up and over nest box's we made

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

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

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

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

good job well done

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

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

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)

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

Sue a brill job

Look out Petron

Don Webb wrote:

Look out Petron

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

Yes your right there mate

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

Shall agree there David

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

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

Shall have to go to the drawing board

Don Webb wrote:

Shall have to go to the drawing board

would do it outside but it rains too much nedd a good extracter fan

It's the only way forward get one fitted

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......

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

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.