OLDYELLOW Posted September 28, 2008 Report Posted September 28, 2008 Building My Widowhood Boxes i have been requested by a young fancier who would like me to show him step by step instuctions on how im building my boxes as he will be doing this shortly . Please note these boxes are not as standard widowhood boxes as turned 90'degrees to suit myself and are 4 inch smaller than standard sized widowhood boxes as a sheets of chipboard is 8 FT X 4 FT so easier to work with half a sheet cutting down on overall costs .Please do not post on this board till i have completed the boxes , many thanks Mark
OLDYELLOW Posted September 28, 2008 Author Report Posted September 28, 2008 im off Monday to go and get wood yard to cut my wood to size then when its delivered i will assemble , and take pictures as i go along as requested
mark proctor Posted September 28, 2008 Report Posted September 28, 2008 im off Monday to go and get wood yard to cut my wood to size then when its delivered i will assemble , and take pictures as i go along as requested there you go guys..oldyellow is a specialist in wood as he is in racing pigeons..welldone mark m8... ;) ;) ;)
OLDYELLOW Posted September 29, 2008 Author Report Posted September 29, 2008 the sheet cutting plans were taken in this morning , the wood cost £102.17 £3.20 of that was to have it cut , now a pack of jigsaw blades would be double and the time to cut down would be a couple of days so money well spent . Wood should arrive tomorrow morning , bang there goes my sleep in
mark proctor Posted September 29, 2008 Report Posted September 29, 2008 how many boxes will that make mark.?
OLDYELLOW Posted September 29, 2008 Author Report Posted September 29, 2008 ill have 16 widowhood boxes ( 2 ft x 14 inch ) rember the back wall has already been lined with chipboard i could get another 2 rows in bottom creating another 12 boxes but im going to use this as storage space , and wouldnt like to over crowd my birds , the days of bending over are nearly over lol
mark proctor Posted September 29, 2008 Report Posted September 29, 2008 oky doky.. ;)have you already got the black blocks and the plastic fronts?
OLDYELLOW Posted September 29, 2008 Author Report Posted September 29, 2008 no i aint at that stage yet ill build the boxes then ill get the fronts then the nest box floor grills as i dont want to damage anything as room will be at a shortage my hen loft is not done either and the amount of stuff in there is incredible , will have to move all my corn out of the widowhood loft today as thats where i have stored my last supply. then ill take a few pictures of the lined wall and floor to add to this post.
OLDYELLOW Posted September 29, 2008 Author Report Posted September 29, 2008 pic taken early on this year will update it , traps both in middle now and all doors have vents on
OLDYELLOW Posted September 30, 2008 Author Report Posted September 30, 2008 wood came at 7 am this morning had to be raining but was well covered and dry will make a start after the school run and taking our lass to town
OLDYELLOW Posted September 30, 2008 Author Report Posted September 30, 2008 ran out of brackets have them on order should be here tomorrow , so should have the boxes done with a bit of luck , note the brackets i use these as when i want to change the base i just unscrew and put a new board in
Guest joshdonlan Posted September 30, 2008 Report Posted September 30, 2008 ;)the boxes look like they're coming together nicely Mark
OLDYELLOW Posted October 2, 2008 Author Report Posted October 2, 2008 had to wait all day for brackets ariving started at 4 pm i did not finish till 9 pm im aching too much today so having a well deserved day of , ill go buy my fronts
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