Rate my homemade birdtable...

[Mrs M]

Looks great
Well done.

 

[Cuchilo]

You'll soon be building these ...http://www.extremebirdhouse.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&Itemid=6

 

[CanucksTraveller]

My shop bought one is no more stable, I just put some bricks on the two legs that have space for them. Teams of pigeons and starlings haven't yet knocked it over, two years on.
I think you've done well to remember the design in your head, it looks very much like a shop bought one.

 

[raleighnut]

I was going to buy one but they were fifty quid, so I thought, hang on, I've got some wood, I can build one. So I photographically memorised the fifty quid one and then got to work.

It's hard to tell I know (cough) but the last time I did any fancy woodwork, that being defined as anything beyond a straight cut and nailing things, was pre O-Level.

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This was a final pre-cursor to make sure I had the necessary skills to do the decking. I think on the strength of this I can go pro.

That's a feeder table, not a birdhouse. Very good though.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Very nice, just to echo @meta lon though, a fully laden pigeon could have it over, I think the base needs to be a bit wider

African or European?

 

[Bollo]

Local bird community reacts...

 

[slowmotion]

It looks good. Treat it with a water-based preservative wood stain like Sadolins.

 

[Crackle]

Modifications have been requested. A more overhanging roof and table supports like the feet. Apart from that, it's passed muster.

 

[EltonFrog]

A blind man would be pleased to see it.

 

[Dave 123]

It would look good on your lawn Dave

I wouldn't dare be so cruel. The little birds would be picked off by the peregrines and sparrowhawks within a week!

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

There's two holes for ground anchors, I'm not relying on the feet width, plus, it's heavier than it looks.

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If that's CLS, watch out when you treat it as it may warp like a warpy thing. CLS is kiln-dried and meant for internal stud-work. It'll absorb a lot of whatever you treat it with.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Nice, should have smaller windows though if it's meant for them to nest.
As a bird table it is perfect, you need to proof it somehow for cleaning, as their droppings could give them diseases.
I'd like one in red, please

 

[rich p]

Good is not the word, Crax...

 

[Crackle]

If that's CLS, watch out when you treat it as it may warp like a warpy thing. CLS is kiln-dried and meant for internal stud-work. It'll absorb a lot of whatever you treat it with.

Just bog standard white wood. I don't know how long it'll survive but if I treat it should be OK.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Just bog standard white wood. I don't know how long it'll survive but if I treat it should be OK.

Get some creosote on it.