Birdhouses Made Out Of Old Vacuums, Radios

Birdhouses Made Out Of Old Vacuums Radios AG WORLD Brent Carlile’s “Electrolark” birdhouses attract finches – and attention from folks who have never seen a vacuum cleaner used as a birdhouse “I’m always scrapping out appliances and I wondered if the vacuum would make a good birdhouse ” Carlile explains “I opened up the front unscrewed the back side and took the innards out ” The inner diameter narrows from 10 in to about 8 in so he cut a round piece of scrap wood and wedged it in the middle of the canister to create a house on each end Carlile admits he’s not much of a painter but he painted birds and “ELECTROLARK” on the exterior before screwing a metal plate on the bottom to attach it to a pipe bracket and mount it on a pole So far residents in the Montrose Colo vacuum home have included finches and sparrows While ELECTROLARK vacuums have been his favorite birdhouses so far Carlile has also repurposed old-style radio/phonographs He guts the inside adds dividers for four nesting areas and drills holes and installs plastic pipe for the entrance holes He cut up a piece of metal from a tent frame to create perches Carlile plans to make more radio birdhouses in the future but will first coat the wood with an exterior sealer so they last longer Both styles of houses are easy to clean by unscrewing the radio roof or opening the ends of the vacuum cleaner Favorable comments and his past successes have Carlile considering making birdhouses out of other items “I hate to see all this stuff scrapped out ” he says “It’s a lot of fun making the birdhouses and it’s saving a piece of the past ” He’s not sure what other items he’ll repurpose for avian housing but admits he has his eye on an old blender and a television Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Brent Carlile 63970 Nancy Way Montrose Colo 81403 ph 970 901-0107; ginicarlile@yahoo com

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