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Project by Brad_Nailor posted 2017 days ago 1247 views 2 times favorited 10 comments Add to Favorites Watch

I was so excited when I got my plans for one of Johns extreme birdhouses. I am building the “Cape Cod” as a Christmas present for a bird lover in my family with a large wooded backyard. So as soon as I got the .pdf in my email I looked it over and did what any good Sketchup a holic would do…I immediately started creating a model based on Johns plans ! Here are some screen shots of what I have so far
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Of course I still have allot of modeling to do not to mention textures etc. So I was doing this while I was pondering what type of material to use. My local wood supplier had some chestnut barn board, but most of it was too wavy and cracked and knotted up. So I bought some 5/4 Western red Cedar..I figured I would go for the crisp new look as opposed to the pre weathered look. Besides, the cedar will turn grey on it’s own anyways! A quick trip to my friends cabinet shop and I planed all my stock and he let me use his table saw with a power feed on it to rip it into 1” squares. I also got to use his shaper to do the double 45 degree bevel which also allowed me to use a power feed….I could have done it all on my own saw and router table but when working with smaller stock I like to use the power feeds I think it gives you more consistent results!
So I set up my little garage shop on wheels and started to put this thing together! Johns plans are easy to follow and after looking at them for a solid week making the SU model I pretty much had the idea. I filled the table with the cutlist and started to assemble the walls. Here is what I have so far….Please disregard the junk surronding my work area…I am sure there are other guys out there that feel my pain!
I’m just about to cap the window/door layer..I shot it together with 1 1/2” finish nails on the lower layers then I will use 2 1/2” up higher..
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Here is another angle..I had the bead board ply left over from another project and I havn’t decided if I will keep it as a base or not…
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I like the look of the Western Red Cedar…a bit pricey, but real clean…no knots. If I do another one I might just use 5/4 Cedar deck boards from Lowes…allot cheaper but the waste factor would go up, and I would have knotts..but the knots might not look bad…
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Here is a shot of my junk pile..I mean shop! I have everything on wheels and keep it stored”compressed” in my basement then roll it out when I am working. You can see my shop made cart for my air nailer setup and my chop saw table.
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I hope to keep working on this steady and get it done before the holiday crunch! It’s actually alot of fun to build so far.

-- http://www.facebook.com/pages/DSO-Designs/297237806954248




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Dan'um Style

10783 posts in 2151 days


#1 posted 2017 days ago

cool. it does look like fun.

-- keeping myself entertained

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bryano

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#2 posted 2017 days ago

looks like a great project.

-- bryano

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john

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#3 posted 2017 days ago

Holy mackeral David you sure have been busy and it looks great.
I like your choice of wood too . That is turning out very nice , i can,t wait to see it finished.

I am also very impressed with your sketchup skills . I will be sure to send a link of this project to my son , he will enjoy seeing this.

-- John in Belgrave (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com , http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112698715866

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Karson

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#4 posted 2017 days ago

A nice birdhouse. We are going to have a couple of Johns here.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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Thos. Angle

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#5 posted 2017 days ago

That’s really nice, David. You do good work witht he Sketchup.

-- Thos. Angle, Jordan Valley, Oregon

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mrtrim

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#6 posted 2017 days ago

looks great david . must be a fun project also.

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MsDebbieP

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#7 posted 2017 days ago

how exciting!!!

it’s looking wonderful.

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

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Brad_Nailor

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#8 posted 2016 days ago

Thanks for all the comments everyone! I keep bouncing between working on the SU model and the real birdhouse..I have project ADD!

-- http://www.facebook.com/pages/DSO-Designs/297237806954248

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cajunpen

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#9 posted 2016 days ago

Can’t decide what impresses me more – the actual woodwork or the SU work – both are outstanding. I sure wish I could make some progress with SU, just have a mental block I guess.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

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john

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#10 posted 1157 days ago

I,m getting a lot more request for different pads , castles .

-- John in Belgrave (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com , http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112698715866

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