{"id":235,"date":"2013-12-04T16:33:18","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T16:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.waters.to\/blog\/?p=235"},"modified":"2013-12-04T16:34:57","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T16:34:57","slug":"a-single-board-birdhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.waters.to\/blog\/a-single-board-birdhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"A Single-Board Birdhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"birdhouse\"<\/a>A few years ago, I made about a dozen birdhouses and gave them out as gifts. I was recently asked for the plans, and had to admit that there were none — I pretty much made everything up on the fly. Pictured is my attempt at retroactive plans drawn from memory…<\/p>\n

Construction is very easy:
\n– The entire birdhouse comes from a single 1×4 or 1×6
\n– All cuts are for length only – no ripping required
\n– All angled cuts are 45 degrees.<\/p>\n

The design is very forgiving with respect to dimensions, so a hand saw would work just fine if you don’t have access to a miter saw.<\/p>\n

The only real trick is securely attaching the roof, since it is difficult to fasten to the end-grain of the sides. If I were making them again, I’d use a construction adhesive like PL Premium which works well in that situation.<\/p>\n

Click the image above to enlarge, or you can see the raw plans in Sketchup format here: Birdhouse Plans in Sketchup Format<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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