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Today in the shop (yet another bird house)
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2018 1:44 pm
by reible
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??
Front:
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Back:
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Ed
Re: Today in the shop (yet another bird house)
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 1:17 pm
by beeg
Ed
What PVC material is that?
Re: Today in the shop (yet another bird house)
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 3:55 pm
by reible
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'.
Ed
Re: Today in the shop (yet another bird house)
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 4:04 pm
by reible
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.
Ed
Re: Today in the shop (yet another bird house)
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:49 am
by moggymatt
Boy would I lile to see the birds that fit into those shapes!
Re: Today in the shop (yet another bird house)
Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 12:04 am
by reible
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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Ed
Re: Today in the shop (yet another bird house)
Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 12:17 pm
by bainin
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.
b
Re: Today in the shop (yet another bird house)
Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 12:32 pm
by reible
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.
Ed
Re: Today in the shop (yet another bird house)
Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 12:34 pm
by reible
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.
Ed
Re: Today in the shop (yet another bird house)
Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 7:50 pm
by robinson46176
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.
Ed
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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