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How to Make a Tea Cup Bird Feeder
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  1. Tea Cup and Saucer: decorative and good quality

  2. 33", 36", or 39" length of 1/2" Copper Piping

  3. 1/2" Copper Piping End Cap

  4. E6000 Glue [found commonly at Michael's Craft Store] *HINT: This is the "only" glue that will work and prevent the tea cup and saucer from coming apart! Gorilla Glue is the only other glue but it is very messy and visible.

  5. A Dremel

  6. Dremel Silicon Carbide Grinding Stone

  7. Small bowls, Heavy Soup Can
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Using the Dremel with the Carbide Grinding Stone, rough up the bottom of the teacup around the ridge of the bottom circle. Handle carefully.                     
2 Using the Dremel with the Carbide Grinding Stone, rough up the topside of the saucer inside the inner cup circle. Handle carefully. 
3 Turn the teacup upside down. You may need to use small bowls or something similar to rest the saucer and the teacup on so they sit flat--not on a tilt. The glue needs to settle flat. Place some E6000 glue on the roughed area of the saucer topside and the teacup bottom ring. Let dry to a slight skin--approximately 3-4 minutes.
4 Place the teacup on the topside of the saucer, lining it up in the middle. Press firmly but carefully so the 2 glued pieces come together. Place on a flat surface. Place a soup can or something as heavy on the top of the teacup so there is a bit of pressure. Let dry as per the instructions on the E6000 tube of glue.   
5 AFTER GLUE DRIES--Use the Dremel with the Carbide Grinding Stone, and rough up the bottom of the saucer inside the inner circle. Handle carefully both pieces carefully as to not pull apart the teacup from the saucer. The E6000 glue takes several days to "set".
6 Using the Dremel with the Carbide Grinding Stone, rough up the flat side of the 1/2" copper end cap.
7 Place the teacup assembly upside down, again, using a bowl if needed to allow the teacup to sit flat. Place some E6000 glue on the roughed up area of the bottom of the saucer.
8 Now take the 1/2" copper end cap and place some glue on the roughed up bottom. Let the glue dry to a slight skin--approximately 3-4 minutes.
9 Place the 1/2" copper end cap with the glue upside down onto the bottom of the saucer, centering it in the inner circle so that the glue comes together.
10 After this step, you now have a complete teacup bird feeder assembly. You must let the glue CURE as per the E6000 tube of glue instructions. This may take several days.
11 Once the teacup assembly is dried and cured, it is ready to go on the 1/2" copper piping.
12 The completed assembly can now be placed on the 1/2" copper piping. 3 different heights looks the best.  The copper piping can be placed in the ground by using a rubber mallet to bang it into soil and then using wood shims to secure the piping and to "level" it.
13 The "full teacup assembly" including the "base" can be seen in the photo on this page: CLICK HERE.
14 ***Instructions for making the "cement base" will be posted soon.
 
 

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