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I'm sure 1/4 inch steel plate will stand up to any bear.=C2=A0 Even 1/8 in=
ch plate will work.=C2=A0 Will 16 gauge steel be good enough?=C2=A0 Dunno.=
=C2=A0 Depends a lot on the dimensions.=C2=A0 Larger surfaces will more eas=
ily succumb to bear attack.=C2=A0 Also, return bends on the edges make it m=
uch stronger than a cut edge.=C2=A0 Dimensions matter
Another thing, what kind of bear are we talking about?=C2=A0 Grizzly, brown=
, Yogi?
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-----Original Message-----
From: Peter J. Thomas <pj_thomas@comcast.net>
To: Mark Watson <watsonm05@comcast.net>; shop-talk@autox.team.net
Sent: Fri, Apr 1, 2022 9:00 am
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Bear proof bird feeder.
I'll bet the would.=C2=A0 Though I sure a 3" 14 gauge post fill with concre=
te=20
and cemetted to bedrock with rebar gussets should with stand the bears.=C2=
=A0=20
I wondering more about what gauge steel plate I should use fabricate the=20
bird feeder and weld it to the top of the post.=C2=A0 Feeder will only be=
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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.=C2=
=A0 What a video that would make!
>
>> On 04/01/2022 2:50 AM Mark Miller <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com> wrote:
>>
>>=C2=A0=20
>> Consider letting them bend it as they wish.=C2=A0 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=C2=A0 707-490-5834
>> markmiller@threeboysfarm.com
>>
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From: Peter J. Thomas <pj_thomas@comcast.net><br>
To: Mark Watson <watsonm05@comcast.net>; shop-talk@autox.team.net<br>
Sent: Fri, Apr 1, 2022 9:00 am<br>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Bear proof bird feeder.<br>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I'll bet the would. Though I sure a 3" 14 gauge post=
fill with concrete <br clear=3D"none">and cemetted to bedrock with rebar g=
ussets should with stand the bears. <br clear=3D"none">I wondering mo=
re about what gauge steel plate I should use fabricate the <br clear=3D"non=
e">bird feeder and weld it to the top of the post. Feeder will only b=
e <br clear=3D"none">about 6 feet off the ground so it's visible from insid=
e the house.<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">On 4/1/2022 6:59 AM, Mark=
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