by jeh » Sat Apr 25, 2015 2:00 pm
Hi Everyone, thought I'd upload a pic of my parrot. Knocked it up over a couple of lunch breaks at work. Reasonably pleased how it came out, although I'd go about assembling it differently next time, live and learn :laughing-rolling: Learned not to solder the beak in first before soldering the concentric reducer on, the thing fell out with too much heat, while messing around with the reducer, it slipped a bit lower than I wanted it, and no amount of heat from my gun would move it (only a butane gun, suspect I needed a Mapp gun for more heat) :angry-banghead: Persevered though, getting it how I want it, will get a nicer bit of wood for the base when finances allow - thinking Jarah, Mahogany, that sort of wood. Just need to test it out now, did a sacrificial run on my pot still a couple of weeks ago, need to get some cornflakes tomorrow, and try Zak's CFW :handgestures-thumbupleft: