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</html>";s:4:"text";s:8732:"If you’re interested in a smaller or bigger house, just scale this design up or down. You can also mount your birdhouse … Apply glue to all joined surfaces, clamp, and allow to dry. You can buy a shorter board, but 8 feet long is what’s typically sold at home centers, and it’ll allow you to build two birdhouses. This will allow the roof to be easily removed for cleaning. Welcome your new friends to your yard. Expert advice from Bob Vila, the most trusted name in home improvement, home remodeling, home repair, and DIY. Buy the Materials. Place a scrap board under the front piece before drilling to prevent splintering when the drill bit breaks through the other side. The Picket Fence Birdhouse. Run a bead of glue along the outside edges of the side pieces. Since the pieces are getting rather small, you can clamp them to a larger board when making the cuts to keep hands clear of the blade. Making birdhouses is a fun activity to do with the kids, especially if you have a nice garden you want to see filled with color, life, scent, and chirping. Begin by choosing a nice dry, straight 1″ × 8″ cedar board at the lumberyard or home center and cut … Measure from the peak of the front piece down 4 inches and make a mark on the vertical centerline that you made in Step 2. Did Scientists Just Find a Way to Reverse Aging? To hang the birdhouse from a tree branch or garden hook, screw in two eye hooks along the roof peak. Cut the Front and Back. There are a tremendous variety of nest boxes designs. Likewise, the gourds can be grown from seed in about five months. Modern Birdhouse. Cut the Remaining Pieces. Draw a line down the center and cut at 45° towards the sides to create a five-sided polygon. For more on birdhouses, visit our slideshow 12 Birdhouses We Love, Want more How To? Cut the side pieces 5-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. Add the front and back and the sides, with the rough part facing in. Avoid painting the top edges on the front and back pieces, as you’ll be applying glue there. Attach the roof pieces with a butt joint and screw together at 90°. Make sure the wood is untreated. Purchasing untreated and unpainted wood, such as cedar or cypress, will ensure that the birdhouse isn’t worn or damaged by weather. 4. DIRECTIONS: 1. It took just a couple of hours to build and cost less than $25, not counting the paint, which I already had. Follow these step-by-step instructions to build yours and enjoy the shop time with your son or daughter. Then the child can help decorate the birdhouse. Buy this wood from a local hardware store and request these specific lengths and dimensions. My 12-year-old son Kyle and I built it, with him handling most of the measuring, cutting, gluing, drilling, nailing, and painting. Build this birdhouse 45. Introduction Select a Gourd. Some gourds dry better than others, but you'll still need to manually … Apply a water-based exterior paint or stain. The homemade birdhouse is a DIY classic. 2. Assemble the Box. Since the longer piece overlaps the shorter one, they’ll overhang the birdhouse the same distance. Popular Mechanics participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. Finish the Construction. Related: 5 Easy Woodworking Projects for Beginners, One 1″ x 8″ cedar board 8 feet long (you’ll have enough to make at least two) 1″ Forstner bit or hole saw Waterproof wood glue, such as Titebond III Bar clamps 1-1/4″ decking or galvanized screws 1/2″ galvanized pipe flange and short screws 1/2″ galvanized pipe Screwdriver. Copyright © 2020 Acton Media Inc. All rights reserved. The overall dimensions are 10-3/4 x 8-1/2 x 7-1/4 inches. The size and shape attracts various birds, including the popular purple martin. Install the perch and just paint the gourd in a custom paint color making a visually captivating birdhouse for your garden or for any outdoor! Center the roof on the house and use screws and pilot holes to attach the roof to the front and back only. For other saws, mark the 45-degree angles with your square, then make the cuts. 3. This birdhouse would be a great way to use up an old picket fence. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. Once the pieces are cut, make a vertical mark down the center of each. Since the board is actually 7 … The Picket Fence Birdhouse. Clean the Inside of the Gourd. We painted the box tan and the roof red to match the siding and accent colors on our house. 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