Hey Scoutcrafter! Those are some really neat birdhouses you made. You might mention to folks that if you are going to use it for actual birds, you need to have a way to clean out the old nests. Also you can go online to the Wildbird website and they will tell you the exact dimensions for whatever kind of bird you want to attract. www.birdsforever.com/boxdim.html Size of the box, size of hole, height from the bottom to the hole, etc. Where I live, I always have to put a baffle on the pole that the birdhouse is on to keep snakes out of there. Take care. 👍🏼
Your videos are such a great distraction. My kids have been off school for over a week, and wont go back untill at least the beginning of April. The cardboard birdhouse was a great idea for the young viewers to participate. My daughter can cut the cardboard with her safety scissors, tape it up herself and I can help seal it from the weather. She's only 6, but likes watching your videos. Great TH-cam creators like you are more important now than ever. You are helping bring some sense of normalcy into our crazy lives. Thank you for all the work you put into this channel.
So I just got done watching one of your clamp restoration vids, and I fell in love with the SME 218s you painted green. Man, if I could own one clamp for my shop it would be those. Did a search online for the possibility of finding a pair of them and nothing. Zip. Zilch. You sure did score with those.
I just dont know how to thank you for your wonderful channel. I love tools and watching you and listening to your stories is something I look forward to. I also wish my son would have had you as a scout leader. I am sure you made great positive impressions and allowed many hundreds (if not thousands) of youngsters to have great memories while learning so many valuable life skills. America is made great because of men like you.
Thanks John for keeping us sane. Came out of hospital last week, unable to drive for a month and slowly going stir crazy but now something to get our teeth into.
One thing I've found in making birdhouses is to make the entrance hole out of plastic or metal. Otherwise, the starlings will peck out the wood until it's big enough for them to get in. And then you won't have any nice songbirds, but just those nuisance starlings. And it's good to study how big a box and hole are needed for the desirable birds in your area.
So by sheer coincidence I have turned my first ever birdhouses on the lathe recently and you have a challenge in progress at the same time! It's a great idea, nature needs a home too! Plus I had a lot of fun making them. I uploaded a video of the second one I turned today which will be my entry if it's worthy 😊
Hey Scoutcrafter! Love your channel. Recently retired with a 40+ year accumulation of tools, projects, stuff, and a few birdhouse parts. Will be posting as soon as I figure out how. Lol
I was hoping you were going to put two blades on the hacksaw for the slot! 😁 Love the bird house challenge. I think you will get some amazing entries. Maybe a later challenge could be a bread/cheese/cutting board. Woodworking plus maybe metal working for the handles. Cheers, and stay safe. 🇦🇺👍
Hi John, like the birdhouse challenge. I would like to make a couple of suggestions 1- add some type of screen or small expanded metal to the jnside face just below the opening to allow the hatchlings to climb out. Also, avoid placing the birdhouse on a tree to avoid easy access by predators. I prefer to drive a piece of 1" metal conduit or pipe into the ground and attach it to that. Thanks again.
Those birdhouses are beautiful. I like the practical idea of a clean out door. Squirrels will also use perches in order to get to the eggs. Best to avoid them. Also, I have to tell you that I enjoyed your restoration video of the Blackhawk 151 multiwrench. You have inspired me to clean up the one I have. Still in excellent condition but has a lot of old paint in it. It's not quite obsolete yet. It is still useful on my grandparents' 1948 Ford Super Deluxe. Best regards from the Intermountain West.
Wow John. You did it again. Another great video. I will have to get in on the birdhouse challenge; I haven't built one in years. The hardware tip was great; it could be a regular feature. Stay healthy and I look forward to Wednesday. Jim
I must have used hundreds of feet of threaded rod. Something we did quite often was sandwich a block wall up high between 2 twelve inch channels with bolts made from threaded rod then you could remove the wall beneath it.
Hi! Cute nesting boxes. I have also done a few songs recently. I have a three- year-old son who likes bird watching. A good trick with cutting out screws! Greetings from Poland!
20+ years ago, I bought 100 - 1" x 12" x 12' pine boards from an old guy. There was a pile of 1" x 12" x 23" scrap boards. I asked about them and he gave them to me. I setup my table saw and radial arm saw for production. I made about 3 dozen bluebird house kits with all nail holes pre drilled for my son's kindergarten and Cub Scouts. I also made a giant set of Lincoln Logs for his school. Good Luck to Us All, Rick
Thanks for passing along the skill to make the ends of those threads work properly. A lot of people here on what I call "Geezer Lockdown." But no cases of COVID19 in our county. But stores have a lot of empty shelves. - Kathie
Flat Bastard, I wish you were my high school shop teacher, you would have made the class fun, educational and got all the students passionate about tools! I'm going to turn my birdhouse on my wood lathe.
Great tips for the threaded rod. Used the cut-with-nut-on method many a time myself, but am a bit more sloppy with the jig. I just grab whatever blocks I find of scrap wood and try to hold them and the rod together properly to get them to stay in the vice. I think next time I will be making a Scoutcrafter threaded rod cutting jig and likely make the job go faster! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
That house was WONDERFUL and no wonder your pal about fell over! As for the birdhouse deal, I'm going to stack some concrete/laylite blocks out in the yard nd lave the birds a masonry hammer so they can put a door in wherever they want. I don't think I'll take a picture though. I'm really bashful (full of bashes). Thanks John CS! Happy, happy!
@@ScoutCrafter I was thinking about getting some carbide chunks that the woodpeckers can slip over their beaks/bills and not wear the factory jobs out but then the other birds might feel shorted. I guess I'll just leave the inserts and a hammer or 2 out and just let them have a free-for-all. Happy evening, CS Buddy!
A bathouse is two peices of flat plywood With only a tiny gap between them like less than a inch nobody would even know what it is if they seen it i seen a documentry about the north american bat project.
I'm looking forward to the Challenge!! I won't be participating because I'm already up to my colon in projects but I enjoy seeing what you followers come up with!!☺
You may have just motivated me to finish a birdhouse I started years back when a friend had a restoration wood shop. I did it after hours one night just messing around with scrap wood he was tossing. I got it together and never finished it and I always thought it could use a clean out door now I think I just gave myself an excuse to work on it oh and you pointed our removing the perches under the entrance that I never thought about... I even have a old really tall post I was going t remove that might make a good mounting post as its 8 or 9' in the air. It's definitely spring in So Cal and this has been a wet march (for California), I would imagine the sparrows will be busy over the next few weeks and would appreciate it.
Not to old to learn new tricks. In maintenance always needed to work on bolts. Most of the time used the nut idea. Liked the other ideas also. Heard New York is not doing to good . Stay safe and healthy my friend. Thanks
Not stuck inside at all, here in England, after months of rain, we've got a good spell of great weather, now, and for a couple of weeks,, so, it's hard work time in the garden,, spring is great, All the best, John,,,
When using a hack saw note that on quality blades a short portion of the teeth at one end of the blade are pyramid shaped instead of hooked like the rest of the blade. This is for starting the cut as the teeth will cut in both directions. Once the cut is established you don't have to saw like a madman. Mild steel should be cut at 80-120 feet per minute so even, full strokes (about 50-70 per minute) will cut the work quickly with a sharp blade. Like John, coat the work with cutting oil or brush the cutting oil onto the blade. You will note that even with a moderate stroke speed, the cutting oil will smoke in the cut. A good sturdy hack saw frame is essential for good work. Cheap flexible frames are just about useless. You can't make a straight cut for love nor money. It takes a sturdy frame to put enough tension on the blade for good cutting action without bending or twisting the blade while cutting. This is especially true for delicate work like cutting screwdriver slots. Cheers from NC/USA
They say that you can’t teach old dogs new tricks but since I started watching your channel I’m always amazed how little I know. Great channel! One thing that I wonder about, that I’ve never heard you talk about is when you are refinishing tools what grit do you use on your belt sander? Love your channel, thanks for putting in the time and effort, Eric in Oregon.
Sounds like a great challenge I’m in will have to think about what to make it out of fantastic Idea scout love the log cabin idea god bless take care 🇳🇿🙏👏👍🤧😷
Hey scout buddy. Sorry I haven't been around lately. Just been dealing with all this craziness. Love the birdhouses! I'm gonna try to get some more time to come back and hang around again! Glad you are doing ok! Stay safe!
I can't tell you how many times being able to shorten or fabricate a bolt has come in useful over the years. Often times I would wrap the cut off bolt or rod in paper/card and chuck it lightly in a drill so I could chamfer using a piece of sandpaper. Looking forward to the results in the birdhouse challenge - I might have to get my kids to join in!
Nice bird houses. Good tips for fixing the end after cutting. Another skill is fixing damaged thread. I expect you have a thread file or two, since you seem to have all sorts of hard tools. How about showing people fixing damaged threads with a thread file. Dave.
I have threaded a nut on first down the shaft, make the cut and then thread the nut off to clean up the cut...but yeah, your method is pretty foolproof. Love the birdhouses!
That was a very helpful tutorial on cutting bolts. I have done in the past and I used a nut also to straighten the thread. Thanks for sharing this great information.
Can you do a hummingbird feeder if you want? Yes we are all on house arrest lol :p. I'm glad to see you safe and well. Thanks Scout you be safe out there. I remember the doctor skit you did with the gas mask. I actually seen people shopping wearing one. Lol
It's super important that you get a firm enough grip to hold the threads but gentle enough not to damage them. Since you are just chamfering the threads you aren't putting much force on it so no excessive force needed! Thanks!
I've been looking forward to a birdhouse challenge for months! I was afraid to ask because I'm a bit insecure about my own skills and speed, I even tought about it this afternoon!! Now I feel kind of bad about not telling, it might have saved you a bad headache... Over here they just announced all meetings (no matter, where or with how many) are forbidden till the first of June, as a punishment for people going to the beaches last Sunday after a good weather forecast, they are also threatening to close DIY stores and gardencenters, I can't get my head wrapped around all this insanity... So yes birdhouse challenge is a very welcome distraction.
I'm going to do the challenge as a video, i think you might want to make a # for people to put their videos on so you and others can easily look at the submissions. thanks.
I always felt it the Perch Thing was a Myth and there is evidence to back my thoughts. I'll just paste some research from a website here ~ "Experiments in two locations were conducted with the hexagonal birdhouse to determine if predation is a problem, and if birds prefer a perch. Every year we have found that when two birdhouses are identical except for the presence/absence of a perch are compared, the chickadees and wrens have always picked a birdhouse with a perch. No young have been lost due to predation."
@@g-palloyd3600 I suspect it's similar with other birds but I'm not an Ornithologist. I saw a video on Twitter yesterday of a lady eating live birds out of a nest, maybe Crazy Ladies are the real predators.
@@nvz357 Appears she was Chinese but I'm not very good with languages so I can't say for sure. You can find it on TH-cam also, it's called "Woman Finds Birds Nest Then Eats Hatchlings"
Hello Scoutcrafter, I`m Willi from Germany and I would like to participate to your Birdhouse Callange, but I dont know,where to send the fotos of the Birdhouse, when it`s ready. Is there a email-Adress or something? Please let me know. Thanks for your videos and stay healthy
hello Scoutcrafter, been watching you ever since I've stumbled upon your channel. keeps me focused, building up my workshop garage and restored many old tools already, you might remember me, I asked a while back to do maintenance an lube on a drill press. still waiting. anyhow, I want to submit a birdhouse I build but not sure where to post the photo. call me primitive and trying to figure it out. if you can guide me, please do so. tks and keep the channel going.
Good News: I just got gas @ Shell (used rewards) for $1.66 gallon. $1.69 - $0.03 per gallon Shell Rewards. Bad News: On way back, I passed the NSA building and the parking lot was FULL, compared to all other places that are empty due to city being closed. Spying there is 24/7... regardless! =O PS - Bird is the word! =P
LOL- I love Jays and crows and ravens but they will eat young chicks if given the chance... I go thru over 100lbs of seed a month so my Bluejays don't bother the young....
@@ScoutCrafter Good to hear!! The only birds I really have trouble with are the starlings. Lets just say ole Red Rider is welcomed at my house! I only wish that the Cooper hawks spent more time going after what the French love with a little butter!!
@@ScoutCrafter IKR. Thought the virus lasted three days on paper. I was just asking since it might not have occured to those looking for a simple diversion that they could use those same skills to make a library.
I'm not at home the whole day during the week, only on weekends. I still got the "honour" to go to work every day. My employer already gave me an exception letter for the case they'll establish a curfew, stating that I'm an employee of the company and my presence is required in the plant in Frankfurt to perform my work. And in case of further questions the contact dates of my superior. It also includes my adress, date of birth, nationality, adress of the plant and my personnel number. We also implemented some kind of a shift system. Created two teams, one is working from 0500 hours to at last 1315 hours. The next team arrives at 1345 hours and work until 2200 hours. No mixing, no changing of teams. I'm in the late team...the advantage is two hours of night shift premium of 25% which are tax free. The early team only gets one hour between 0500 and 0600 hours. This whole thing is limited to 1 month, except authorities shut us down before or they establish a curfew where only employees of "vital companies" are permitted to leave the house for work. And here are still people on the street, walking with their dogs, go to the grocery store or to work if they can't work from home. Restaurants switched over to pick-up or deliver the food, you can't eat there anymore sitting on a table. BTW: There are not many shops permitted to open up, only groceries, restaurants (pick-up and delivery only), pharmacy. But most important: Hardware stores and stores for gardening supplies....
It's the same here- Social distancing is a must. There are some young people who ignoramus's the warnings but that is the ignorance of youth. I really think this will add lasting changes in the future.. It might be a good thing in the long run.
I want to build a Bat House.i love Bats. Mosh it up Bird House Monday. Kewl houses . Ha My Uncle use to say Al Ping it.Ping it. What was up with the word toilet he use to say Turlet
Hey Scoutcrafter! Those are some really neat birdhouses you made. You might mention to folks that if you are going to use it for actual birds, you need to have a way to clean out the old nests. Also you can go online to the Wildbird website and they will tell you the exact dimensions for whatever kind of bird you want to attract. www.birdsforever.com/boxdim.html Size of the box, size of hole, height from the bottom to the hole, etc. Where I live, I always have to put a baffle on the pole that the birdhouse is on to keep snakes out of there. Take care. 👍🏼
David- Great tips!
Thanx for the site...I get some cool ideas for the bird house...
David Coats Thank you very much for the size chart.
Your videos are such a great distraction. My kids have been off school for over a week, and wont go back untill at least the beginning of April. The cardboard birdhouse was a great idea for the young viewers to participate. My daughter can cut the cardboard with her safety scissors, tape it up herself and I can help seal it from the weather. She's only 6, but likes watching your videos. Great TH-cam creators like you are more important now than ever. You are helping bring some sense of normalcy into our crazy lives.
Thank you for all the work you put into this channel.
Thanks so much Jared! There was a funny post that said if the scientists don't come up with a vaccine soon the parents will! =D Stay safe my friend!
Great collection. You know you are a hoarder when you have NOS bird decals. Lol. Love it.
LOL I bought those on eBay... They are so nice!
So I just got done watching one of your clamp restoration vids, and I fell in love with the SME 218s you painted green. Man, if I could own one clamp for my shop it would be those. Did a search online for the possibility of finding a pair of them and nothing. Zip. Zilch. You sure did score with those.
Thanks 👍 They do show up on eBay every so often!
I just dont know how to thank you for your wonderful channel. I love tools and watching you and listening to your stories is something I look forward to. I also wish my son would have had you as a scout leader. I am sure you made great positive impressions and allowed many hundreds (if not thousands) of youngsters to have great memories while learning so many valuable life skills. America is made great because of men like you.
Hi Larry! Thanks so much for the kind words! I am so glad you are enjoying the channel!!!
Thanks John for keeping us sane. Came out of hospital last week, unable to drive for a month and slowly going stir crazy but now something to get our teeth into.
Glad to hear you are on the mend!
One thing I've found in making birdhouses is to make the entrance hole out of plastic or metal. Otherwise, the starlings will peck out the wood until it's big enough for them to get in. And then you won't have any nice songbirds, but just those nuisance starlings. And it's good to study how big a box and hole are needed for the desirable birds in your area.
Funny thing is I live maybe 10 miles from central park but hardly see any Starlings! nyis.info/invasive_species/european-starling/
So by sheer coincidence I have turned my first ever birdhouses on the lathe recently and you have a challenge in progress at the same time! It's a great idea, nature needs a home too! Plus I had a lot of fun making them. I uploaded a video of the second one I turned today which will be my entry if it's worthy 😊
Hey Scoutcrafter! Love your channel. Recently retired with a 40+ year accumulation of tools, projects, stuff, and a few birdhouse parts. Will be posting as soon as I figure out how. Lol
Hi Rick! I hope you do! There is no better way to spend your retirement. Such a fun hobby and very rewarding... Thanks!
I was hoping you were going to put two blades on the hacksaw for the slot! 😁
Love the bird house challenge. I think you will get some amazing entries. Maybe a later challenge could be a bread/cheese/cutting board. Woodworking plus maybe metal working for the handles.
Cheers, and stay safe. 🇦🇺👍
I love the birdhouses, I love making them and satisfaction of seeing bird families use them!
Good challenge John. those are some nice bird houses.
Hi John, like the birdhouse challenge. I would like to make a couple of suggestions 1- add some type of screen or small expanded metal to the jnside face just below the opening to allow the hatchlings to climb out. Also, avoid placing the birdhouse on a tree to avoid easy access by predators. I prefer to drive a piece of 1" metal conduit or pipe into the ground and attach it to that. Thanks again.
Those birdhouses are beautiful. I like the practical idea of a clean out door. Squirrels will also use perches in order to get to the eggs. Best to avoid them. Also, I have to tell you that I enjoyed your restoration video of the Blackhawk 151 multiwrench. You have inspired me to clean up the one I have. Still in excellent condition but has a lot of old paint in it. It's not quite obsolete yet. It is still useful on my grandparents' 1948 Ford Super Deluxe. Best regards from the Intermountain West.
Hi Pat! That Blackhawk is such sweet wrench! The 48 Ford is awesome- Hopefully you converted it to 12 volts! =D Thanks!
Wow John. You did it again. Another great video. I will have to get in on the birdhouse challenge; I haven't built one in years. The hardware tip was great; it could be a regular feature. Stay healthy and I look forward to Wednesday. Jim
I must have used hundreds of feet of threaded rod. Something we did quite often was sandwich a block wall up high between 2 twelve inch channels with bolts made from threaded rod then you could remove the wall beneath it.
Hi!
Cute nesting boxes. I have also done a few songs recently. I have a three-
year-old son who likes bird watching.
A good trick with cutting out screws!
Greetings from Poland!
Birdwatching is such a fun hobby!!!!!!
20+ years ago, I bought 100 - 1" x 12" x 12' pine boards from an old guy. There was a pile of 1" x 12" x 23" scrap boards. I asked about them and he gave them to me. I setup my table saw and radial arm saw for production. I made about 3 dozen bluebird house kits with all nail holes pre drilled for my son's kindergarten and Cub Scouts. I also made a giant set of Lincoln Logs for his school. Good Luck to Us All, Rick
Wow! Rick that is a LOT of wood!!!!
@@ScoutCrafter I was making the trim for my new house. Still haven't finished. Good Luck, Rick
Thanks for passing along the skill to make the ends of those threads work properly. A lot of people here on what I call "Geezer Lockdown." But no cases of COVID19 in our county. But stores have a lot of empty shelves. - Kathie
Flat Bastard, I wish you were my high school shop teacher, you would have made the class fun, educational and got all the students passionate about tools! I'm going to turn my birdhouse on my wood lathe.
A turned birdhouse! NICE!!!!! How great is the lathe! I wish everyone had a chance to try one out... Thanks!
Great tips for the threaded rod. Used the cut-with-nut-on method many a time myself, but am a bit more sloppy with the jig. I just grab whatever blocks I find of scrap wood and try to hold them and the rod together properly to get them to stay in the vice. I think next time I will be making a Scoutcrafter threaded rod cutting jig and likely make the job go faster! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
That house was WONDERFUL and no wonder your pal about fell over! As for the birdhouse deal, I'm going to stack some concrete/laylite blocks out in the yard nd lave the birds a masonry hammer so they can put a door in wherever they want. I don't think I'll take a picture though. I'm really bashful (full of bashes). Thanks John CS! Happy, happy!
A concrete birdhouse might last a long time!!!!!
@@ScoutCrafter I was thinking about getting some carbide chunks that the woodpeckers can slip over their beaks/bills and not wear the factory jobs out but then the other birds might feel shorted. I guess I'll just leave the inserts and a hammer or 2 out and just let them have a free-for-all. Happy evening, CS Buddy!
I might make a bat house instead. Stay home. Stay safe, John. :)
Good one
A bathouse is two peices of flat plywood
With only a tiny gap between them like less than a inch nobody would even know what it is if they seen it i seen a documentry about the north american bat project.
I'm looking forward to the Challenge!! I won't be participating because I'm already up to my colon in projects but I enjoy seeing what you followers come up with!!☺
I wonder if Jacktown will go on this spring?
@@ScoutCrafter Nah, I was told it was canceled already!!☺
You may have just motivated me to finish a birdhouse I started years back when a friend had a restoration wood shop. I did it after hours one night just messing around with scrap wood he was tossing. I got it together and never finished it and I always thought it could use a clean out door now I think I just gave myself an excuse to work on it oh and you pointed our removing the perches under the entrance that I never thought about... I even have a old really tall post I was going t remove that might make a good mounting post as its 8 or 9' in the air. It's definitely spring in So Cal and this has been a wet march (for California), I would imagine the sparrows will be busy over the next few weeks and would appreciate it.
Not to old to learn new tricks. In maintenance always needed to work on bolts. Most of the time used the nut idea. Liked the other ideas also. Heard New York is not doing to good . Stay safe and healthy my friend. Thanks
Glen- There was no doubt in my mind that NY would be a problem... =D
Not stuck inside at all, here in England, after months of rain, we've got a good spell of great weather, now, and for a couple of weeks,,
so, it's hard work time in the garden,, spring is great,
All the best, John,,,
That’s the ticket. Things to do around the house and garden.
When using a hack saw note that on quality blades a short portion of the teeth at one end of the blade are pyramid shaped instead of hooked like the rest of the blade. This is for starting the cut as the teeth will cut in both directions. Once the cut is established you don't have to saw like a madman. Mild steel should be cut at 80-120 feet per minute so even, full strokes (about 50-70 per minute) will cut the work quickly with a sharp blade. Like John, coat the work with cutting oil or brush the cutting oil onto the blade. You will note that even with a moderate stroke speed, the cutting oil will smoke in the cut.
A good sturdy hack saw frame is essential for good work. Cheap flexible frames are just about useless. You can't make a straight cut for love nor money. It takes a sturdy frame to put enough tension on the blade for good cutting action without bending or twisting the blade while cutting. This is especially true for delicate work like cutting screwdriver slots.
Cheers from NC/USA
Can you believe they used to cut railroad track with a hacksaw! =D
Great idea on the challenge. This will be fun. 🤠
They say that you can’t teach old dogs new tricks but since I started watching your channel I’m always amazed how little I know. Great channel! One thing that I wonder about, that I’ve never heard you talk about is when you are refinishing tools what grit do you use on your belt sander? Love your channel, thanks for putting in the time and effort, Eric in Oregon.
Hi Eric- Did you see this video? I think it will help! Thanks! th-cam.com/video/KmhMoGC86VA/w-d-xo.html
Sounds like a great challenge I’m in will have to think about what to make it out of fantastic
Idea scout love the log cabin idea god bless take care 🇳🇿🙏👏👍🤧😷
Always interesting content. Thank you.
Nicely done.. love the channel 👍🇺🇸
Hey scout buddy. Sorry I haven't been around lately. Just been dealing with all this craziness. Love the birdhouses! I'm gonna try to get some more time to come back and hang around again! Glad you are doing ok! Stay safe!
Awesome! Make a nice one! =D
I can't tell you how many times being able to shorten or fabricate a bolt has come in useful over the years. Often times I would wrap the cut off bolt or rod in paper/card and chuck it lightly in a drill so I could chamfer using a piece of sandpaper. Looking forward to the results in the birdhouse challenge - I might have to get my kids to join in!
I'll only cut threaded rod like this from now on. What a flawless system.
Brian So rewarding too!
That's awesome I was hoping that you would do a birdhouse thanks
Enjoy your upbeat, positive attitude. May your tribe increase!
Beautiful birdhouses ScoutCrafter!! That will be a nice challenge. Great tutorial on cutting threaded rods.
Steve- Everyone loves a nice birdhouse! =D
Looking forward to the challenge
Hi my friend. Sounds like fun. Stay safe and healthy.
I just restocked the bird feeders at my dad's house...of course the squirrles eat most of the seed 🤣🤣. I can't wait to get started. Great idea. Cheers
Add Cayenne pepper to the bird seed. Squirrels avoid it and the birds won't notice.
Nature is much better then 4 walls birds are awesome
Great way to kick off Spring!
Nice bird houses.
Good tips for fixing the end after cutting. Another skill is fixing damaged thread. I expect you have a thread file or two, since you seem to have all sorts of hard tools. How about showing people fixing damaged threads with a thread file.
Dave.
Ever see this? th-cam.com/video/CFMw0pAvX5w/w-d-xo.html
I have threaded a nut on first down the shaft, make the cut and then thread the nut off to clean up the cut...but yeah, your method is pretty foolproof. Love the birdhouses!
Beautiful bird houses. Love them. Fantastic and very creative workmanship.
Yay...... Sounds good 👍🏻 Our cats love watching the birds 😺🕊️ Starting tomorrow 😀
Thanks John. Great idea. I've never made a birdhouse. Off to do research for birds in my area.
That was a very helpful tutorial on cutting bolts. I have done in the past and I used a nut also to straighten the thread. Thanks for sharing this great information.
Great tips, thank you!
Great tips for cutting threaded rod!
One blue jay disliked this video. Looking forward to it, it’ll be a nice project with kids between shifts at work, thank you John!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!
Very nice bird house at last...sir..
Looking forward to see what everyone comes up with for the challenge 👍👍
Great idea for a challenge! Wheels are spinning.
Jim- I know you will make a nice one!!!!
Can you do a hummingbird feeder if you want? Yes we are all on house arrest lol :p. I'm glad to see you safe and well. Thanks Scout you be safe out there. I remember the doctor skit you did with the gas mask. I actually seen people shopping wearing one. Lol
SC, great stuff. I was wondering why the vise grips don't harm the threads?
It's super important that you get a firm enough grip to hold the threads but gentle enough not to damage them. Since you are just chamfering the threads you aren't putting much force on it so no excessive force needed! Thanks!
I've been looking forward to a birdhouse challenge for months! I was afraid to ask because I'm a bit insecure about my own skills and speed, I even tought about it this afternoon!! Now I feel kind of bad about not telling, it might have saved you a bad headache...
Over here they just announced all meetings (no matter, where or with how many) are forbidden till the first of June, as a punishment for people going to the beaches last Sunday after a good weather forecast, they are also threatening to close DIY stores and gardencenters, I can't get my head wrapped around all this insanity... So yes birdhouse challenge is a very welcome distraction.
Hopefully it warms up enough soon to get in my wood shop.
Bird house challenge accepted! 🐦🕊🦅👍
Awesome Rob!
I'm going to do the challenge as a video, i think you might want to make a # for people to put their videos on so you and others can easily look at the submissions. thanks.
I usually try to add everyone's video link on my own submission video...
I suspect we might see some tool themed birdhouses.
I am excited to see what comes up!
Looks like fun
Wow those are some nice birdhouses. Can we get an email to send our pictures in? Thank you Bill
WR WEST Sure! Bicycleguy@aol.com
Use an angle grinder to cut the threaded rod, then use the cutters on you wire strippers to remove the nubbin.
I always felt it the Perch Thing was a Myth and there is evidence to back my thoughts. I'll just paste some research from a website here ~ "Experiments in two locations were conducted with the hexagonal birdhouse to determine if predation is a problem, and if birds prefer a perch. Every year we have found that when two birdhouses are identical except for the presence/absence of a perch are compared, the chickadees and wrens have always picked a birdhouse with a perch. No young have been lost due to predation."
Do you think that fact limits you to chickadees and wrens? Hmmm....
@@g-palloyd3600 I suspect it's similar with other birds but I'm not an Ornithologist. I saw a video on Twitter yesterday of a lady eating live birds out of a nest, maybe Crazy Ladies are the real predators.
Wow! Don't think eather way will stop the crazies! LOL! Thanks!
Was she living in China?...maby they were bats?
@@nvz357 Appears she was Chinese but I'm not very good with languages so I can't say for sure. You can find it on TH-cam also, it's called "Woman Finds Birds Nest Then Eats Hatchlings"
Hello Scoutcrafter, I`m Willi from Germany and I would like to participate to your Birdhouse Callange, but I dont know,where to send the fotos of the Birdhouse, when it`s ready. Is there a email-Adress or something? Please let me know. Thanks for your videos and stay healthy
Awesome Wilhelm! Bicycleguy@aol.com
Neat tricks, thanks.
Where do I send the picture of my birdhouse?
i would love a carving challenge or just let people show off what they did!
I'd better get cracking today then!
hello Scoutcrafter, been watching you ever since I've stumbled upon your channel. keeps me focused, building up my workshop garage and restored many old tools already, you might remember me, I asked a while back to do maintenance an lube on a drill press. still waiting.
anyhow, I want to submit a birdhouse I build but not sure where to post the photo. call me primitive and trying to figure it out. if you can guide me, please do so. tks and keep the channel going.
Hello Mimmo!!!!! Awesome!!!!!! Send me the pic! bicycleguy@aol.com
@@ScoutCrafter thank you, just submitted. keep well
regards
Mimmo Palermo
Larry Bird will appreciate it.
Count me in for my first ever birdhouse, and first ever Scoutcrafter challenge!
Awesome!
Good News: I just got gas @ Shell (used rewards) for $1.66 gallon. $1.69 - $0.03 per gallon Shell Rewards.
Bad News: On way back, I passed the NSA building and the parking lot was FULL, compared to all other places that are empty due to city being closed. Spying there is 24/7... regardless! =O
PS - Bird is the word! =P
Amazing- Gas is cheap now and we can't go anywhere! =D
Great video!! But why the blue jay hate?
LOL- I love Jays and crows and ravens but they will eat young chicks if given the chance... I go thru over 100lbs of seed a month so my Bluejays don't bother the young....
@@ScoutCrafter Good to hear!! The only birds I really have trouble with are the starlings. Lets just say ole Red Rider is welcomed at my house! I only wish that the Cooper hawks spent more time going after what the French love with a little butter!!
Where to send to? Can't find that email.
Hi John , Do My Thread Cutting the Same as You. I've Also been doing it for Years . Good Video for people who are Learning .
It's a skill that saved my butt more than once! =D Thanks!
Have you heard of Little Free Libraries? Free outdoor book exchanges.
Even now? =D
@@ScoutCrafter IKR. Thought the virus lasted three days on paper. I was just asking since it might not have occured to those looking for a simple diversion that they could use those same skills to make a library.
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I'm not at home the whole day during the week, only on weekends. I still got the "honour" to go to work every day. My employer already gave me an exception letter for the case they'll establish a curfew, stating that I'm an employee of the company and my presence is required in the plant in Frankfurt to perform my work. And in case of further questions the contact dates of my superior. It also includes my adress, date of birth, nationality, adress of the plant and my personnel number. We also implemented some kind of a shift system. Created two teams, one is working from 0500 hours to at last 1315 hours. The next team arrives at 1345 hours and work until 2200 hours. No mixing, no changing of teams. I'm in the late team...the advantage is two hours of night shift premium of 25% which are tax free. The early team only gets one hour between 0500 and 0600 hours. This whole thing is limited to 1 month, except authorities shut us down before or they establish a curfew where only employees of "vital companies" are permitted to leave the house for work.
And here are still people on the street, walking with their dogs, go to the grocery store or to work if they can't work from home. Restaurants switched over to pick-up or deliver the food, you can't eat there anymore sitting on a table.
BTW: There are not many shops permitted to open up, only groceries, restaurants (pick-up and delivery only), pharmacy. But most important: Hardware stores and stores for gardening supplies....
It's the same here- Social distancing is a must. There are some young people who ignoramus's the warnings but that is the ignorance of youth. I really think this will add lasting changes in the future.. It might be a good thing in the long run.
I want to build a Bat House.i love Bats.
Mosh it up Bird House Monday.
Kewl houses .
Ha My Uncle use to say Al Ping it.Ping it.
What was up with the word toilet he use to say Turlet
Bats are great,,
I lace up old boots and nail em to a tree, toe up.... I find alot of dead birds.....
Im in....
Hey, we have begun our birdhouse! Part one of construction is done. Check it out th-cam.com/video/-hpr7ZS_MeU/w-d-xo.html
Stay Safe!