How to make weather vane

How to make weather vane

Within already many centuries decorate the house and the weather vanes established usually on roofs of houses help to be aware always of the direction of wind. If you want to make weather vane and yourself, then you need to know some subtleties of its production and installation.

Instruction

1. The weather vane represents metal tag with counterbalance. This tag under the influence of wind turns, and allows us to define its direction. More precisely installation on wind rose weather vane will help to define the direction of wind.

2. The average size of standard weather vane is 400х800х70 mm for the house. For gazebo it is possible to take weather vane less. Weather vanes consist of axis or rack, vane and wind rose.

3. The rack of weather vane can be made of small tube section 12.5 cm long and up to 1.5 cm in the diameter. In upper part of rack the thread is cut, the bearing is fixed in the lower part. To roof the weather vane can fasten the steel strips fixed on rack side. Fastening of strips should not prevent free rotation of weather vane.

4. The cover of the body of weather vane is made of the steel preparation having internal thread. The top of weather vane can be decorated with wind rose – the thin metal tubules indicating parts of the world. Above the weather vane can be covered with protective cap.

5. The weather vane can be made of stainless steel in the form of animal or the person, or just some subject or figure. Then the turned-out figure fastens bolts or is welded in the top on rack pipe.

6. Installation of weather vane demands availability of metal bracket, drill with metal drill, zaklepochnik with the combined rivets, dies, washers with nut, wrench and pro-race and consists of several stages.

7. In pipe cap on diagonal the metal strip drag strut (thickness of 2 mm) fastens. This strip since each end on several centimeters is bent. Further the bracket by means of zaklepochnik with the combined rivets fastens.

8. The drill in cap drills opening by diameter equal to diameter of rod of weather vane. On the end of midstream the thread is cut by the die. It is better to make it beforehand.

9. Further the weather vane axis is inserted into opening of cap, and the washer from above is put on and the nut is wound. The rod should be twisted in drag strut then it is necessary to orient wind rose concerning parts of the world. The compass will help with it.

10. One more nut with washer is wound on other end of rod of weather vane. It to provide dense fixing of weather vane concerning drag strut. On it work on installation of weather vane can be considered finished.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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