jonno 357 Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 (edited) Edited June 28, 2016 by jonno 357 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Should do the job nicely I would spray the shine'y bits with a grey primer just to avoid the possibility of any sun flashes ( cant see if you have in the all together pic.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Very impressive. May I suggest that the central rod, the one which ends up being stuck unceremoniously through the pigeon's head, is made longer. Alternatively you could shorten the wing spreaders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbw1shrops Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 Wing spreaders look great as J Dog says the arms could do with being a bit shorter though try a dead bird on them and you will see what size to shorten them too 👍 I made some a while ago at my old workplace out of the springy wire that weld wire feeds into the robot welders through great stuff plus being spring you can fold them up to an extent. Atvb Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno 357 Posted July 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 Cheers. The wing spreaders are fully adjustable both in length and angling out the arms. The arms are 6mm steel rod think electrical cable connectors crimped onto them. They are solid and dont move. The croc clips are soldered on to 6mm rod. I made the pigeon magnet as well. 12 volt wiper motor. Main body of magnet is 316L stainless steel ( from work lol) 12volt yuasa battery aerosol sprayed in primer and then mat green. I started off going to selby game show many years ago (15 years maybe) and looking at pigeon magnets and thought I can make them better than that ? I bought 20 motors worked out at £4 each brand new Most of steel was from scrap bins at work for that was free Nuts buts etc was pennies Thumb screws cost similar along with croc clips Paint few quid a can Yuasa batteries was free. Ex Wife at the time works at a place that fit disabled patient hoists and service engineers whether they needed them or not replaced the batteries so I was flooded out with boxes and boxes of good condition 12 volt 7Ah. Not in the pic but I got a guy from ebay called PC wizard to make me variable speed controllers at £8 each Build time was about 3 hours ish per magnet and prices set me back about £14 each Sold all twenty within weeks made a good profit Down side was the weight ! but they are soild and very strong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 Even more impressive. Do you have any pigeons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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