| Project by adot45 | posted 05-10-2018 12:56 PM | 1278 views | 0 times favorited | 12 comments |  |
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This is my version of one the cages used in coal mines way back when. The frame is four posts with four styles and rails. I used spalted white oak for this project.
Finding the old wire coat hangers is pretty tough so I used 1/8” bamboo skewers to make the bars.
The door is a simple sliding bit set into one end.
The finished cage was finished with “barn wood antiquing juice” which turns wood a nice weathered barn wood silvery gray.
There you have my version of the canary cage for a coal mine.
Thanks for looking.
David
-- David -- sent from my linux box
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Ron Aylor
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#1 posted 05-10-2018 01:03 PM
Well that’s cool. May I assume you have a bird? Good job!
Dave Polaschek
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#2 posted 05-10-2018 02:36 PM
Neat cage, David!
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UncleBuck
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#3 posted 05-10-2018 02:39 PM
that is a cool idea, now for bird shopping.
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adot45
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#4 posted 05-10-2018 03:03 PM
Sure do Thank you for your comment.
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adot45
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#5 posted 05-10-2018 03:04 PM
Got one and another coming, seed feeder too! Thanks for looking!
-- David -- sent from my linux box
adot45
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#6 posted 05-10-2018 03:08 PM
Boy, ya gotta like online shopping places….found this porcelain seed feeder.
Just the right scale. Thanks Dave!
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UncleBuck
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#7 posted 05-10-2018 03:16 PM
that is a cool idea, now for bird shopping.
good planning and you did not even know it that will be one lucky bird.
-- Terry Uncle Buck Carvins "woodworking minus patience equals firewood "
Underdog
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#8 posted 05-10-2018 04:53 PM
I just got one thing to say… best stay out of whatever coal mine THAT bird has been in… :-D
Cool project!
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#9 posted 05-10-2018 10:17 PM
I wonder if we may need something like this in our shops, if the bird starts coughing you better open the door and let in some air.
Cool project!!!
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summerfi
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#10 posted 05-10-2018 10:49 PM
Coming from a West Virginia coal mining heritage myself, that’s pretty cool. May your bird live a long and happy life.
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adot45
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#11 posted 05-10-2018 10:58 PM
Thanks guys, and thanks for looking.
-- David -- sent from my linux box
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#12 posted 05-12-2018 09:12 PM
Lovely.
Lucky bird. ;-)
Best thoughts,
Mads
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