Whirligig Wars and other reminders

• Get your entry in for Whirligig Wars 2013! The deadline is July 23. There are a ton of great prizes this year. For more information visit Laneys web site: A Simple Design of Ocala. Entries are already rolling in!
  
• And dont forget to make a map of your home state or country and share it with the world!
  
• Finally, make sure you drop by WWMM on Tuesday for the second Inspiration Project submission. 
Mere Minutes:

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Whirligig contest

Laney over at A Simple Design of Ocala was inspired enough by my whirligig project to set up a whirligig-making contest and asked me to help him out. Hes managed to secure some really cool prizes from Laguna Tools, Rockler, and others. All you have to do is make your own whirligig.
Heres a video we put together with more info. Visit A Simple Design of Ocala for all the details. Hurry...contest ends July 23!

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Huge whirligig

Now heres a whirligig! Jim Jarvis made this one from plans he bought at the Winfield Collection. He said it worked great until some high winds tore it apart. (Is there a certain irony to that?)

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And even more garden benches keep rolling in. Heres Bob Daniels version of my bench. He made his without the arms. Looks great!

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A lot of you have probably seen a box such as the one mentioned in todays Mere Minutes. To me, it was new, but my wife told me what it was for. 

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Whirligig And Contest winners!

Thought Id give a shot at building a whirligig for the yard. What fun to make! I discovered that there are tons and tons of incredible, beautifully intricate whirligigs people make. There are even a few books on Amazon devoted to making them!
Mine is certainly an entry-level whirligig. Its pretty easy to make. The trickiest part was figuring out what kinetic action I wanted it to do. I decided on a lumberjack; sort of a classic whirligig. Instead of the typical clothing, I decided to paint him as a character I envision from a Steinbeck novel. If you would like to try this one, heres a PDF  template you can use to cut out the pieces.

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