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| I am trying to find the directions to make that bird feeder made out of glass, it has a plate on the bottom, some sort of glass jar, hope someone knows what I am talking about, hard to explain |
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| Could you post a link or give us an idea of where you've seen it? Was it on this forum or somewhere else? |
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| It was this forum-- I remember that it had a divided plate on the bottom. I don't remember who posted it, tho' so I am not much help |
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| yes it was on here, but that is all I remember, sorry |
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| Was it something like these? Or no?
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| yes yes, those are it!!! Thank you, but is there anywhere to find the directions for making tham??? Thank you!!!! |
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| Since I made them I can tell you but I have to be at work early this a.m. so I'll have to do it in a day or so. They aren't difficult to make. It's mostly a matter of finding the right pieces and drilling the holes. As Arnold said,"I'll be baaack". |
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| I just stumbled across this post and am very interested in how you did these great bird feeders. How do they comme apart to put the seed in? How about a pictural tutorial? I'm crazy wiith curiosity! They're wonderful. |
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| This is the version I made a couple years ago. It was pretty easy. I used a divided relish tray for the bottom and drilled a hole in the middle of it. the second layer was a glass lampshade(open at both ends, no drilling) and then I had a glass globe at the top which had the top hole already in it. I strung them together with a rod from the hardware store(less than $1)and then you can get caps or nuts to fit on each end. This way you can easily unscrew or loosen an end to add the birdseed. Easy Schmeasy
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- Posted by garden2garden z8FL (My Page) on Sun, Jan 31, 10 at 16:45
| "Easy Shmeasy", you made me, lol, sam. That's really pretty and your directions were perfect. My question is~ what is the cool plant behind it on the fence? |
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- Posted by concretenprimroses 4B NH (My Page) on Mon, Feb 1, 10 at 8:35
| The bird feeder is great! I'm tempted to make one although I tend to avoid attracting birds because I have cats. The plant looks like lambs ear, stachys somthing. Well what a world with google at my fingertips. Stachys lanata. One of my faves, but rots if it gets too wet. Heres a link with an english gardeners recommendation. They call it lambs tongue. the silvery plump hairy leaves are very cool. And the flower spikes are nice too. Kathy |
Here is a link that might be useful: Stachys lanata
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Small hanging feeder: The large glass piece is a lamp part, the tray is a small relish tray and the glass topper is a glass drawer pull.     Large ground feeder: From the base up, an inverted candy dish, a large divided plate, I glued glass marbles around the inside of the plate to support the inverted votive holder used as a seed diverter, the seed holder piece is the inverted top portion of an hurricane lamp. The top piece is the base from a glass table lamp and the topper is again a glass drawer pull. As you can tell from the photos, the lamp base flips over to become a seed funnel for filling the feeder. The rod up through the center of the feeder is threaded rod purchased at a big box DIY. They don't show in the photos but there is a lock nut at the base of the rod inside the candy dish,a wing nut on top of the seed diverter inside the feeder and a wing nut on the topper. I don't have a blown apart photo of the other feeder but I used the same method to make it. |
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| Thank you very much!!! |
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| Wow that is really pretty. Very clever!! Thanks for the tutorial. Great job. |
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| Thanks so much. They are beutiful. |
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| nmgirl, where did you purchase your diamond bit that cuts out a plug? I have diamond bits but have never seen one that cuts out plugs. Your tutorial was great. |
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| nmgirl inspired me to make my own as well, but I made mine to be free-standing with no drilling. There are a couple of pictures on my webpage. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Glass Bird Feeders
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