Yesterday's Project

db5 · Post by **db5** » Tue May 20, 2014 4:33 pm

Last year my neighbor had his house trim painted. The painters destroyed his gate but promised to fix it when they finished; they took their money and disappeared. A month ago I showed him an ad from HD for knot-free cedar for fences and told him how many he needed and that I would help build a new gate if he wanted. He has neither the tools nor the know-how. He bought everything, plus one additional board - just in case. We finished the gate and he had one board left over. He said it wasn't worth taking back and I could have it or he would just toss it.

What can you do with a single 5 1/2 x 1/2 x 6 piece of cedar? I decided to build this yesterday. Even had some short pieces left over.

Of course it's not quite the workmanship or quality of Farmer's projects but it's for the birds.
[ATTACH]25090[/ATTACH]

terrydowning · Post by **terrydowning** » Tue May 20, 2014 4:53 pm

There ya go.

There are no scraps. Just shorter and shorter pieces waiting to be used.

idcook · Post by **idcook** » Tue May 20, 2014 8:40 pm

Finally! A place for ’em besides the trash.

And I have plenty of wood scraps too.

Thanks db5.

john · Post by **john** » Tue May 20, 2014 9:08 pm

Nice Idea, Nicely Done!

I'm sure your fine feathered friends will appreciate it.

By-the-way, that is one of my favourite wines.

John

moggymatt · Post by **moggymatt** » Tue May 20, 2014 11:59 pm

Very clever, I can see a couple of those going up on some of my fence posts this summer.

mountainbreeze · Post by **mountainbreeze** » Wed May 21, 2014 8:31 am

Cool idea. Are there plans for that or did you designt it on-the-fly yourself?

db5 · Post by **db5** » Wed May 21, 2014 9:40 am

mountainbreeze wrote:Cool idea. Are there plans for that or did you design it on-the-fly yourself?

The board feet available determined the design. Height was dictated by the bottle. It is held in place by rubber tubing with holes drilled through the back and stapled on the backside. Weight of the bottle keeps it in place. There is a block of wood (45 degree cut) on the back of the base. I found I needed this to keep too much seed from spilling out and also to push it forward instead of piling up at the back.

Google "wine bottle bird feeder" for some variations.

swampgator · Post by **swampgator** » Wed May 21, 2014 11:53 am

Great job. Attractive, recyled and reused. Now the squirrels will come. I use only canola seeds for the birds. No squirrels.

Canola seeds available in the Lowe's garden section.

db5 · Post by **db5** » Wed May 21, 2014 2:16 pm

swampgator wrote:Great job. Attractive, recyled and reused. Now the squirrels will come.

No squirrels. I recycled a tree.

[ATTACH]25095[/ATTACH]