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I'm not finished with this bird, but thought I'd share what I've done so far. The armature is 1/4" mild steel rod. The rest is basically stainless steel flat-ware. There's around one hundred knives and several hundred spoons. I utilized the spoon handles too.The eyes will be brass. I need to make the tail and the claws yet. I'm contemplating a fish in one claw. I have a piece of 1/2" re-rod welded to the tail. I may need to triple that to support the weight.I simply MIG welded everything together. I know that rust will appear, but accept that as(feather markings).I'm thinking of making the claws from re-rod and then wrapping copper wire around this. I learned that the armature must be much skinnier when you are covering it with spoons.
Frank
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