Ipe birdhouse

I’m nominating you for the Innovative Award, Darrell!

-- Paul - The sweetest sound in my shop, next to Mozart, is what a hand plane makes slicing a ribbon.

Nice work Darrell !

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

nice work, That is an awfully spendy house just for the birds ;-))

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

Cool design. I assume the barn doors are to clean out last years debris. I may have to borrow this idea. The Ipe may be overkill but it should be woodpecker proof. They wreck my bluebird houses every year.

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

Definitely a clever design. I like the idea of reusing the metal food cans.

-- Every step of any project should be considered your masterpiece if you want the finished product to reflect the quality of your work. http://www.FineArtBoxes.com

Thanks for the kind words guys. I get most of the cans from the side of the road while riding my bicycle. The ipe was given to me by a sheet rocking buddy of mine, he went dumpster diving to get it for me. He’s also a good customer, buys woodworking projects from me. Another woodworking friend gave me the thin cedar I used for the roof. He thought it was too thin to be of any use. They used to be 3/4” thick fence pickets.

Doc, the doors and windows are for show. My young daughter had a hand in the design, she already has it hanging from her bedroom ceiling now.

-- Darrell, making more sawdust than I know what to do with

Real nice Darrel :) i like the cans you use, and since you led me to this site.. i think you got my vote :)

-- -Thomas -

Thanks Thomas. I appreciate your vote, but there are many more birdhouses here more worthy of consideration. If there was a recycled material category I might do ok there. My first choice was a nautical design and have started construction on it but with the increased July workload and family obligations I “bit off more than I could chew” and couldn’t finish it in time for the deadline. The ipe birdhouse had to be one of those 1/2 day projects after finding out that the deadline was 3:00pm CDT and not end of the day like I thought.

Yours should do well in the contest Thomas, it looks like one of the birdhouses that somebody actually spent some time building.

-- Darrell, making more sawdust than I know what to do with