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Victor H. Agresti
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2024
Good Directions 585ST Stainless Steel Eave MountThe good:- Welds are perfect on one I received and almost perfect on another one -- much better than on the Amazon photo- Stainless steel body has zero magnetism, which says that it's high quality.- The two set screws and 1/4" x 2" lag screws are also high quality stainless steel.- Looks great at first glance (see below).Not so good:- With the first one I received, the mounting tube was not square to the base in either direction as shown in the Customer images. If the base was mounted parallel to the ground, the weathervane holding tube would slant to the left. The top also tilted away from the mounting plate.I got a second one and the top on that one is square to the mounting plate, but the the vertical tube slants to the right. Be aware of any slants before drilling all of the holes for the bracket. This is the one shown in the one bolted to a tool shed – notice the base had to be turned for the holding tube to be vertical.- The inside of the vertical tube on the first mount I received had a bead of welding slag all the way down an inside seam. Since the mount will receive a 3/4" copper tube (nearly 7/8" O.D.), I would have had to to clean up the inside slag for that pipe to fit. The replacement mount had NO slag so the 3/4" type L copper pipe fit into the mount to a depth of 5.5" with almost no play; the set screws weren’t used (caulked those screw holes).Other:- base is 4" square and the 1/4" screw holes are 3.25" apart in each direction- tube is 7/8" inside diameter (.875")- tube is about 1" outside diameter (it’s not perfectly round, so diameter varies slightly)- tube welded to the base plate projects 5.25" to the far side.- the vertical tube is 6.5" long.Summary:Upon receiving the first mount, I emailed Good Directions (see their web site). To their credit, they said to return it to Amazon and order one directly from them, which is what I did. The replacement is still not square to the base – although that tube was square looking at it from the side and there was no slag inside the vertical tube.The materials in this bracket are excellent and it looks really nice, but the jig used by the Good Directions welder needs replacement so that new mounts are consistently square in all directions.
LeAnna
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2023
Exactly as advertized for mounting my weathervane on little barn
Dr Erie
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2022
Was skeptical at first but it replaced the old weathervane holder nicely.
Don C.
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2019
Excellent weather vane mount - well made and delivered as promised. This was a replacement for a steel mount which has rusted terribly over a two year period. The only downside is the size of the mounting screws provided with the mount. I replaced them with larger stainless lag screws. We are on the water and the wind conditions are too strong for the hardware provided.
MDK
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2017
Had this outside for only 3 months and the screws rusted completely through. Rust marks already forming all over the bracket. Would not purchase again as this was supposed to be stainless steel.
ABCritter
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2017
Need to relocate my weather station and this was just right.
User
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2017
This thing is really well made -- beautiful, "American" craftsmanship. Sincerely. I just wish it fit my new Good Directions brand, weathervane. (I have the copper sailboat weathervane.) The vertical is too wide on this mount, so there's 1cm+ of play, making it unusable. I thought it would work based on previous reviews and ... the brand(?) If this fits your weathervane, you're making a good decision to buy this. But for me? No such luck. What am I to do?
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2016
Worked well and the vane is finally installed (after almost four years).
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