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Chatting => Equipment Shed => Topic started by: sladefungus on March 12, 2007, 22:02

Title: wind ornaments
Post by: sladefungus on March 12, 2007, 22:02

Not a tool as such i know but soooo vital for my allotment in the summer.  Anyone know where to get these wind wheels cheaply....?

http://www.novelty-gifts-heaven.com/acatalog/windmills_magic_wheels.html

cheers

Title: wind ornaments
Post by: GrannieAnnie on March 12, 2007, 22:45

Make one???

Its amazing what you can do with a Tesco carrier bag and a wire coat hanger!!!!

Title: wind ornaments
Post by: muntjac on March 12, 2007, 23:03

bit of copper pipe and a hack saw a small drill ,fishing twine ,ur sorted :wink:  :lol:

Title: wind ornaments
Post by: sladefungus on March 12, 2007, 23:23

yeah its amazing what you can do with some PVA glue and dried pasta shapes!  i probably will make one actually.  Theres about 5 skips currently living on my street in city centre glasgow and theyre full of interesting office plastics.  bingo!

Title: wind ornaments
Post by: GrannieAnnie on March 12, 2007, 23:31

There you go then SF, before you know it, you'll be selling them on Ebay far cheaper than these guys sell them for!!

Title: wind ornaments
Post by: HeNrYhOuNd on March 20, 2007, 11:07

i recently found something that has the same workings as that in woolworths for about £5 but it may be smaller :wink:

Title: wind ornaments
Post by: lucywil on March 20, 2007, 16:57

we usually buy things similar to these when we go to the sea side (yes i know is freezing outside)

Title: wind ornaments
Post by: Aunt Sally on March 20, 2007, 18:01

Quote from: "sladefungus"

yeah its amazing what you can do with some PVA glue and dried pasta shapes!

I wouldn't recommend dried pasta shape for out on the lottie  :roll:

Title: wind ornaments
Post by: leeky on March 20, 2007, 18:57

old copper pipe cut into different lengths to make some noisy chimes to scare off rabbits and other varmints?  :shock:

Title: wind ornaments
Post by: sladefungus on March 20, 2007, 21:26

we dont have problems with rabbits on our lotty cos theres a few foxes live nearby.  i actually made my own from some plastic but then saw some nice shiny blue foil ones in poundland so gave in and bought one of them!  i think ill make some windchimes aswell.

Title: wind ornaments
Post by: freyaluck on March 20, 2007, 21:29

You'll have to post some piccies of your art work :D  :wink:
Would love toi see them

Title: wind ornaments
Post by: Gardening Mark on April 18, 2007, 11:34

you can get them in the pound shops all day long, well here in the north east too, and every year at a certain time they have 2 or 3 for 1 in there for gardening stuff.