Today in the shop (yet another bird house)

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Today in the shop (yet another bird house)

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Still having fun making bird houses out of PVC. This one is a bit odd but I like it. I like the # pattern on the back and front. Have the material cut for another sort of like this one but I have to get on to other projects today so maybe tomorrow??

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Ed

What PVC material is that?
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This is a PVC they sell for trim work on a house. I get mine at Menard's but I'm sure that a lot of places sell it. Not cheap, about $20 for a 1 x 6 x 8'.

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SO today's project was this birdhouse front:
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This is what the end product will look like:
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More then likely my last bird house this year. I've got a pretty good collection now for the spring.
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I let the one with the bird shaped opening go to my brother so I might just see if I have the scraps to make another one of those, we will see.

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Boy would I lile to see the birds that fit into those shapes!
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Put the bird houses up this past week. Had a wren checking them out but haven't seen him bring in nest materials yet. With so many to choose from it might be difficult to pick.

I'm calling it birdhouse row.
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Nice Ed- as I get older, I appreciate the birds more.

We have House Wrens, White Breasted Nuthatches, Cardinals, Carolina Chickadees, House finch, mourning Doves, Rose Breasted Grosbeaks, Blue Jays, Robins, Eastern Towhees, Red bellied Woodpeckers, and a few more I haven't yet identified visiting our back yard.


Working with the PVC, how is the dust compared to soft wood ? I am using p100 face mask and have a dust collector with a 1um exit filter on it..but I haven't given thought to anything but wood dust.


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The PVC is mostly chips so not so much a fine dust issue. The miter saw dust port gets some of it but most sticks to anything and everything around the saw so a shop vac to clean that up. I don't do any sanding so it is all just cutting to worry about.

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As of this morning a wren has picked a box and bring in building materials. It will be interesting to see if he can attract a female to the house.

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reible wrote:As of this morning a wren has picked a box and bring in building materials. It will be interesting to see if he can attract a female to the house.

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If your wrens are like ours she will somehow stuff about a bushel basket full of nest stuff into one of those houses... :)


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