Extreme Birdhouse # 35

great job. i can’t imagine what you would need a 6 ft wide birdhouse for? great job and keep up the good work.

Thanks teenagewoodworker. You never heard of big bird before ? lol

-- John in Cranbrook http://www.extremebirdhouse.com ....http://community.webshots.com/user/cranbrook2

Pretty cool! Looks like you have a lot of work ahead of you.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

I love building bird houses, but I never made one quite like that. NICE!

-- Dave Leitem,Butler,Pa.,http://dlcarver.etsy.com

Another masterpiece from the master. Can’t say that I’ve noticed the metal roofs before, is that new..?

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

Nice! Another great home for the birds…I love the shot of your soiled workshop! You have orders for 14? Wow thats great! I wish I lived closer…you could contract me out to help with fulfillment!! I love the planed barn boards…it has a really nice look. What do you use to seal with? I am looking at this Olympic ultimate sealer…but I am not sure if it will disolve the glue I used to attach the shingles. That would suck! I have some leftovers so I will do some test panels, just to be safe! I could just play it safe and go with a water based sealer, but the oil based stuff penetrates way better. Plus this stuff is supposed to prevent graying for at least three years, and thats great taking in mind what I paid for the materiels I used!

-- Women love me.....trees fear me

Looked at your other houses, answered my own question.. Its not new, I was just more observant today. Is the metal recycled also?

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

I wike it !

-- ..... art for lifes sake

Thank you everyone for all the nice comments.
In the past i was using left over steel from a barn i did about 7 years ago but that pile ran out last year so i have been buying cut offs from the lumber yard for about $2.00 a ft. I have built a few of them with wooden roofs but i like the steel better and it is much lighter.

David ,I use a sealer called Thompson’s water seal. It has a beautiful gold color for the first few weeks then it fades from the sun. It,s too bad because it looks great .

-- John in Cranbrook http://www.extremebirdhouse.com ....http://community.webshots.com/user/cranbrook2

Wow ! I never saw large bird houses before. Looks great . You are lucky to find old barn boards, around these parts they are few and far between . Worth the weight in gold too .

-- Ageingwood - artsplae1@msn.com No time , retired

Thanks Ageingwood. I have been lucky to get all my wood free. Sometimes i offer to build a birdhouse in exchange for a large amout of wood. I still have enough barn wood to build about 150 more houses. There are still lots of old barns and sheds in my area to get. i hope , lol

-- John in Cranbrook http://www.extremebirdhouse.com ....http://community.webshots.com/user/cranbrook2

You even have your dog showing off in photo 1, nice.
The finish that I used on the Extreme Cape Cod I built
was Sikkens Cetol SRD a product meant for log homes.
I use it on cedar shingles that side my sunroom and it
holds up very well. They also make a marine product
that I have used on a teak trim on my boat.
http://www.nam.sikkens.com/product.cfm?productid=18&productcategory=log-home

-- Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati

Hi John,

As usual your work is for the birds!!!!!!

This is a nice birdhouse and it is really upscale if that is a metal roof I see on it.

Thanks for the post.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Thank you Gary and Scott . Thanks for that link Gary i will check that out. The Thompson’s works well to repel the water but like i said earlier the color fades in a few weeks and doesn’t look as appealing then.

Scott : I use regular barn steel for the roofs. It,s light weight and easy to use. It is also easy to change the color to whatever you want.

-- John in Cranbrook http://www.extremebirdhouse.com ....http://community.webshots.com/user/cranbrook2