Rain Gauge

I recently made a rain gauge for a wonderful friend and neighbor Shirley. She had been admiring the first gauge I made for my Dad and asked about having one made. I looked around the shop and found a decent length of 1/2" square stock and some smaller round stock and decided I had the material to make one.

I took the round stock and squared it with the idea of putting twists in the branches that hold the glass tube that actually collects the rain.

I cut a section of the half inch stock tapered and bent it to weld on for a stability leg on the main gauge staff.

I then flattened and scrolled the branches and welded them to the main staff.

Cleaned it up, painted and delivered! All in all, it was a bit heavy but turned out really nice.