I made this as a mothers day present for my yard art loving mom. The wind vane is made from 3/4 inch round. The stand is 5/8 round with vine texture on most of it, the circle is made by pinching bits on the near left corner of the flat dies of the power hammer, then wrapping around a piece of pipe fixed to the platen table. The bird is 3/16 inch plate, made from the instructions in Mark Asperys new book. He made this kind of bird a few years ago at a hammer-in, I really liked it, but didn't take notes. It was great seeing a step-by-step in this book. Sorry for the shameless plug on Mark's new book, but it's a pretty good book...
Take care, Mike

That's cool Mike and your mom is a lucky lady.
Great design and execution.

How is the pivot made?

Mark

That is impressive! Great work!

I like it a lot Mike, nicely done.

Frosty

Thanks! Mark, the pivot is just a short piece of 3/16 round, sharpened on the top side, stuck into blind holes in both pieces. The vane spins around darn near effortlessly. It's a lot of fun watching blackbirds try and land on the vane, sometimes they get almost half a rotation before they can take off again...

Nice work...I'm sure your mom loved it!

Other than weight, is there a way to keep the vein down on the upright?

I like that lot. Good Work!

I was expecting something made out of showel and rake. :)

Really nice Mike - Very well executed.

I'm with Sweany, I was thinking of the shovel/rake species myself so seeing yours was a very pleasant surprise.

I'm sure your mom loved it!!