Bird Feeder Design - Woodworking Talk

Pokyrod · 06-13-2009, 08:38 PM

I had some extra time and decided to build a birdfeeder and came up with this design. I used some old cedar fence for material. I had some left over 4x6" Plexiglas pieces and wanted a unique design so came up with this design to use them. I'm in the process of drawing it up in SchetchUp for anyone interested. It has a hexagon core that fits over a 1 1/4" pipe, on which it slides. I made it in such a way as to make it easy to lower to fill.
Here are some pics of it:

Rod

Ella Menneau P. · 06-14-2009, 08:35 AM

That's a great design! I especially love the pulley system for raising/lowering.

Kenbo · 06-14-2009, 10:53 AM

That's really cool. How high up is the bird feeder when fully raised. Great design.
Ken

Pokyrod · 06-14-2009, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Kenbo

That's really cool. How high up is the bird feeder when fully raised. Great design.
Ken

It is about 7 1/2 feet. I had an 8 ft. pipe laying around that I used and it is in the ground about 6". The pully system needs a bit of help, because the birdfeeder fits a little snug on the pipe, so it needs to be no higher than you can reach. I'm a bit over six foot so I can reach almost eight with my finger tips. I was just thinking right now, it would be easier to drive a 3/4" rod in the ground and just put the pipe over the top of it.

Rod