My First Turned Birdhouse

[Gil Jones]

Hello y'all,
3.5" hi X 2.25" wide [89mm hi x 57mm wide], Aromatic Cedar upper, and Live Oak lower. Finish is two coats of lacquer and buffed, and the bird is from Michaels craft store. I can thank Eugen Schlaak for the birdhouse idea, and Basil Kelsey for the photo of a beading tool.

[TTIT]

Wow you guy's have really small birds dontcha!!!:;

Looks good Gil :2tsup:

[RufflyRustic]

Gorgeous! Love it Gil! :clap::thumbup:

Please would you consider this my offical Order for one of your Birdhouses :)

Cheers
Wendy

[Gil Jones]

Thanks Vern and Wendy, these are fun to create.
Sure Wendy, you are first on the list (as soon as I make one). I will PM you when I figure this out :)

[OGYT]

Gil, nice birdhouse! I like the choice of timbers. Most of all, I like the beads. I'd like to see that pic of the tool. I've never turned a bead that looked like a bead. :(
How'd the bird take to the buffing? :D

[Gil Jones]

Thanks Al, a copy of the beading tool is in your email, and included here too.
It is used as a scraper, and can be VERY aggressive if you allow it. Light cuts with a sharp tool.

[ss_11000]

excellent work Gil.

the cedar and oak look to have great figure to!

cheers

[joe greiner]

Perfect as usual, Gil. Nice contrast of colors and grains in the wood selections. Where'd you get the beading tools? They certainly work well here.

Joe

[hughie]

Gil,
Ditto, wot they said.
Nice one! Hmmm must be one of them blue blood birds..:U to have house like that.

[Gil Jones]

Grazzie, Stirlo, Joe, and Hughie..!
Joe, the beading tools are just el cheapo bench gouges that I reground like the ones in the pic I posted...I will bring them and the B1rd Houch to the meeting on Tuesday.
Hughie, yep a tiny blue-blood birdie, and it is not happy being CAed to the perch. :)

[Grumpy John]

I will bring them and the B1rd Houch to the meeting on Tuesday.



You guys are keen doing a 60 mile drive to a meeting. Do you do this drive weekly, monthly?

Nice birdhouse, I assume they are just for decoration or are they functional also?

[RETIRED]

You guys are keen doing a 60 mile drive to a meeting. Do you do this drive weekly, monthly?

Nice birdhouse, I assume they are just for decoration or are they functional also?

I do that every day.:wink::D:rolleyes:

[Wayne Blanch]

Nice work yet again Gil:2tsup: Great combination of timbers!

[joe greiner]

You guys are keen doing a 60 mile drive to a meeting. Do you do this drive weekly, monthly?

Nice birdhouse, I assume they are just for decoration or are they functional also?

Gil's the one with all the driving; ASFAIK mostly Interstate freeway. My trip is only about 5 miles, in town. We also have some members in Thomasville GA (about 35 miles) and a few at similar distances. Monthly BTW, 1st Tuesday.

Joe

[Gil Jones]

Thanks y'all.
John, our turning club meeting is once a month, and it is about 65+ miles (105km) one way from home. So yes it is a costly trip with fuel prices going up (diesel in my case), but it seems to be mostly worthwhile. Yes, it is just an ornament birdhouse. The entrance hole is 1/2" (12.7mm).
Joe, what is a ASFAIK? ("As far as I know" is AFAIK, if that is what you mean):)

[Barry Hicks]

Very nice BH Gil!
Maybe you can tell me something? For years I have been reading how you guys up there grow 'live oak trees'. I can tell the difference between live and dead trees but do you guys also grow 'dead oak trees' as opposed to the live version?
WTH is a live oak tree?

Barry Hicks

[Grumpy John]

John, our turning club meeting is once a month, and it is about 65+ miles (105km) one way from home.

Luckily my club is only 5 km away they meet 3 times daily, 4 days a week :o:doh:.

Cheers
GJ

[joe greiner]

Thanks y'all.
John, our turning club meeting is once a month, and it is about 65+ miles (105km) one way from home. So yes it is a costly trip with fuel prices going up (diesel in my case), but it seems to be mostly worthwhile. Yes, it is just an ornament birdhouse. The entrance hole is 1/2" (12.7mm).
Joe, what is a ASFAIK? ("As far as I know" is AFAIK, if that is what you mean):)

Yeah, my built-in (inside my head) acronym finder sometimes slips a cog.

Joe

[Gil Jones]

Joe, try this one >>> http://www.acronymfinder.com

GJ, your club sounds like a pub:)

Thanks, Barry, this is the definition of Live Oak >> http://hort.ufl.edu/trees/QUEVIRA.pdf << The wood is much darker than White or Red Oak wood. Growing a dead Live Oak would be interesting.

[jd570b]

Been lurking here for a while, this is my first post, hopefully I get it right.


WTH is a live oak tree?

Barry Hicks

Try this link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_live_oak

Audubon Society Field Guide agrees with Wikipedia for the most part. Also it has a good photo of a old live oak in South Carolina.:)

I hope to find a piece to turn one of these days.

Milton

[Barry Hicks]

Thanks for that Gil. They look like an impressive tree.
Any idea where the unusual name originated?

Barry Hicks

[joe greiner]

Any idea where the unusual name originated?

Here 'tis. Doesn't shed all its leaves in winter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_oak

There are about 450 species of oak worldwide, and at least 25 in Florida alone.

I have some dead live oak in my timber stash. :)

Joe

[Gil Jones]

Milton,
Savannah is full of Live Oaks, maybe a tree trimmer will give you a chunk. I would trade you a USPS Flat Rate Box full of Live Oak if you have something interesting to trade in return.

[Barry Hicks]

Thank you Joe, now I won't die wondering. I had a nagging feeling someone was going to tell me the name came about because all the other varieties looked dead.

Barry Hicks

[funkychicken]

Now there's an idea.

Good work old chap!