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A couple of recent birdhouses I made with copper roofs, the one with the overlapping pennies was the most difficult but toward the end you kind of learn how to place them easily, it has about 500 Lincoln pennies so I call it the Lincoln Loghouse. (Made cents to me). The last one is several years old but has been updated with aluminum door surrounds because some critters had been chewing their way into the house All are made from western red cedar.
-- If you say 'It's good enough', it probably isn't.
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dustysawyer
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#1 posted 607 days ago
Excellent name. I love projects that only take pennies out of your budget. With the price of copper, you may want to install a security camera. :-)
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#2 posted 607 days ago
Nice birdhouse. It looks like about 3 bucks in the top!
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#3 posted 606 days ago
500? 500? that would be 5 bucks. anyway, whose counting on something that’s “for the birds.” If a hundred dollar bill would last longer, the animals of the world would deserve it considering how much the bird and animal world has suffered at the hands of man. Pennies for a roof…brilliant….well, now uncirculated.
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jim1953
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#4 posted 606 days ago
Great Lookin House
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Alan
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#5 posted 606 days ago
Great idea with the pennies.
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a1Jim
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#6 posted 606 days ago
niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice
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Mark
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#7 posted 606 days ago
gotta make use of pennies somehow
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#8 posted 605 days ago
clever idea!
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#9 posted 605 days ago
how are you attaching the pennies?
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Paul
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#10 posted 605 days ago
Rob,
Good question,
I tried Hot Glue – Didn’‘t stick to the pennies very well and too hot on my fingers.
Tried white glue – dried too slowly
Tried Gorilla Glue – Foamed up and pushed the pennies out of allignment
Finally I swiped some of my wife’s ‘3M Craft Quick Drying Glue’ comes with a good applicator tip and is easy to apply and seems to hold well.
I suppose other glues will work also but that is what I had, let me know what works for you.
Also, I used outdoor treated plywood for the roof sheathing so if the pennies leak a little it won’t matter much.
-- If you say 'It's good enough', it probably isn't.
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