Very often, young parents and not only the question arises of how to make turntables from plastic bottles. This can be caused by the desire to create a wonderful toy for your child or to decorate the playground on which he is played. Also, gardeners pay attention to such crafts. With the help of such simple devices, gardeners and vegetable growers fight a very serious pest - cabbage. The solution is quite simple. On the plot, a spinner is installed, which makes noise. It is this sound background that discourages such pests according to popular beliefs. So such a question, how to make turntables from plastic bottles, arises not so rarely.
What do you need?
First you need to prepare all the tools and materials that may be needed in the process. Necessary materials:
- plastic container;
- heat shrink;
- insulating tape;
- paint;
- wire;
- plastic pads for fixing.
Do-it-yourself spinner is made using a certain set of tools. You need:
- scissors;
- marker;
- ruler;
- pattern;
- awl;
- knife.
All this is better prepared in advance so that later in the process of creation there will be no unpleasant surprises.
Toy or playground decoration
At the initial stage, we make a wire support. To do this, bend it in the form of the letter "G". In this case, the upper part should be very short. In the place of the bend we put a fluoroplastic gasket. It must be securely locked. If it scrolls, then you can wrap the wire with electrical tape and put a latch on top of it. The bottom of the rack is wrapped with electrical tape. If desired, it can be replaced by heat shrink, which is then heated by a lighter. At the same time, the length of this section should be limited to a fluoroplastic gasket. Then we take a plastic container. Tanks with a volume of 0.5 or 1.0 liter are best suited. Cut it in half. Next, do the markup using a marker and a pattern. Cut the blades and wrap them in one direction and at a certain angle. Next, remove the cover. We make a hole of such a diameter in it that the wire can easily pass through and return it to its place. In the next step, this turntable must be properly decorated with paint, which must then dry. Then this propeller is put on the wire and finally fixed with a second fluoroplastic gasket. To exclude possible injuries, the end of the rack is tightly wrapped with electrical tape. On this, the simplest spinner is made from a bottle.
Infield Protection
The previously described construction of a propeller made of plastic containers is not applicable on a personal plot. For these purposes, a modified spinner is used, which is characterized by a greater degree of stability. It is made as follows. Two openings are made in the container - in the lid and in the bottom, strictly one opposite to the other. Then the marking of the blades is carried out, which are then cut out of it with the help of knives and scissors and bent to the required angle. Then this container is put on the middle of the wire, fixed on each side with fluoroplastic gaskets. Then the wire is bent in the form of the letter "P". A greater degree of stability is provided by two legs instead of one. This way of making turntables from plastic bottles is much more complicated and less commonly used.
Summary
There is nothing super complicated in the manufacturing process of such propellers. Even a novice master can cope with this task without problems. There are two ways to make turntables from plastic bottles. One of them is simpler and most often it can be seen as a decoration for the playground. But the second one is a little more complicated and it is recommended to use it on a personal plot for protection against pests.