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How to make a basic and rustic
bird box...
One day there was a boy called James.
He lived in Surrey, it was a beautiful sunny day. He ran a web site called
'SAWDUSTALLEY' and decided to make a BIRDBOX, for a little wooded area in
his garden.
This is a really simple project, probably
my first proper project was one of these. We have 2 in our garden, I thought
i'd add a third the day after easter.
This is a really simple green woodwork
project, its a great thing to start with or to do with your kids! I choose
to make most of this out side as it was a lovely sunny day plus it kept me
in touch with nature :-)
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I first went and bough
a 2.4m sawn, treated board. Nice and cheap. For more details of all
the measurements see the plan.
Lets start with measuring the back
section. This will be 400mm, I will then use the try square to square
my mark across the board. |
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You can use a hand saw, but power
tools are more fun and faster! So i'm using my small trim saw to cut all
the sections to length. |
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Here you see, I have cut the back
and front. |
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The 2 sides are going to have
a slope for the roof. The angle is not important, just set your bevel
gauge and draw a line. Again I will cut this with the circular saw.
The bottom of the roof pitch must
be level with the top of the front (See next pic) |
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Now its starting to look like something.
You can see what I meant. We have a problem shown by the bevel gauge.
The roof will not lie flat. So into the workshop we go. |
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I've use the bevel gauge to set my
table saw blade here, i'm cutting the angle on the top of the front. |
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See? Perfectly flush! |
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Cut the roof section allowing it
to over hang the front of the box, thus preventing water getting in.
I've cut the same angle on the back
of the roof section. This will enable it to butt tightly against the
back of the box. |
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While we're in the shop, I set the
drill press up with a 30mm forestner bit, this will cut the whole in the
front for the birds to enter and exit their new home! |
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I'm also taking the opportunity
to cut 2 holes at the top of the back. These will take the wire or twine
which will hang the bird box up.
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