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Sideboard Hutch for the Dining Room

In the next few weeks, I will be designing and building a hutch for the dining room in our home. My wife has an old upright piano that she has had since she was 12 years old that no longer works. It is now just taking up space, so we decided to disassemble the piano and use as much of the wood and other items as possible in the design of the new hutch.

When I can get it moved to the shop, I’ll start dissassembling the piano and measuring the parts in preparation for the design of the new hutch. Stay tuned for that process and as always, thank you for stopping by MVB Crafts.

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Havahart Traps

Havahart TrapsWhen I was eight years old, I somehow got my hands on a popular mechanics magazine. In the back, in the advertising section, I saw an ad for Havahart traps, so I wrote for a catalog. I can still remember the thrill I felt when that catalog arrived.

About a year later, I was able to save up enough money to order one of the small traps and there began my fascination with live-catch animal traps. I could capture wild animals, keep them for “pets” for a while and then release them unharmed. For fifty years, Continue reading

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How to Build a Chicken Coop – Positioning Your Coop

How to Build a Chicken CoopThanks for sticking with me over the last while and learning more about the various factors needed to successfully learn how to build a chicken coop. Today’s topic, positioning your coop, is another very important one you must pay attention to because like the others, it will have a direct influence over how many eggs your chickens lay and therefore, how happy you are overall with the results of your chicken coop.

This topic is where you should be placing your chicken coop. Selecting the perfect spot on your yard to place Continue reading

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How to Build a Chicken Coop – Protecting Your Chickens

How to Build a Chicken CoopIn the first three posts of How to Build a Chicken Coop, you were given some basic information on the ‘musts’ for building a chicken coop. This includes choosing the best type of coop for your preferences in the first place, choosing the correct materials that will enable you to keep costs down, and then how to build a chicken coop that will last for years to come.

All of these are vital so that you’re fully satisfied with the chicken house you build and don’t spend any more money than you absolutely have to.

Now it’s time to move on and take a look at what you must do in order to keep your chickens protected. Again this is a key element that must be taken care of Continue reading

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How to Build a Chicken Coop – Building a Coop That Will Last

How to Build a Chicken CoopIn the first two posts on How to Build a Chicken Coop, we’ve covered the types of chicken coops you can build and the different building supplies that you should think about, it’s time now to look at building a coop that will last and what you should be doing in order to maintain the structural integrity of your chicken coop.

One problem that many people do run into is that they build their chicken coop and do a decent job at it, but the only problem is that the way they have built it does not stand up over the long run. Gaining a better understanding of the construction process and exactly what’s needed to build a coop that lasts will ensure that the money you spend is worth it. Continue reading

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