up and over nest box's we made

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just putting some pics of the up and over box's the hubby and me made

up and over nest box's we made Boxs001

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Subject: Re: up and over nest box's we made Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:18 pm

very nice do you fancy making a dozzen to me mate will pay

Subject: Re: up and over nest box's we made Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:26 pm

very nice those sue, did you buy them in kit form and build them....or make them from scratch ? fronts look spot on..... cheers

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we made them from scatch
we brought one up and over and copied the design

Subject: Re: up and over nest box's we made Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:29 pm

good job well done

Subject: Re: up and over nest box's we made Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:27 pm

tell you what, if i could build those like that id go into buiseness making and selling them...... sunny

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DAVID wrote:: tell you what, if i could build those like that id go into buiseness making and selling them......

we was going to but the dust off the saw bench gets too much you deffinatly need a well ventalated shed to cut the boards when you need to do loads

Subject: Re: up and over nest box's we made Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:05 am

sue, i made some for my stock loft when i started last year.....i had some 18ml chipboard that i had left over from when i built my conservatory and altho i was happy with the boxes they wieghed a ton, so this year i bought some that were flatpack which were alot easier to build and move around....and im pretty pleased with them. i need some more now and am just deciding weather to build them or buy some scratch

the ones i bought were around £100 for three sets of four so im wondering if it would work out a lot cheaper to make my own again..... scratch

where did you get the front to copy from ? and roughly how much in materials would it cost to build yours ? (or 3 sets of 4) Very Happy

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DAVID wrote:: sue, i made some for my stock loft when i started last year.....i had some 18ml chipboard that i had left over from when i built my conservatory and altho i was happy with the boxes they wieghed a ton, so this year i bought some that were flatpack which were alot easier to build and move around....and im pretty pleased with them. i need some more now and am just deciding weather to build them or buy some the ones i bought were around £100 for three sets of four so im wondering if it would work out a lot cheaper to make my own again..... where did you get the front to copy from ? and roughly how much in materials would it cost to build yours ? (or 3 sets of 4)

we made 10 sets of 3's the cost was £120 for the ply and then £40 for the dowls and 1 x 1 wood

Subject: Re: up and over nest box's we made Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:28 am

Sue a brill job

Subject: Re: up and over nest box's we made Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:29 am

Look out Petron

Subject: Re: up and over nest box's we made Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:41 am

Don Webb wrote:: Look out Petron

your right there don, excellent boxes........30 boxes with nice dowel fronts for £160, well worth it........ Very Happy

Subject: Re: up and over nest box's we made Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:44 am

Yes your right there mate

Subject: Re: up and over nest box's we made Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:53 am

shame sues husband had problems with the dust, im sure he would have got a lot of orders to make them for fanciers...... Very Happy

Subject: Re: up and over nest box's we made Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:09 am

Shall agree there David

Subject: Re: up and over nest box's we made Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:10 am

Must say just look at what can be made for the price compared with loft manufatures prices????

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DAVID wrote:: shame sues husband had problems with the dust, im sure he would have got a lot of orders to make them for fanciers......

maybe when we find away to saw with out the dust we may start a new buiness

Subject: Re: up and over nest box's we made Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:40 pm

Shall have to go to the drawing board

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Don Webb wrote:: Shall have to go to the drawing board

would do it outside but it rains too much lol!

nedd a good extracter fan

Subject: Re: up and over nest box's we made Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:18 pm

It's the only way forward get one fitted

Subject: Re: up and over nest box's we made Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:00 am

seen the exact same boxes in the bhw sue, £55 for 3......so if you and peter have made 10 sets o 3 or £160 thats a saving of £390 !!! buy him a mask and get making them sue...... lol!

Subject: Re: up and over nest box's we made Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:10 am

B4 you know it sue the money you make you can have that extractor unit fitted

Subject: Re: up and over nest box's we made Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:12 am

just shows how much money can be saved if you can build your own, even better, how much you could make if you made and sold them.......by the looks of peters nestboxes it would be well worth the investment of getting an extractor fitted. Very Happy

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