Extreme Birdhouse # 29

Wow, each one looks so different and each time they are just beautiful.

Diane

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wow john, that is darn nice. you do a hell of a job on those. wow is an understatement

-- pat,ohio...http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/patshwigar/

Amazing John. I would love to see one being lived in.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Thank you Diane , pat and Wayne

I have a lot of birds living in all my birdhouses in the yard.
They don,t waste time moving in .lol

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We just started feeding the birds on the back yard. I may have to think about creating a new home for all the little flying winged things :) How long did it take you from start to finish on this project?

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

Hi snowdog
This house took me 2 weeks from start to finish.
I started by scraping off the wood and pulling the old nails then i ran all the wood through the planer.
I filled 15 garbage bags just with the wood shavings and sawdust. It took about 5 hrs to cut all the wood into logs .
Each stick goes through the tablesaw 3 times to give it the log look.
I also cut all the windows and doors at the same time.
I then draw a layout on a piece of plywood marking all the rooms for each floor then i let the sticks fly. Things go pretty quick because i always follow the same steps for each house.

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

that’s an impressive looking house John. Nice work.

-- www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.darrylmasterson.etsy.com

Thank you darryl

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So this is officially our first entry in the Garden Project category. Thanks John and good luck!

-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://profile.to/msojka

Thanks Martin
I thought i better get the ball rolling. lol

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Quote WayneC: ”I would love to see one being lived in.”

Heck, Wayne, I’d love to live in one! LOL

As always, John, nice work.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

Thanks again Don for the nice words.
i,m ashamed to show anyone the wreck i live in. lol

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Great stuff as usual John.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

amazing!!!!!!!!!!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Thank you Bob and Matt

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I agree with everyone! Thanks for sharing your work with us.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Thanks again oscorner for the nice comments

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((Jaw on the floor; eyes wide open))
I’m in awe—again!

I think that this one is now my favourite. Amazing.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Thank you as always Debbie.
It,s not exactly a castle but close enough. 76 rooms.

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

OMG! These are just awesome! Everytime you post one of these I’m amazed!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Thanks again mot for the nice comment.

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These birdhouses are great. Can they get any bigger than a castle in the sky?

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Thanks Bill
I still have a 9 ft birdhouse i am working on in my spare time.
It should be done soon.

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That’s not a bird house it’s a dang condo!!! Nice work!

-- http://rjoneswoodworks.com/

Thanks for the nice comment

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

I think you must have ALL the birds. Otherwise how do you keep the neighborhood kids from using them as clubhouses? 6 Feet tall, another at 9 feet? you must also have really BIG birds too!

This is great.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Thanks scott
I get kids asking me all the time if i can make them a playhouse like that.

In the last 2 years i have noticed a huge increase in birds in my area including 400- 500 purple martins that i just noticed hanging around.
I am finishing up the 9 ft birdhouse now and it should be ready soon.

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

This is big enough for MY entire family. How much would this be on an acre of tillable of land?

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Thanks again PanamaJack
I would love to build a life size one someday.
Say around 10,000 square ft would be good enough for me.
I’d make sure that it had a built in shop too. lol

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Love the salvaged wood, great job, these bird houses are extremely amazing.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

Thanks again Rob
I like using reclaimed wood, It looks great and best of all it,s all free.
The only downfall is it takes considerably more work to prepare the wood.
My father use to make us pull nails all the time from reclaimed wood so now it just comes natural to do it now.
It,s also a good feeling to know that your giving it another chance to shine.

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

Extremely nice, as usual for you.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Thank you Dick
I am just preparing to build a new one soon.

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

Hi John;
—-your birdhouse here is a work of ‘wood art’, combined with what must also be a labor of love! I also imagine that your birds love your art.

Reclaimed barn wood, and yes I know what it means to have to remove those nails from the wood. Do you apply any type of finish to the wood?

Thank you for sharing….
GODSPEED,
Frank

-- --frank, NH, http://frank.wordpress.com/

Thanks Frank
I use Thompson’s water seal to protect them and the birds certainly don,t waste anytime moving in them.
I still have enough reclaimed wood to build a few hundred more birdhouses and i am starting a new one today.
I just have to figure out what i,m building first. lol

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I’m in the process of building the extreme cape cod birdhouse, it going well.
I’ll send you more photo’s as I get further along with it. I’ve been out of town
on vacation. Working on the roof dormers now.

-- Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati

Hi Gary
First i,d like to say thanks for purchusing one of my plans.
My son sent me some of your pictures and you have done a great job so far.
The 5/4 decking board was a great idea. I hope everything was easy enough to understand.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask.

If you don,t mind i will make a new page on my site for your pictures ,then everyone will be able to see them.
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

Yes go ahead and post the photo’s it’s coming along great I have all the room dividers in and working on the roof now. I made a few modifications ( the floor between stories will pull out. shat should make cleaning of the lower rooms easier but will make the porch detail a little harder at the corner posts.)

Gary

-- Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati

so far

-- Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati

So far
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Nice work Gary , it looks great.
How hard was it to make the dormers?
I know they are not the easiest to make because of their size.

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awesome.
this has been on my to do list… maybe I should bump it up a notch or two on the priority list.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

wow! this incredibly done birdhouse, you have a goldenhands. I wish i could have a house like this.

-- Bong

i love birds and therefore you are my ultimate hero john . your houses are so awsome im not surprised fewer birds are comeing south for the winter !

Thank you bong and thanks again mrtrim , I am looking forward to getting back in the shop again soon once it warms up a little.
Thanks again

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very nice! How many hours does something like this take?

WOW

Thanks for the post

Callum

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Great ,Just Great.Keep upthe good wor.
huckk

-- Chuck, wiswood2 www.wisconsinwoodchuck.com

Thanks again everyone . Once i clean up all the wood , pull the nails and plane the wood down it takes about 2 weeks to build a birdhouse this size .

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

Great work, John! I work with barnwood from the early 1900’s, too. those nails take a longggg time to get out sometimes! But once you joint and plane them, you get some real jewels!

I am waiting for some dry days to finish my post. (We are in the middle of our maonsoon season and I do most of my work outside.) Mine is nothing as extravagant as yours, but still some work for me.

God Bless,
Hawg

-- Saving barnwood from the scrapyards

Thank you Hawg , it is always a pleasure to meet other woodworkers that are into recycling wood . I am looking forward to seeing your work . I,ll try to send you some of our nice weather that we are having .
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

that’s an impressive.Great work, John

-- jeanmarc manosque france

Thank you jeanmarc

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Great job John. Good luck in the contest.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Thank you Grumpy , i,ll be happy to make the top 100 , lol

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow ) http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.skydrive.live.com/play.aspx/Extreme%20Birdhouses/P1030026.JPG?ref=2 (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

Just came across your workshop. Wow! Those are amazing.

-- Janice

Thank you janice !!

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