St. Germain Bottle Bird Feeder

This was a last minute Christmas gift that I made for my sister-in-law.  My wife suggested that I incorporate a St. Germain bottle for the seed since it has such an interesting shape.  I made a quick design that generally followed the outline of the inverted bottle.   It's made from Alaska Yellow Cedar, which I resawed from 8/4 and surfaced to around 3/4" thick.

It's pretty simple, and there's not much to explain, so here are a series of progress photos.

This was the most fiddly part of the project - sure that the bottle could be lifted up hitting the roof and then tilted enough for the cap and shoulders of the bottle to clear the lower bottle bracket.  I ended up shifting the roof up a little and making a couple passes at enlarging the octagonal hole in the upper bracket to allow the bottle to tilt and lift out.

The medallion on the cap pops out and then I drilled out the molded plastic underneath.

I cut a recess into the gusset to house the medallion.  Some 5-minute epoxy held the medallion in-place.

My sister-in-law liked her gift.  I look forward to hearing how it works out for her.