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Wren Hut

Project by trifern posted 444 days ago 546 views 2 times favorited 27 comments Add to Favorites Watch

This is my Gorilla Challenge entry. It is a birdhouse turned from box elder. The top and bottom were turned separately and glued together with Gorilla super glue. The top has a brass 7mm tube super glued into it to minimize wear from the copper hanger. It is finished with spar urethane.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.


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SteveKorz

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posted 444 days ago

VERY COOL! This is a really neat piece…

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

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bonykneez

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posted 444 days ago

Very Cool Joe! Where are you finding your wood?

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thetimberkid

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posted 444 days ago

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

-- For wood working podcasts with a twist check out http://thetimberkid.com/

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Zuki

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posted 444 days ago

Hmmm . . . do Gorillas eat Wren? :-)

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

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lew

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posted 444 days ago

I thought you were going to say you turned the tree and used gorilla glue on the leaves!! :>)

Nice bird house- hope you get some “renters”in the spring

Lew

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TedM

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posted 444 days ago

I doubt it will be long before someone claims this one! A happy wren family indeed!

-- I'm a wood magician... I can turn fine lumber into firewood before your very eyes! - http://www.woodworkersguide.com

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brianinpa

1363 posts in 601 days


posted 444 days ago

Very nice Joe. The grain and colors really look nice with the shape of the turning. You are going to make some wren a very happy renter!

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

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Douglas Bordner

3415 posts in 942 days


posted 444 days ago

Hopefully those wrens will value chatoyance. Great project!

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

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Napaman

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posted 444 days ago

i love this!!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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griff

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posted 444 days ago

Joe, this looks great. you did a very good turn on this little house.

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

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Bigbuck

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posted 444 days ago

That is a great looking wren hut.

-- Glenn, New Mexico

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woodyone

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posted 444 days ago

Very nice

Woody.

-- Woody, UK

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Douglas Krueger

379 posts in 601 days


posted 444 days ago

Reminds me of the hats I see the locals wearing out in the rice fields. Love the patina and the colors, good luck in the Monkey Mastic contest.

-- I can so I wood but why are my learning curves always circles

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MsDebbieP

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posted 444 days ago

gorgeous
the grain in the bottom looks like a landscape (to me) and then the top makes it look like mountains rising above the land. Stunning!

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

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savannah505

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posted 443 days ago

Very nice Joe – As usual you did a great job on this, how much is rent?

-- Dan Wiggins

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DAN

6396 posts in 861 days


posted 443 days ago

truely cool birdhouse.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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trifern

7890 posts in 645 days


posted 443 days ago

Thanks for all the kind remarks. I really appreciate them all.

Rent is extremely reasonable, it’s going for a song.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

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MsDebbieP

14090 posts in 1039 days


posted 443 days ago

haha you are so tweet!

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

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Grumpy

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posted 443 days ago

Nice one Trifern. Good luck in the contest.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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Dick, & Barb Cain

6990 posts in 1177 days


posted 442 days ago

Very Nice!

Good luck!

I just added this to my ”to do someday” list.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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jockmike2

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posted 441 days ago

Very cool buddy! I taught I taw a putty tat, Naww it was just Ms Deb foolin around. Nice job that should take the prize.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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John Gray

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posted 441 days ago

Very very nice! It’s good to see that you did not add a perch birdhouses shouldn’t have them. The size of the hole dictates the birds that can use the house and they fly right into the hole. A perch gives larger (starlings for example) a place to sit and harass the bird inside and it’s young like trying to eat the babies.

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

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rb765

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posted 440 days ago

Wow…very nice wood and great project.

-- Sure Dear, I can make that for you. Lemme just run out and get a tool I need for that.

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Wally_nd

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posted 308 days ago

Very very nice…thanks for sharing

-- Jeremy, North Dakota

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dustygirl

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posted 308 days ago

What a great looking birdhouse.Love it.

-- Dustygirl..Hastings,Ontario.. How much wood can 1 gal chuck if 1 gal can't cut wood?

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GaryBuck

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posted 80 days ago

Cool idea looks great, I bet the birds are fighting over this one

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a1Jim

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posted 80 days ago

the most unique bird house

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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