Our version of retirement: Living a childhood dream
- Thread starter Gary O'
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I think the term 'roomy' doesn't really come in to play
Gonna say 'cozy'
A dyed in the wool birder guided my hand in creating the size
'Cept he highky recommended a trap door for clean out
The little guys are gonna hafta do that themselves
This last one was busy
My pics don't justify
I've had this 'array' of twisted mystery for months now
The spacing of the intermarried roots were a real poser
Finally got the guts to build an abode around it
and not cut off some of the meld
It's about twice the size of what I've been building
It'll go for a pretty good price (if I can get it outa my wife's clutches)
My pics don't justify
I've had this 'array' of twisted mystery for months now
The spacing of the intermarried roots were a real poser
Finally got the guts to build an abode around it
and not cut off some of the meld
It's about twice the size of what I've been building
It'll go for a pretty good price (if I can get it outa my wife's clutches)
Verisure
Senior Member
I live near the sea and so I hate (literally HATE) seagulls. But I am partial to sparrows and blue tit so several years ago I built a birdhouse according to the recommended measurements for small birds. It was very plain and not elaborate as yours. Not a single bird nested in it. After one year I gave up and never tried again.
Placement is critical
Turns out, most anything with a hole in it will suffice.....if.....it's in the right location
Verisure
Senior Member
Well, during the year I waited I was fortunate enough to have twice witnessed a bird(s) take a look inside. I guess they didn't like it.
RadishRose
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- Connecticut, USA
The cuckoo clock says "hello hello" LOL!
Verisure
Senior Member
Yes. I ought to have put the davenport in place before I nailed in the last plank. After that, it was too late.
Meanderer
Senior Member
Meanwhile, at the tap-room.........
There's something to be said for simplicity
I didn't go too nuts with the twisty tree roots on this one
I did concentrate on quality cuts and fits
(while maintaining the rough look)
Sometimes just highlighting things like the grain haloing the entry is enough
Fitting the protruding roots can be tedious, but worth it
I didn't go too nuts with the twisty tree roots on this one
I did concentrate on quality cuts and fits
(while maintaining the rough look)
Sometimes just highlighting things like the grain haloing the entry is enough
Fitting the protruding roots can be tedious, but worth it
Verisure
Senior Member
Now you have to build them a condominium for whenever they are in the city.
Ps. Maybe you should bevel the holes when using those types of screws just in case of storms and hurricanes.
Heh, my buddy in Wyoming chides me on using sheetrock screws
.....and, yeah, beveling would actually be a nice step
I've given it thought
What I did find, was, using a tad larger bit to predrill does the trick and no extra step
(I'd forgotten I was using a tinier bit on something else, and only remembered after building most of this one)
My Wyoming buddy and I exchange creations (he's a bit of a master)
He takes my tiny abodes apart and vacuum varnishes them in his chamber, then reassembles with fancy round head screws
I'm not 'there' yet
Verisure
Senior Member
The downside is that if the wood is thin (and constructed on an angle), bevelling won't leave much left for the screws to bite into on the lower edge. A rock and a hard place.
You got that sooooooo right
The wider bit took care of the protrusions
Funny how a couple millimeters can make such a big dif
(I was splitting wood in all the wrong places)
I just stepped out the back door to sip a brew on the deck
Nice September moon
I so miss the prairie wolves crying their songs up at the cabin
It'd always give me a bit of a chill when stepping out to mark my territory
The moon beams thru the pines enhanced those eerie wails
I miss that chill
Nice September moon
I so miss the prairie wolves crying their songs up at the cabin
It'd always give me a bit of a chill when stepping out to mark my territory
The moon beams thru the pines enhanced those eerie wails
I miss that chill
Verisure
Senior Member
I do b'lieve that there is a mighty fine title fer a new song. I'm a-gonna' write it done and send it on up ta Johnny Lee and see if'n he kin do sumpin' wif it.
Verisure
Senior Member
I'm telling you the truth. Quite a few years ago I worked at a local zoo that specialized in indigenous animals. Once in a while, I'd still be there after hours just to tease the musk ox bull so he'd charge me against the fence. Night would fall and the wolves would start baying and it really is a scary thing to hear. Several years after that a female zookeeper at another zoo upcountry went into the wolves' pen alone (which was not allowed) and they ravaged her to death. The wolves were subseqeutnly all "put down".
https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/kvinna-dod-i-attack-av-varg-pa-kolmarden/
Meanderer
Senior Member
Latest and last tiny abode for awhile
Went the 50 mi north to the cabin to tighten it up for winter
Grabbed more tree roots and much needed straight pcs for weather caps
The natural weather caps are a nicer, more whimsical touch
Got a load of live edge planks from a sawmill friend of mine
Gonna yield some pie hutches from them......I hope
Gonna git crazy
Went the 50 mi north to the cabin to tighten it up for winter
Grabbed more tree roots and much needed straight pcs for weather caps
The natural weather caps are a nicer, more whimsical touch
Got a load of live edge planks from a sawmill friend of mine
Gonna yield some pie hutches from them......I hope
Gonna git crazy
Sat on my hind end and thought for a long while before I started ripping into those live edge boards.
The door will need some room for large T hinges
So, I measured
Sat back down
Measured again
Sat down
Listened to Joe Cocker
Scratched myself
Commenced to rip
Those pine boards are gnarly
Happy with the door so far
The cuts left wide places for two hinges
Very happy about that
