"Swing-Out" Bird Feeder Keeps Seed Off Deck

Swing-Out Bird Feeder Keeps Seed Off Deck FARM HOME Miscellaneous It’s fun to watch birds eat from a bird feeder on your deck The problem is that you get a mess of seeds and shells that you have to clean up later That’s why Nicholas Creveling built a “swing-out” feeder that pivots toward the deck for filling and swings out over the yard for feeding He used a 36-in piece of 2 1/4-in pipe that’s lag bolted to a 4 by 4 deck post A 16-in length of 2-in dia pipe fits inside the 2 1/4-in pipe and is threaded at the top where an elbow forms the pivot point From there a 30-in length of 2-in dia pipe threaded at both ends leads horizontally to another elbow and a 2-in flange that supports the bird feeder The flange is threaded into the pipe and bolted to the bottom of the feeder which is made from treated wood It measures 32 in long by 24 in wide “I built it 8 years ago and couldn’t be happier with it ” says Creveling “My only cost was $2 for the flange The 16-in length of 2-in dia pipe that rotates rests on a bolt that runs through the 2 1/4-in dia vertical pipe “To compensate for the weight of the swing-out feeder shims or washers may be required between the pipe and deck post in order to keep the feeder level ” notes Creveling Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Nicholas Creveling 3331 Solon Cedar Springs Mich 49319 ph 616 696-2597

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