Extreme Birdhouses

[john looser]

Hi everyone
Here are a few more of my Extreme Birdhouses.
They are all made with 150 yr old barn wood.
http://www.woodworking-galleries.org/pp/data/500/P8050028.JPG
http://www.woodworking-galleries.org/pp/data/500/P8050026.JPG
http://www.woodworking-galleries.org/pp/data/500/P8050022-1.JPG
http://www.woodworking-galleries.org/pp/data/500/P8050017.JPG
http://www.woodworking-galleries.org/pp/data/500/P8050018.JPG

[Jerry Dickens]

You will need some large poles to mount a couple of them on. But all are very nice looking and a lot of work has went in to the design and creation.

[Tim Morton]

Reminds me of my old Lincoln Logs:D Nice work john.

[Jim Becker]

Reminds me of my old Lincoln Logs

Geepers...that is exactly what I was going to say.

These are very interesting, John!

[john looser]

Thanks guys
I just put these out in my front yard and the birds are already checking them out.

[Randal Stevenson]

Hi everyone
Here are a few more of my Extreme Birdhouses.


Lie, lie, lie.

The first one is a tenament complex, not a house, the second, the Church of flight!

Why don't you make them more extreme, and make a pole house?

[John Miliunas]

Hey John, those are way neat! I especially like the one with the tall steeple on it. Very cool! You must posses a LOT of patience! :) :cool:

[Lou Morrissette]

Great job, John. Very interesting designs. Do you make your prototypes with Lincoln Logs?;) :D

Lou

[Mike Heidrick]

Try glueing rocks to the roofs to give it a cobblestone look. Then enamel them. Woud look very cool with your house ideas.

[jonathan snyder]

John,
Those are great! Are they for purple martins? What kinds of birds use them?

JOnathan

[john looser]

Thank you all for the nice compliments.
I never knew what Lincoln logs were until i started building these.

I make all different sizes for different birds.
I am attempting to set a world record for the worlds largest Purple Martin house.
http://www.woodworking-galleries.org/pp/data/500/P7100057.JPG
http://www.woodworking-galleries.org/pp/data/500/P7100002-3.JPG

Mike
I have been thinking about using stones for foundations and chimneys but don,t know how to make them stick.:D

[Randal Stevenson]

So that's why you got into bird houses! Cheaper then cat food!;)

When they put the fake brick or rock on houses/chimneys, they use a morter. Should just be able to do the same.

[Chuck Fischer]

Amazing by the way... simply amazing.

Did you guys take down an old barn on the property?

How do you clean them out?

Chuck

[Kelly C. Hanna]

Wow, that's a big birdhouse in that last pic!!! You should win the world's largest for that one. I like the tin roof and the log detail. I am a huge log home fan.

[john looser]

Thank you gentlemen.
I get all the wood free from farmers in my area.
most of the time they just burn the barns.
So far i have had two barns given to me in exchange for a birdhouse.
I have enough wood now to build a few hundred of them.:D
Thanks again
john