My new workshop
I just recently bought a house a few months ago and i manage to get my own shop for a change . Beats working out of my house . lolIt was a old horse barn built in 1936 .My shop has two storey,s and is 1,300 square ft . I still have a lot of organi...
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Don
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posted 1060 days ago
Hey, John, I’ve previously seen your work posted on the Ubeaut forums where I post as DPB. Love your work.
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/
john
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posted 1059 days ago
Thanks Don
It is a pleasure to meet you.
I remember seeing your name on there.
You have some very beautiful work yourself. john
-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com
MsDebbieP
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posted 994 days ago
Hi John.. seems like we are “almost” neighbours (well, from a worldwide view, we ARE neighbours).
I’m about an hour from Listowel. I think that is close to where you are??
Love your birdhouses—that’s what Rick wants to find some time to build. He wants birdhouses all over our property. I have yet to see one, but that’s his plan.
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
john
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posted 994 days ago
Thanks again Debbie
I live about 25 minutes west of listowel near Brussels.
-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com
MsDebbieP
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posted 994 days ago
well, we might just have to plan a trip up that way some time. My daughter lived in Listowel for about 6 months, when she was teaching in Walkerton. Her husband worked in London and for the first six months of the year (following their wedding, I might add) he lived in London and she lived in Walkerton. In December they both moved to Listowel so they could actually live together full-time and then they both commuted.
What does that have to do with Cranbrook? Asolutely nothing haha.. you just triggered a memory :)
(she now lives at home – 45 min from her new job and he now lives in Windsor, 10 min. from his job. Some day, soon I hope, they will both get jobs in the same town.) There. done. No more stories… nope..
So…anyway, maybe we’ll pop by one day in the summer.
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
David
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posted 993 days ago
Welcome to Lumberjocks!
Looking forward to your projects and comments.
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Karson
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posted 992 days ago
John Welcome to LumberJocks. I’m an previous Canuk. or is it once a Canuk, always a Canuk. We moved to the States when I was 13.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
john
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posted 991 days ago
Thank you David and Karson
I have actually been here for a while.
Most of the time i was always in the shop until ole man winter put my shop in a deep freeze.
I hope to be back at it soon.
-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com
gizzard
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posted 991 days ago
Welcome John. I had to retire due to medical problems too. I tell all my friends that being retired isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. It’s a whole letter better! After all, I do get to do my style of woodworking whenever I want and can.
I’ve seen your work. It’s awesum!
-- Dennis, Tennessee
john
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posted 991 days ago
Hi and thank you Dennis .
It’s nice to meet you.
I am the same way i like to do my own style when i am able too.
There is nothing worse then not being able to work especialy woodworking.
Thanks again.
-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com
oscorner
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posted 979 days ago
Great birdhouses! How about some shop photos?
-- Jesus is Lord!
john
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posted 979 days ago
Thank you Oscorner
I just put this shop together last summer.
The garage was about a mile away so we moved it here with a hay wagon then i put a floor in and added a 6 ft greenhouse on the end.
It also helps to heat the shop a little.
In the summer i do most of my work outside due to the size of my birdhouses. http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/data/500/P4100004.JPG
Thanks again
-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com
DAN
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posted 840 days ago
hello John … thanks for sharing your work on lj’s. i look forward to seeing your new items. love those bird houses. have ever tried making one shaped like a castle or church ?
-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever
john
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posted 840 days ago
Hi Dan and thank you .
I have built one church so far , I love the style of old churches.
The birdhouse i just made for the summer contest is similar to a small castle .
I would like to build an actual castle birdhouse but to keep it to scale for birds it would be huge.
-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com
GaryCN
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posted 793 days ago
John the Cape Cod I’m working on is almost complete

For others this is a massive structure and is probably his smallest plan
-- Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati
john
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posted 793 days ago
Thanks again Gary , you have done a beautiful job on it.
I hope to be adding some new plans this winter .
I am designing 12 more houses by next June.
-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com
mot
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posted 793 days ago
Welcome to LJ!
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
john
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posted 783 days ago
Thanks Tom
It,s great to be here.
-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com
GaryCN
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posted 778 days ago
Cape Cod, “vacancy”

Lifted in a few sections
-- Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati
john
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posted 778 days ago
Nice job Gary
I always mount the base then add the birdhouse after unless its a jumbo birdhouse then it,s lifted all at once with a farm tractor.
I will be putting a 6 ft birdhouse up soon so i will post some pics when i do.
-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com
PanamaJack
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posted 776 days ago
We would like to welcome you to the one and only LumberJocks. If you should need any woodworking question answered, don’t hesitate to ask. Somebody’s gonna have a good answer for you.
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john
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posted 776 days ago
I,m not sure why im still being welcomed considering i have been here longer then most of the Lumber jockies ? lol…....... I must be losing my marbles?
-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com
WayneC
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posted 776 days ago
I think he is just moving a bit fast…. Wait, are you missing any trees in your area….
-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov
MsDebbieP
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posted 615 days ago
Rick has started his “Cape Cod” and is having a lot of fun with it.
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
john
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posted 614 days ago
Thats great to hear Debbie , i am just about finished another one myself of the cape cod and a few others. lol
-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com
woodgrain411
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posted 575 days ago
Hey man nice work ,I also had a serious injury seven years ago fell three stories on a new frame someone forgot to nail wall plates together wall moved i fell breaking both ankles and ribs got lucky really I was out of work for 18 months ! I’m back to work i dont bid high work anymore ,I’m a remodeler now but this last year bussiness has been bad here in toledo ohio our economy is bad I blame J.W.BUSH so i tried framing again this summer and made it til feb. til i just couldn’t take the mud pulling on my ankles anymore ! so i’m back to remodeling things are starting to pick up , but you never know! To bad your so far away i’d really like to see these in person! well done man!
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LeeinEdmonton
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posted 466 days ago
Well Hello John;
Good to see you on this forum as well. I’m always astounded by your extreme birdhouses, however your recent shed seen on another forum is super as well.
Lee
-- Lee
pat
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posted 458 days ago
Congrats on becoming a Grandfather.
-- check out my amazing woodburning , Pat
Rog
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posted 419 days ago
John Im glad to have you on this site too. Im a disable Private Forester do to office accident and mountain biking accidents and my latest car wreck from a cellphone user. Anyways I really like your work. Keep it up mate. Rog
-- Feel the wood and let it tell you what to make of it.
suliman
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posted 371 days ago
Thank you JOHN
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prometej065
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posted 370 days ago
You are a very unusual and imaginative john!!
Best regards,
Dusan
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Bureaucrat
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posted 181 days ago
Happy Anniversary! By my calculations, you will have been a Lumber Jock for 3 years on May 27. Thanks for being a part of this.
-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!
Dustmite97
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posted 53 days ago
Hey John thanks for the comment on my profile. You have some great projects by the way, espcially your birdhouses.
-- Remember, measure twice, cut once
GMman
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posted 52 days ago
John check Forum if that is your work.
Found that in an ad for Delta Porter – Cable
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Profenceworks
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posted 5 days ago
I love looking at your birdhouses. It’s like they are all on steroids. Beautiful work!
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