Winter - it's time to not only fun and holidays, but special care of our smaller brothers, in particular, about the birds that did not fly away for the winter in warmer climes. The last time you and I have made for them a hanging bird feeder, using the remaining material after the repair of the house. Today we do windowed version - of the two plates and a pair of rails. This feeder is ideal for windows with an outer protective grille.
So, we need: Two tablets of 250 × 500 mm, about 20 mm thick. As well as two meters slats sectional size 20 × 40 mm. In the individual performance dimensions of slats and boards can be of any size and configuration of your choice - Window bars bear this burden.
If the house was not suitable materials, and the feeder do still want to, go after them at any hardware store - there you will find what you need in the finished size and planing form. Purchase will cost you only 100 UAH, but good for the birds and the joy of a child by working together with you will be a lot more.
Further planks and slats must also be prepared: drill, angle, roulette, a saw, screwdriver, hammer, sandpaper middle fraction, pencil, screws 3,5 × 16 mm. and 3,5 × 32 mm.
One of the two boards will be the basis. We draw on it skirting the border, stepping back from the edge of 20 mm, except for the back side.
As a result, should get four a side, two long and two 190 mm - 460 mm. We note the desired size on the rail and saw off.
To check the resulting bumpers are putting to the drafted lines.
If everything fits together - we go further. Drilled in the center of the base skirting the perimeter so as to obtain four holes on each side. Drill diameter of 4 mm.
Important:If you do not drill holes for screw, the base may break when it is screwed in.
The intervals between the holes may be arbitrary, but at the same distance from each other. For convenience of mounting, bumpers collect into a unitary structure via corners and sized screws 3,5 × 16 mm.
Location corners arbitrary - then we will remove them.
The result is such a structure. Again, this is only for convenience in the mount. Those who have experience of working with wood, can not do so.
Rovno are putting our border to the borders of incised on the base. Gently overturn all up base and anchoring screws 3,5 × 32 mm. Take care to ensure that they're in the guide hole right in the center of the flanges.
Since the roof of our feeders is pent and a slope in the opposite direction away from the window, the front desk should make the size of 230 mm and rear 270 mm. In this case, the roof will be the second tablet. Projecting stand, knowing their location, and are putting the roof angle. The angle of slope of the roof can be arbitrary, we've got about 20?. Draws on the rail line and the resulting saw off. On the other side does the same with the other two racks at the same angle.
Along the perimeter of the roof of a pencil mark the location of holes closer to the full-scale corner.
Using corner perpendicularly to depart from the marks of 50 mm. This will be the centers of the holes for fixing the roof.
Remove metal angles to the flanges and in their place on the support frame screws 3,5 × 32 mm. Short column (230 mm) on the front, and the long (270 mm) - the rear side. For reliability is screwed by screws to one of the front and rear sides of the beads, in an end face of each rack.
Putting a roof and fasten it to the screws 3,5 × 32 mm. Try to get self-tapping directly into the center of the rack and then tighten thoroughly.
It turns out here such poluzagotovka. On the back of the ledge feeders is not indented, that party will strengthen it to the window. The resulting angle of the roof slope may seem, at first glance, unnecessary. But this angle will converge rapidly precipitation, and the roof will last longer.
In addition, it forms a kind of amphitheater, which will improve viewing and bird watching.
Depending on the window frame configuration select fasteners. In our case, there is a horizontal piece, which will be fixed trough. As fasteners using two metal brackets, which we took to the boards. Fasten them to the edge of the roof on the sides and try on a bird feeder in place. If the lattice configuration is very complex and is not to be hooked, you can use clear plastic clamps. They are sold in any hardware or auto shop. Their cost is very low. But they have to be reserved in advance.
At first glance, everything is ready. However, do not forget about aesthetics and paint our bird feeder. Especially, the paint also protects the wood from the sun and moisture. For better prokraski, we dismantle our bird feeder on the details. Do not worry, gather it back is not difficult and quite fast. The paint we use, as in the first case, a water-based, it dries quickly and completely odorless. We have white and brown.
The first layer of paint, as they say carpenters, "raises the pile." And that we can not escape, the more that the water-based paint. Using sandpaper vyshkurivaem all details to full smoothness and then apply a second layer.
To make the "light decoration" to paint over all the ends of the brown color.
Dried all the parts and reassembled. Voila! Excellent house for wintering birds ready!
Pour into it crackers and raw sunflower seeds, put a piece of bacon and other goodies for the feathered visitors, who, by the way, is not long in coming.
