Made some easy to assemble bird house kit for my students to help some 5th grade classes make.
There are the prototypes, my class will be cutting 3-4 sheets of these the next few days.
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Made some easy to assemble bird house kit for my students to help some 5th grade classes make.
There are the prototypes, my class will be cutting 3-4 sheets of these the next few days.
Kyle Stapleton
River Falls Renaissance Academy
Math/Technology Education Teacher
PRS Alpha 96x60 2.2 hp spindle, Double Air drills, 6" indexer, Fein 5 zone vac table
Desktop w/spindle
Potter Pen
Aspire 8.5, Creo 3.0
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Shouldn't you have a little dowel below the hole for them to land on?
good job!
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I thought so myself but, not in the official bird house plan PDF I was seen from the costumer.
Kyle Stapleton
River Falls Renaissance Academy
Math/Technology Education Teacher
PRS Alpha 96x60 2.2 hp spindle, Double Air drills, 6" indexer, Fein 5 zone vac table
Desktop w/spindle
Potter Pen
Aspire 8.5, Creo 3.0
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There are no perches sticking out of holes in trees, perches give predators a nice handle though.
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There are no perches sticking out of holes in trees DOH! makes sense
I seem to recall as a kid that there was one particular species of bird that needed a perch and i looked back in my old pictures that i took as a boyscout and found this picture.
Words of Wisdom:
“Words that sink into your ears are whispered…… not yelled”
“The biggest trouble maker you’ll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every morn’n”
“The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth”
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Just remember...when it's time for the hearse to pull up..there's no luggage rack on top!
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The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it...Thomas Jefferson
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1/2" ply cheaper can still use fasteners slight slope on "roof" and add overhang to sides make "back" wider than roof...
that design a little ugly...
students need to learn design aesthetic also
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No design work (other then making them snap together for easy assemble) customer gave us the Wildlife approved plans they wanted us to make, and we did.
There is no need to reinvent the wheel, the customer went through a great deal of work talking to many people to find the design THEY wanted. Who are we to tell them they did a bad job?
Kyle Stapleton
River Falls Renaissance Academy
Math/Technology Education Teacher
PRS Alpha 96x60 2.2 hp spindle, Double Air drills, 6" indexer, Fein 5 zone vac table
Desktop w/spindle
Potter Pen
Aspire 8.5, Creo 3.0
Member
Hole size is important when building a wren house. It needs to be small enough so sparrows cannot enter and use the house.
Sparrows are also the reason you don't want a perch. The sparrows will land on it and block the entrance, even though the opening is too small for them to enter.
Learned about it last Christmas, my sons made a couple wren houses for Christmas gifts.
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