Sand Tower - a la Good, Good Whole Wheat Shreddies!

[tetters]

I spent the better part of a few hours tonight fashioning the sand spout and it details. I still cannot believe I was able to make something this tiny and and actually have it turn out alright. I used some brass rod I had, clamped a length of it in my drill and started filing. I got it down to a reasonable 3 - 6 inch taper which seemed to take FOR-EVAR! To get that flattened piece close to the end of the spout I used a small piece of brass cylinder, sanded it skinny and then crushed it with pliers to get the flat pieces while still maintaining some semblance of roundness at the spout area. I then soldered it in place and filed it down and shaped it until I got what I thought to be a reasonable size. The eyelet for that pull rod whatchamacallit was a bit of a pain. I used some well...eyelets and bent the end around the spout, until I roughly had a circle that I could solder in place. Then filed and shaped it until I was happy. The brass chain was hand made and assembled link by link and is what took me most of the night...

yea right! I actually just bought it and tacked in place with solder.

Just want to see who is paying attention.

Lastly the pull rod (?) was made from .015 music wire which I bent, cursed at, twisted, cursed at some more and squashed until I got a handle at the end. Then I tacked it in place with, you guessed it, more solder.



So, what do you all think so far?

Tomorrow night, I'll tackle the pulleys and counter weights. Then its off to the paint booth with ya all! Arrrr!