help me hang this thing

Dave Speer

Dave Speer

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This will hang from the ceiling as soon as I figure out how I'm gonna do it without having an ugly eye bolt sticking out

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I'm not sure exactly how I'm gonna find the balance point. The intention is to hang at a slight angle both fore-aft and side-to-side, I have slipped string around it to kind of figure out but that isn't going to transfer too well from an attachment point above, since the string is gripping the underside in various places.

I'm thinking maybe just go big and put a 1" hole in the top approx near the balance point using a forstner bit. Then try to find an eye bolt with very aggressive threads, more like a drywall anchor thread. And basically hide the bolt down in that 1" hole. This way I can poke a nail in various places to find my balance point.

Anybody got some other ideas?
 
what about a smaller hole and fishing line

put some knots in the end of the line - push those down into the hole and fill with clear epoxy to hold the line
 
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Dave~

Not sure how big or heavy your Flyers are. For my flyers, I use staples - about 1" long - from my pneumatic gun. I usually place a finishing nail beneath it when I pull the trigger so it does not get buried all the way.

I use thin wire (green horticultural stuff) to hang them if I want to fix the position; otherwise I use waxed nylon thread and let it turn over time.

I find the fastening spot by taping the wire or line on the back and finding an attitude I like.

Hope this helps!

SJS
 
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I'm not sure exactly how I'm gonna find the balance point.
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Do you have access to a drill press?

(A) clamp a board to the press table

(B) take a nail, cut the head off and sharpen the point

(C) drill a hole in your board that is clamped to the drill press table, drill size to be a snug fit with your nail

(D)insert the nail into the board with the point facing upward

DO THIS ALL WITH OUT DISTURBING THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE DRILL PRESS TO THE HOLE/NAIL IN YOUR BOARD

(E) balance the driftwood on the nail point balance it as you would like it to hang

(F) while balanced, bring the spinning drill bit down onto the driftwood (you will need to steady the driftwood just a bit)

The mark you just made will be your "hanging point" and will allow the driftwood to hang just as it was balanced when you made the mark.



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Dave~

One little "refinement": to your approach: You could just drive the nail up from the bottom of the board through the drilled hole. That would save the cutting and sharpening steps.

All the best,

SJS
 
Steve,
If the board is still clamped to the drill press table, that may be hard to do unless there is a clearance hole thru the table. My drill press table is (so far) free from any holes in it. :>) :>)
 
1) Take a tiny screw eye with monofilament attach to screw eye and screw in at different places to find the exact balance point you want.

2) Then remove screw eye and take a small diameter drill bit that is slightly larger than your monofilament you want to use to hang and drill at the spot where the screw eye was, drill down all the way through from the top.

3) Take a slightly larger drill bit and drill up from below through the same hole the first drill bit made and only go about 1/2 or thereabouts.

4) Then take your monofilament and thread all the way through from the top and tie a knot in the end. Then pull on monofilament from the top until it pulls the knot back into the larger hole in the bottom. Then take a few pieces of the saw dust and glue from the drilling or a small chunk of wood and plug the bottom hole up.

There are a couple things that might be a problem. One is that you do not have a small drill bit that will go completely through the wood. I cannot see from the pic just how large/thick it is. The other might be if you do not put a big enough knot in the monofilament it might pull through the smaller hole. So make sure it is plenty big enough knot that can not pull through but still fit inside the larger hole in the bottom.
 
Thanks for all the tips guys!


The piece weighs just under 2 pounds and roughly 14" long with 18" wingspan.

I suffer from iPhone photography and never getting pictures of carvings right :D

Here's a better exposure showing the top where I'd be hanging, even though it wouldn't be theoretically visible you can see why I don't want to go poking holes in it to find the balance. I had honestly forgotten about trying tape, I'll give that a shot first though with all these suggestions I'll find something.

I read somewhere recently (here?) about cutting down the glint of a flyer support, someone mentioned smoke fireline (or any brand of fishing line braid). I may go with that or flouro (for abrasion) in a loop to cut down on visuals. Of course I'm way overthinking all of this, it just happens to be a "measure twice, cut once" situation for me!

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BTW I collected some of this "driftwood" this spring on a lake that had been way low. I don't know the species but it's been sitting under that lake since 1936. Stuff is HARD. Glad I got a few pieces while the lake was low, that's all under water again. Just one of the many stumps that has stolen my striper flies.
 
Thanks for all the suggestions, guys. Cleared my head. Duct tape helped me find the balance point, I ended up drilling an 1/8" hole to receive the 30# braided smoke color fishing line. Also drilled two 1/6" holes inside the main hole to give the epoxy an anchor.

Loop knot on the line, and inch of tag ends with two knots a piece, and filled with marine epoxy.

Looks good and hangs well. (Temporary from the carabiner here)

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