After a recent brief discussion on the subject in "It followed me home",a friend asked me if i could help one of these follow him home.
Getting back home after many months absence i thought it a great project to warm up the forge.
Here's the result so far.The distance between points is 18",but,there's enough beef in that 3/4" round to stretch it out to as far as 24",or better,it'll be the new owner's decision.
https://imgur.com/a/96m630o
Materials are an old 3/4" dia bridge-timber type bolt(that felt stiffer than structural grade,but maybe it's just a few months away from my anvil),and a section of a similar dia. hex shaft for the pivoting end.
And unless my brain did something dyslexic(i've had no internet in the meantime),it's as per Square_peg's specs,rigid end being in-line,and the pivoting one perpendicular to the dog's axis.
Getting back home after many months absence i thought it a great project to warm up the forge.
Here's the result so far.The distance between points is 18",but,there's enough beef in that 3/4" round to stretch it out to as far as 24",or better,it'll be the new owner's decision.
https://imgur.com/a/96m630o
Materials are an old 3/4" dia bridge-timber type bolt(that felt stiffer than structural grade,but maybe it's just a few months away from my anvil),and a section of a similar dia. hex shaft for the pivoting end.
And unless my brain did something dyslexic(i've had no internet in the meantime),it's as per Square_peg's specs,rigid end being in-line,and the pivoting one perpendicular to the dog's axis.