't be a problem. In adition to being activated
by a breeze, they're also equipped with a pull string.

B.

"Max George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I am looking for plans for a bird mobile to make a present for new
> granddaughter.
> The sort I am looking for is of a single bird body in profile with wings
> the attached and the whole lot balanced so that when you touch it the
> body goes up and down giving the impression of wings flapping.
>
> I have seen plenty in gift shops and have googled it for plans but not
> found any.
>
> All help gratefully received.
>
> TIA
> --
> Max George

Dont have plans but a trick that might help. Cut out bird and assemble with
wings and weight. Balance bird. To do this I use two blocks cut into wedges
and blace the sharp edges under the birds wings and move them in and out
until the wings and body balance the way I want them to. Mark that point and
drill holes in wing for string. You now have a pattern.
"Max George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I am looking for plans for a bird mobile to make a present for new
>granddaughter.
> The sort I am looking for is of a single bird body in profile with wings
> the attached and the whole lot balanced so that when you touch it the body
> goes up and down giving the impression of wings flapping.
>
> I have seen plenty in gift shops and have googled it for plans but not
> found any.
>
> All help gratefully received.
>
> TIA
> --
> Max George