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How to Make a Helicopter Ornament

Step 5Attach The Main Rotor Blades

Attach The Main Rotor Blades
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Drill a hole through the middle of the rotor blade.

Push the rivet head through the hole, and the washer will go underneath the rotor blades. No real reason, I just thought it looked nice.

I liked the look of the dry fit, so next I spray painted the rotor (oh - and the tail rotor) in silver, then it was ready to attach to the top of the glass ball.

I scratched the surface of the glass at the spot on top where the rivet head would touch the glass, then glued the rotors to the glass with a dab of epoxy.

The eye hook was glued into the hole on top of the rivet - the ornament will hang from it.

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