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Extreme birdhouses

Project by john posted 1278 days ago 3867 views 1 time favorited 19 comments Add to Favorites Watch

this birdhouse is made from 100 yr old reclaimed barn board. it is 5 1/2 ft wide and sits 8 ft in the air.

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.spaces.live.com/ (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com


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wood_knot

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posted 1207 days ago

Wow, craftsmen ship is incredible. Thanks for showing off your talents, they are greatly appreciated.

-- J.R Renaud

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timberwolf

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posted 1205 days ago

The birds must take up residents quite fast, these are nicer then my own home,lol
great work.

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doug

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posted 1205 days ago

It is incredable! and must have been painstakenly time consuming.Having several bird feeders and enjoying them, your bird house is of particular intrest to me. How maney logs are involved in the building prosses? Ill bet your project is sumwhat on the hefty side. Good job.
Doug.

-- doug, Hudson Florida, www. dougandjudy@tampabay.rr.com

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john

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posted 1205 days ago

Thank you Doug
I have built 20 birdhouses so far. i am starting another one today . it took me 5 hrs to cut all the logs and it made 4 heaping wheel barrel loads of sawdust so far. that is before any construction. this house took me three days to build. the cedar is very old so they are not as heavy as they look. i use 1/4” plywood inside. easy to remove to clean them. they take a lot more time if i run the wood through the planer. i really enjoy building them. i am starting to get a lot of recognition for them from all over the world. if you click on my link i have a bunch more of them. http://community.webshots.com/user/cranbrook2 thanks again john

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.spaces.live.com/ (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

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Trinity

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posted 1204 days ago

As usual, great job John. It comes as no surprise. It is easy to see that you enjoy creating these projects…it shows, however, I have seen plenty of your work in the past so…once again, this comes as no surprise. This piece is a 10.
Take care!

-- P. Frangos

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crocodile

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posted 1203 days ago

what a piece of extreme art looks like a skilled and talented person built this birdhouse.
I am sure this will win this contest hands down .

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Diane

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posted 951 days ago

I agree with Crocodile, extreame art it is. I am crazy about this and it looks so nice in your pretty yard. I’m going to look at your site now.

Diane

-- http://s205.photobucket.com/albums/bb276/DMarcella/

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Diane

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posted 951 days ago

I love your other projects too, I just looked at some of them in your albums.

Diane

-- http://s205.photobucket.com/albums/bb276/DMarcella/

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john

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posted 951 days ago

Thanks Diane
My yard is getting full.
I am working on a shed now.

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.spaces.live.com/ (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

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MsDebbieP

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posted 951 days ago

well, well, well.. it seems that we have yet another famous LumberJock in our midst!!

I open up the April/May issue of “Out here” and what’s the centrefold article??? Extreme Birdhouses by John in Cranbrook!!! :)

I haven’t read the entire article yet .. I had to scoot onto the computer first.

congrats John!! Congrats.

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

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john

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posted 951 days ago

Thanks again Debbie
I haven’t seen that one yet and i also have an article in the May issue of Canadian Home Workshop magazine.
I also had 3 articles last month in my area.

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.spaces.live.com/ (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

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MsDebbieP

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posted 951 days ago

I don’t get that magazine but I think I’ll just have to go find a copy when it comes out!!

When I come visit I’ll have to get your autograph!!

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

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john

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posted 951 days ago

Thanks again Debbie
It should be out by monday.
You should be able to get it at any lumber store, zehrs or chapters

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.spaces.live.com/ (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

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LJ

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posted 903 days ago

Holy cow! That’s a palace for our avain friends. Hope you charge ‘em a high rent to keep away the riff-raff. I would hope that an appropriately styled bird takes up residence, Purple Martins, maybe?

-- Peace, LJ http://beam.to/4goldens.org

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oscorner

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posted 902 days ago

The birds are definitly spoiled in your neck of the woods. LOL.

-- Jesus is Lord!

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Bradford

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posted 504 days ago

You are too good for your own good. Nice work. I know if I was a bird, I’d stay a night or two at that bird hotel as long as the continental breakfast was included.

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.

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SteveKorz

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posted 504 days ago

Very cool! My wife would love that!

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

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john

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posted 504 days ago

Thank you Bradford and Steve . This house is now full of birds .They love it

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.spaces.live.com/ (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

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pegofmyheart

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posted 61 days ago

Extreme art it is!

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