[Shop-talk] Bear proof bird feeder.

[DAVID MASSEY]

 I'm sure 1/4 inch steel plate will stand up to any bear.  Even 1/8 inch plate will work.  Will 16 gauge steel be good enough?  Dunno.  Depends a lot on the dimensions.  Larger surfaces will more easily succumb to bear attack.  Also, return bends on the edges make it much stronger than a cut edge.  Dimensions matter
Another thing, what kind of bear are we talking about?  Grizzly, brown, Yogi?
 
Dave 


 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter J. Thomas <pj_thomas at comcast.net>
To: Mark Watson <watsonm05 at comcast.net>; shop-talk at autox.team.net
Sent: Fri, Apr 1, 2022 9:00 am
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Bear proof bird feeder.

I'll bet the would.  Though I sure a 3" 14 gauge post fill with concrete 
and cemetted to bedrock with rebar gussets should with stand the bears.  
I wondering more about what gauge steel plate I should use fabricate the 
bird feeder and weld it to the top of the post.  Feeder will only be 
about 6 feet off the ground so it's visible from inside the house.

On 4/1/2022 6:59 AM, Mark Watson wrote:
> Instant thought: BOOOIIINNNGGG
>
> And imagine if the bears decide they like boinging it over and over.  What a video that would make!
>
>> On 04/01/2022 2:50 AM Mark Miller <markmiller at threeboysfarm.com> wrote:
>>
>>  
>> Consider letting them bend it as they wish.  Weld a large spring
>> (perhaps a garage door spring, a car suspension spring, something easy
>> to find and heavy) and let them bend it as they wish. When they are done
>> it will return to vertical undamaged.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Mark Miller  707-490-5834
>> markmiller at threeboysfarm.com
>>
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