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Been studing many of the Lumber Jocks work in this area and finally had some time to make a few. The Red and Black one was my first attempt. It looked good, but wasn’t hollowed out very well and was heavy. Got a drill chuck for my new lathe today and drilled out the blue one, top and bottom, so the hollowing out work was much less work and much easier to measure out. Made a scrap jig to hold my cap and bottom when the bottom needed shaped and sanded. This worked good. The top cap is made out of scrap oak from a crating skid, and is 1 inch tall. The bottoms are made out of laminated birch stocks that we use to make rifle stocks from, again, from scrap wood. All the wood is scrap and free. Walnut perch, and yes from scrap wood. The blue one is not yet finished, the red and black one is finished. 2 coats of conversion varnish, the oak cap I stained dark. These are fun, and I thank all of you that I read your stories about how to make them. And O yes, I used a Wagner texturing tool for the first time and I like that also. It was easy and on this hard oak it will look better on softer woods like walnut and such. I had a Red, White and Blue made up, but as I was making the oak top, I got greedy and took too much off and the top caved in. I had to laugh, I knew that I was close. Thanks for looking!
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a1Jim
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#1 posted 1197 days ago
Looks great and like a lot of fun.
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Loucarb
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#2 posted 1197 days ago
Nice job.
mmh
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#3 posted 1197 days ago
These are adorable! Very whimsical and fun.
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lew
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#4 posted 1196 days ago
Cool!
Perfect for humming birds!
Lew
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scrappy
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#5 posted 1196 days ago
Great little bird houses. Nice shapes and woods. Really like that laminated wood. Where do you get it from?
Keep it up.
Great use of scraps!
Scrappy
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savannah505
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#6 posted 1196 days ago
very nice
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norwood
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#7 posted 1196 days ago
great idea well done
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toyguy
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#8 posted 1196 days ago
Very nice little birdy ornaments…....
The colouring really adds to the overall appearance, they really catch the eye… and the use of texturing adds a lot too. I can see a texturing tool in my future….
Nice job, well done, great use of scraps, and you had a lot of fun…........ what more can one ask for !
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stefang
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#9 posted 1196 days ago
Beautiful little things. I love the way the coloring came out and the roof too.
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sharad
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#10 posted 1196 days ago
Very nice birdhouses and wood.
Sharad
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jockmike2
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#11 posted 1196 days ago
Nice texture on the tops, very nice turnings overall, I think you have stumbled onto something that would really sell. Good for you. Very cute.
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racey13
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#12 posted 1195 days ago
Mikey likes em! great use of scrape wood. Like the colors too.
Mike
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