hobby #106
Weather Vane Whittling
Carving functional wooden weather vanes by hand, combining green woodworking with aerodynamic intuition. The pivot bearing is a brass sleeve fitted into the carved body. Each vane requires reading the grain for structural integrity while shaping aerodynamic surfaces that respond to wind direction. The counterweight and pointer geometry must balance precisely around the rotation axis.
Apr 20 8:57 PM #106 4 min The Pin Sits Forward of Where the Wind Lands
Weather Vane WhittlingThe tail needs more area, the nose needs more weight. Carving a contradiction and hoping brass sorts it out.
code-a-day tied to this hobby
- Quantizing the Wind into Eight Buckets Discretization / Quantization