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« on: February 11, 2012, 05:29:02 pm »
I am in the process of making a functional gourd birdhouse for my Father for his Birthday next month.  I saw an image in a magazine of a gourd birdhouse resin statuary that was done to look like a cobblestone house.  I'm trying to do the same for Dad.  Dad loves to watch the birds.  So with that thought process in mind, I am looking for small 1/4-1/2 inch tumbled stones - the kind doesn't matter - though "earth tones" are preferable.

I already cleaned and prepped the dried gourd tonight, cut out the hole, and cut the top off so it can be hinged and latched later so Dad can easily clean it out every fall.  I'm going to Lowes sometime this week to grab a small hinge and small latch.  I stained the whole outside of the gourd a nice cherry wood color.

So if anyone has some small pieces of any kind of tumbled rock in the 1/4 - 1/2 inch range they would be willing to part with, leave a message here or drop me a PM.

I thought about using aquarium gravel - but all the stuff available for sale at work is dyed funky colors.  I have an aversion to using pink aquarium gravel.

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« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2012, 06:39:23 pm »
Aww I love this idea and I know your Father will love it:)
It will be so cool to use polished cabs too. The lucky birds will have the nicest house in the neighborhood:)
I want to see it too please:)
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« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2012, 06:43:19 pm »
Don't worry Sara.  I'll post pictures when it's done.  yes
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« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2012, 06:56:27 am »
You might try the pet store for aquarium pebbles. Good luck with your project.
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« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2012, 10:05:05 am »
Yeah, I have an aversion to pink aquarium pebbles too...  :P

What an interesting idea.  What is the quantity that you are in need of?
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« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2012, 06:35:11 pm »
Quote from: rickn on February 13, 2012, 06:56:27 am
You might try the pet store for aquarium pebbles. Good luck with your project.

I work at one.  Best I could find was funky dyed colors... However...

Gina:  A coworker actually happened to have something that fits what I need, so I'll be getting that.  She had a bag of older gravel from an aquarium at her home she had taken down and she said I could have it.   dancer5

Now I just need to find roofing material for the birdhouse roof...
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« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2012, 08:00:45 pm »
Okey dokey, looking forward to seeing it!
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« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2012, 08:37:00 pm »
I am glad you found something that works. I had been looking at my smaller beads 6mm to 8mm and wondering how hard it would be to cut them in half for you.
Copper shingles for the roof:)
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« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2012, 08:15:06 am »
Oh good you found some thing :)
I saw this and thought - Wow someone can use those small rocks!  LOL  I use small rocks when I run a batch through my tumbler to balance the load and the size of the fines to help polish... and have bags of polished rocks in various sizes from dimes to baby peas and smaller.  Never know what to do with them but I keep saving them anyway :)

Love to see pics when you get it finished!

(I agree with Sarah - Copper shingles would be great)
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« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2012, 07:21:37 pm »
Bruce, you never know, I may need more stone in the future if I make more of them, so I may be in contact with you if I need more. yes
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We've got a world in which physical miracles are commonplace - and nobody's happy.  We've got what it takes to feed all the billions of us - and half of us are starving.  You can show a dozen guys murdering each other on TV, but you can't ever show two people making love.  A naked blade is rendered less obscene than a naked woman.  Isn't it about time we started trying to get a handle on love, from any and all directions? -Jake (From "Off the Wall at Callahan's" by Spider Robinson.)
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