Pigeon magnet/ spinner

muckyprawn

Has anyone ever tried making their own pigeon magnet?? If so could they share their thoughts on it? And how they made it of course!:)

charlie10

i suspect the first piece of the puzzle would be a wiper motor off a car and maybe the wiper arm too with a second one welded to the first. just a simple stand then for the whole lot

daithi55

and a bike battery to power it

patsat

And two pidgeon decoys!:D

muckyprawn

so has anyone tried it???

tfox

I made one out of wiper motor and bit of scrap steel had lying around. Wired it up with long lead and dimmer switch that plugs into my battery pack. Made 2 wands out of 8 mm rod that slide into hole and tighten up with thumbscrews, whole thing cost me €20 !!

charlie10

that looks a proper job . must have a bash at throwing one of them together . cheers for picks

muckyprawn

Must give that a shot...thanks for the pics. Much appreciated...

tfox

You're welcome, had been meaning to get one for ages and when I found out how much they cost thought surely could make one for much less :rolleyes:

I'm working on a flapper now

barnahask

TFOX im just wondering how are the pigeons fixed to the arms? Do you make cradles or buy them?

raff e30

i made one from a few rods of metal and a mirror motor.
bought 1 decoy and made a few copies and some wings.
havent tried it yet but looks alri
2 me

sonofthegun

just finishing off mine same thing windscreen wiper motor and a few bits and pices we had lying around just finishing a speed controler for it and as soon as the paint dries ill post a few pics whole thing cost about 40 yo yos but i did get the two decoys for free
stog

sonofthegun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUMUNGwJSEI

tfox

barnahask wrote: »

TFOX im just wondering how are the pigeons fixed to the arms? Do you make cradles or buy them?

TBH I havnt progressed anymore with it since, good few pigeons in the winter barley at work now so have to pull the finger out !!

I was planning on buying some proper magnet decoys with the spinning wings at Ballinlough this Sun and mounting them on it

sonofthegun - how did you sort out the speed controller, I was thinking something along the line of an in-line light dimmer switch :rolleyes:

sonofthegun

sonofthegun - how did you sort out the speed controller, I was thinking something along the line of an in-line light dimmer switch :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]


speed control on that is out of a motorised wheelchair if i can find a few bits in halfords i can add a infra red remote to it

charlie10

found this video too looks straight forward enough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-VqSXsY--Y

sonofthegun

charlie10 wrote: »

found this video too looks straight forward enough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-VqSXsY--Y

its simple to make em only thing is you need to watch the weight or you will be going through batteries like fcuk.
we based ours on that vid but stipped down a lot of the weight and corrected the speed to make the batteries needed lighter.
stog

sonofthegun

tfox wrote: »

TBH I havnt progressed anymore with it since, good few pigeons in the winter barley at work now so have to pull the finger out !!

I was planning on buying some proper magnet decoys with the spinning wings at Ballinlough this Sun and mounting them on it

sonofthegun - how did you sort out the speed controller, I was thinking something along the line of an in-line light dimmer switch :rolleyes:

E-bay are selling seeped controlers for 12 euro standard and a timed controler for 20 euro take the easy option
stog

tfox

Finally got round to finishing off my magnet today. Got the wiring sorted, low speed on the wiper motor seems right.

This pic shows how I attach the wand to the motor


This onw shows how the foam decoys attach to the other end of the wand


All stuck together


In action
http://s1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa399/t_fox85/?action=view&current=DSCF0490.mp4

Tackleberrywho

I see you are using a Motorbike battery, how long do you get out of it in constant use?
or do you just flick it on when you see flights coming?

tfox

Its actually a deben lamping sealed acid battery, 12v 7ah. Turned it on at 11.30 this morning, was still going at 8 this evening when I came home, 8 and half hours aint bad :rolleyes:

Tackleberrywho

tfox wrote: »

Its actually a deben lamping sealed acid battery, 12v 7ah. Turned it on at 11.30 this morning, was still going at 8 this evening when I came home, 8 and half hours aint bad :rolleyes:

Well, Deben or not. tis a small battery, I was expecting a car battery.

8.5 hours is great.

Although, I'd be well gone home after 3 or four hous sitting in the one spot.
Was shooting over some Barley and Wheat the other evening before dusk.
Great craic

tfox

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Well, Deben or not. tis a small battery, I was expecting a car battery.

8.5 hours is great.

Although, I'd be well gone home after 3 or four hous sitting in the one spot.
Was shooting over some Barley and Wheat the other evening before dusk.
Great craic

Yeah I was expecting it to be dead as a duck when I got back, but you're right 3 or 4 hours is enough time for me too !! Was well impressed with the battery, didnt think it would last half as long.

Tackleberrywho

tfox wrote: »

Yeah I was expecting it to be dead as a duck when I got back, but you're right 3 or 4 hours is enough time for me too !! Was well impressed with the battery, didnt think it would last half as long.

I have no idea how fellas can stay there all day.
I love outdoors, but i love moving around from place to place, and stopping to chat the land owners along the way

tfox

Finally got to try it out in the rain this evening. Cut 50 acres of winter barley mon/tues, drizzle stopped us baling about 5 this afternoon so set up the hide and magnet and decoys.

A few birds travelling about when suddenly 2 veer off and head straight for me, pop up, left, right, 2 woodies on the ground

Packed up then as it was lashing down and Im still suffering the aftermath of man-flu

Will give it a proper lash this wend :rolleyes: