2001 - Volume #25, Issue #1, Page #35
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Home-Built Lighthouse
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Helicopter: The helicopter is 6 ft. high, 14 ft. long, and has a 10-ft. long main blade and 20-in. rear fan blade. The wind actually turns both blades. Of course, the helicopter doesn't fly but I do pull it in parades. It looks real. I got the idea to build it after I sold a 36-ft. dia. grain bin which left a large round cement pad. It looked like a helicopter pad to me.
Lighthouse: It's made from a 5-ft. long piece of 13-in. dia. PVC pipe. I cut holes in the pipe for windows and put a light inside. A plastic pail sits on top, with holes cut out of it to provide the effect of a blinking warning light (a timer is connected to the light). The lighthouse sits in our front yard and really looks great. We haven't had a single boat run into our trees ever since I put it up. (Vince Kramper, 498 190th St., Dakota City, Neb. 68731 ph 402 987-3560).
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