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  1. 07-25-2007, 2:46 PM #1
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    Laser Birdhouse Plans?

    A possible customer is asking if I could manufacture a small birdhouse and engrave family names on them. Anyone have a plan and/or source?

    Thanks!

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  3. 07-25-2007, 3:35 PM #2
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    bird house

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    the epilog web site has a small bird house
    kind of hard to assemble though
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  4. 07-25-2007, 3:48 PM #3
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    Epilog Birdhouse

    http://www.epiloglaser.com/sc_birdhome.htm
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  5. 07-25-2007, 4:49 PM #4
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    I made some of those Epilog houses... Let me say, that's one long winded program!!!

    I would remove all the shingle rastering, enlarge the birds hole in the front, and add some assembly tabs before messing with one of those again...

    Would be interested if anyone had a better .cdr file to share...

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  6. 07-25-2007, 6:41 PM #5
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    I agree with Mark. It looked great but it was way too long to do, hole was a little on the tiny side, the gluing was fiddly. But hey, I don't have to live in it!!
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  7. 07-25-2007, 8:29 PM #6
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    I agree that the assembly process is quite hard
    I really liked the bird house once assembled
    some of the flaws is no tabs and no way to clean it
    I'm currently working on a redesign to add tabs and
    make the bottom so it would open to clean
    also maybe a little bigger
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  8. 07-26-2007, 5:16 AM #7
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    Good luck with that one Ken and if you are feeling generous with your design please (pretty please) post it
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  9. 07-26-2007, 9:49 PM #8
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    The Epilog samples page gives a newbie something to play with and say "ain't that neat". Most seem to be designed by people who have the machine as a hobby, or have nothing better to do.. Don't get me wrong, their not useless, they certainly allow new users to gain some experience. It's just that I rarely see anything 'really' useful other than for 'personal decorations'
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  10. 07-27-2007, 9:34 AM #9
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    hi guys
    I'm more of a lurker than a poster but here is something I came up with a while ago for some craft shows

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    ken I will try to get in touch with you soon about getting together
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  11. 07-27-2007, 10:03 AM #10
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    Acrylic Bird House - Duplicate Lines?

    Mike,

    I was checking out your birdhouse file and it appears to have about 5 or more lines on top of each other. Whoever uses this file needs to eliminate the extra lines before lasering.

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  12. 07-27-2007, 10:55 AM #11
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    I went ahead and took out the extra lines for anyone else that wants to give it a try... I saved it in Version 9...

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  13. 07-27-2007, 12:14 PM #12
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    sorry about that

    i was cutting 1/4 inch last time and used multi passes to get thru

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  14. 07-28-2007, 2:09 AM #13
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    Mike- thanks for the posting. I don't understand what the 2 small pieces are for? I get the bottom, 4 sides, the roof. What are those 2 other pieces for? What is the key hole shape whole for.....
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  15. 07-28-2007, 10:45 AM #14
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    key hole is for hanging and the other 2 pieces are for a perch

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  16. 07-28-2007, 1:58 PM #15
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    Thanks Mike. Do you have a picture of an assembled one?
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