Extreme Birdhouse # 44

[john from brussels]

Hi everyone , here is my latest Extreme Birdhouse . It is made from 100 year old reclaimed barn wood .This house is 5 ft wide , 7 ft tall and has a built in bird bath in the roof ..
The railings are all made from 1/4" steel .

A few weeks ago i got a call from Birds and Blooms magazine and they are going to do a two page article on my birdhouses . It will be in the Dec / Jan issue . I am very excited . :D

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[garager]

[A few weeks ago i got a call from Birds and Blooms magazine and they are going to do a two page article on my birdhouses . It will be in the Dec / Jan issue . I am very excited .]

Congrats on this, I have also seen some of your stuff in this magazine in the past, haven't I????? While waiting for the Doctor or something like that.

As always, you did another wonderful birdhouse. With a built in bird bath, thats cool.....

[john from brussels]

Thank you garager , As far as i know there has never been any articles done on them until now . I have had lots of people in the last few years say that i should be in thier magazine but that was about it . :D

[garager]

We're you advertising in the Mag?????

[Bob D.]

John, I've said it before but I have no problem saying it again, your birdhouses are fantastic. Extreme is the word to use to describe them alright. You have done some excellent work on the birdhouses and the other projects you have shown us here.

I am glad to hear you are going to get some recognition for your work.

[john from brussels]

I haven,t done any advertising anywhere unless it was free . :D
I was in a woodworking magazine a few years ago .

Thank you Bob i really appreciate your very nice comments .

[HVAC HAWK]

very nice again john
thanks for showing the start of this one may be some time you can do a start to finish with pictures and tell us a little about what your doing .

thanks for showing it to us

[VASandy]

Another masterpiece! What kind of metal are you using for the roofs? Do you purchase it already formed or do you do that yourself?

Thanks for posting the beginning process. Very cool. A condo with an outdoor pool on the roof! Those birds are in high cotton for sure! :)

[Woussko]

Beautiful work there for sure. Please tell us more about it when you have some free time.

[john from brussels]

Thank you everyone for all the very nice comments , they are all greatly appreciated .

I use regular barn steel on the roofs . I mainly use wall steel because it has a lower profile and it is much cleaner looking on the seams and easier to caulk . I buy the sheets in 14' lengths by 36" wide . Then i use steel cutting blades for my 7 1/4" skill saw to cut all the steel for the roof . It only takes about 20 min - 30 to cut them all . There is also 3/8" plywood under the steel to help everything stay square and strong .

My next birdhouse whatever that is i will take a lot more progress pics and then i will post them . Thanks again everyone .

[BadgerDave]

:bravo:John, as usual your new creation is superb. Your work is an inspiration to us all.

[john from brussels]

Thank you Dave , it is a nice feeling to know that . I really enjoy building things and i am always trying to come up with something different each time . I have been very lucky so far and if it helps to inspire someone even better !!

[DSurette]

John, I did a Google search for barn steel and got nothing. What is barn steel? BTW, I sent for the Cape Cod plans several months ago but I haven't hat a chance to start building it yet. Looks like it will be a fun project to make.

[Tom W]

Another great Birdhouse. I love to look at them.

Two questions: What is the most frustrating part of building the birdhouses?

And two: In a post where you pictured your TV watching/storage building I think I recall you mentioning you might be able to make plans available. Did you have the chance to draw up any plans? If so can you tell me how I can get a copy and the price?

Thanks,
Tom

[john from brussels]

John, I did a Google search for barn steel and got nothing. What is barn steel? BTW, I sent for the Cape Cod plans several months ago but I haven't hat a chance to start building it yet. Looks like it will be a fun project to make.

Now a days when they build barns around here they build them out of mainly steel and wood post , called pole barns .I am using the steel from that . This link may help .

This is the name i got from my steel . http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&rls=GGLJ,GGLJ:2006-48,GGLJ:en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=barnmaster+rib+steel&spell=1

I have even had to ship some down to a guy in Wisconsin for his cape cod . I,m not sure if yous have the same thing .

[john from brussels]

Another great Birdhouse. I love to look at them.

Two questions: What is the most frustrating part of building the birdhouses?

And two: In a post where you pictured your TV watching/storage building I think I recall you mentioning you might be able to make plans available. Did you have the chance to draw up any plans? If so can you tell me how I can get a copy and the price?

Thanks,
Tom

Hi Tom and thank you , I would have to say the most frustrating part of building them is moving them by myself . They definitely give you a work out. :D

As far as plans go i really wish i knew how to make them . The first two plans i have were done by my son . He is very capable of making them but he is much too busy with his roofing company to be helping me anymore . My intentions to build that shed was to come up with plans for it . I have all the numbers and info in my head to do it but i don,t have computer skills or sketchup skills to make it happen yet . Same goes with birdhouses , i know 95 % of it in my head . It drives me crazy not to be able to put it on paper yet . :D

[Aaron91]

Awesome work man. How many man hours did you have in this one?

[john from brussels]

Thank you Aaron , that is a good question , I would say about seven or eight days if i worked on it 8 hrs a day . Sometimes i only work a hour or two depending on how i feel . Sometimes i get a birdhouse block and i can,t think straight :D I get too many ideas at once and then get overwhelmed . Sometimes i think too much . :D

[ubermick]

John.

Birds, while often beautiful, are often dumb. They're not that bright. For example, they eat worms and drink water, when enlightened humans eat steak frites with a nice dubbel to wash it down.

Therefore, it's safe to assume our feathered friends don't appreciate your level of artistry and skill. So you should visit California and build me a studio in my backyard, since I absolutely would.

(Kidding! Well done, sir!)

[capehorn3]

Very nice, hope my wife doesn't look over my shoulder and see this or my shop time will take a new direction! How much does it weigh? Glade I'm not close enough to get a come help me a minuet call! Congrats again.

[john from brussels]

Thank you ubermick and capehorn3, This house weighs about 3-400 lbs . It is easy to lift when you have a farm tractor . :d It takes about 1 hour to install one safely . One person on the tractor and one person bracing everything together . The most important part is making sure it is sitting straight and centered.

I just found the thread on the nomination page and i just wanted to thank everyone who nominated me . I was wondering what that was all about . :D

[WoodworkLady]

:cool:Hi everyone , here is my latest Extreme Birdhouse . It is made from 100 year old reclaimed barn wood .This house is 5 ft wide , 7 ft tall and has a built in bird bath in the roof ..
The railings are all made from 1/4" steel .

A few weeks ago i got a call from Birds and Blooms magazine and they are going to do a two page article on my birdhouses . It will be in the Dec / Jan issue . I am very excited . :D



Your work is amazing!!!! It does certainly deserve to be featured in the magazine. Thank you so much for including those amazing pictures. Guys like you are my role models. I'm fairly new in woodworking and I love seeing the extraordinary things others make so I can aspire one day to have the skill to be able to make such beautiful things :love2: You rock :cool:

[john from brussels]

Thank you WoodworkLady for the very nice compliment. It is greatly appreciated .