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While I was in Kansas City, I stayed at my mother-in-laws home, and I noticed a couple of my early projects, when i was getting back into woodworking after a few years.
Project 2: A bird feeder. Made approx 10 years ago.
I made 4 of these and I don’t know the status of any of the others. I didn’t even keep one for myself. It was a Christmas gift to some friends and my wife said make one for my mother.
Made with white and red oak. No plans just started cutting wood. I saw a gazebo feeder at Home Depot and i liked the design.
This was made before I knew or understood wood movement. There are some cracks in the bottom and the roof panels are not stuck too good.
I used Polyurethane glue and it doesn’t look like it stood up too well to the outdoors.
The seed tube is a 2 liter soda bottle with the top cut off and a plastic water pipe inserted inside the bottle to give a bigger opening for seed insertion. 

I used an Exacto knife to cut out the bottom pieces for the seeds to slide out. There was a small wall built around the bottom to keep the seeds from falling out on the ground.
The posts and roof joists were cut with the 30 deg angle for a six sided feeder and the slots for the roof panels and seed supports were also cut with the 30 deg angle. The roof panels were tapered to give a flat top and thicker through the panel itself.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †





























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Missle
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posted 831 days ago
“This was made before I knew or understood wood movement.”
Kevin understands your wood movement in your barn all too well…the wood moves from a pile to the wood rack every time he’s there :)
-- Missle
Karson
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posted 831 days ago
Wise guy.
Why aren’t you down here I brought back some Topsy’s Cinnamon Popcorn
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
Missle
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posted 831 days ago
Did you get cinnamon?
Or did you edit it to say that? Or am I going crazy?
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Karson
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posted 831 days ago
Yes. I’m eating some now.
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Missle
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posted 831 days ago
See ya around 5:00 :)
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Karson
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posted 831 days ago
OK Karrie’s here.
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Missle
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posted 831 days ago
Oh in that case…we’ll wait for another weekend :)
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Missle
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posted 831 days ago
Save me some!
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Karson
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posted 831 days ago
I’ll save you some.
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Missle
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posted 831 days ago
Thank you sir!
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Karson
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posted 831 days ago
I’m glad you know how to spell Sir. It’s not Cur.
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Missle
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posted 831 days ago
What?
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Missle
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posted 831 days ago
What’s for dinner? Kevin wants to know.
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Karson
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posted 831 days ago
We were going to meet Karrie and Mom at Cracker barrel. But I can get on some ribs for tomorrow.
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Missle
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Kevin is currently hand sanding our bedroom wall because we are repainting it. He’s not a happy camper right now :)
I told him, as i am surfing the internet, that it stresses me out to have all the furniture in the middle of the room. He gave me a very evil look after that comment:) Not sure why. haha
-- Missle
Karson
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posted 831 days ago
So are you bringing the kids by yourself? LOL
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Missle
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posted 831 days ago
hehe. I might get an even more evil look if I said I was going to do that :)
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Missle
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posted 831 days ago
How was your trip?
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Karson
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posted 831 days ago
Great I’m trying to get all of the pictures together so I can post the LumberJock Picnic.
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Missle
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posted 831 days ago
Great. Glad you had a good time.
Photographic Evidence
Is that a smile I see?
Yes, he is standing on the window sill.
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Karson
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posted 831 days ago
I think it was a smile and LumberJocks looks nice on that big screen.
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Missle
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posted 831 days ago
He is officially done. I think I need to feed him lunch now. it’s only fair since I haven’t done any work as of yet :)
Good talking to you! Love ya!
Hopefully we’ll come to see you soon..maybe Labor Day weekend.
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Missle
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posted 831 days ago
I do think you need to change the name of this thread though to: Lumber Jocks: The New Wave Of Family Communication.
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Karson
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posted 831 days ago
Popcorn might be gone by then LOL
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Missle
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posted 831 days ago
Ah MAN! I’m telling mom on you :)
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lance
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posted 831 days ago
Nice work as usual. I’m always impressed.
Bob
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Missle
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posted 831 days ago
I just noticed you changed the name of the thread. Too funny!
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posted 830 days ago
have you two ever heard of a Phone? Or maybe this newfangled thing called an instant messenger? :)) By-the-way, Karson, I like the basics. I passed up all of the really fancy furniture postings just to eyeball this… Simple in construction, but the gazebo design makes it probably one of the nicest bird feeders in the commune. And my mind starts thinking of bird chairs and watering bowels so they never have to leave the house.:))
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oscorner
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posted 830 days ago
Any ideas why the polyurethane glue did not hold up? Did you dampen the wood before applying the glue? Maybe the glue wasn’t as good ten years ago as it is now. I love the jointery on this bird feeder. Very fancy roof.
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mot
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posted 821 days ago
Nice feeder, Karson!
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