HOW TO BUILD A BIRD HOUSE

THINGS YOU'LL NEED

• Dried, cured gourd
• Drill
• Appropriatley sized drill
• 1/8inch to 3/8 inch drit
• Hanging cord

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• Fine-Grit sand paper
• Weatherproof paint
• Water-resistant finish
• And Time

STEP1

• Connect the 2 bottom pieces
• You'll need two pieces of 1x6 lumber
• One should cut to 5 1/2 in length
• The other should cut to 6 1/4 in length
• Connect them so they overlap

STEP2

• Attach the back panel
• Cut back panel from a piece of plywood
• Glue along the back edge of the bottom pieces
• Once it dries screw at four equally spaced positions
• So its passing through the back piece snd into the edge

STEP 3

• Attach the roof
• Lie the birdhouse down on a stable work surface
• Take two roof panels, cut from1x6 boards
• One will need to be cut to 9" in length
• The other will need to be 8 1/4

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• Fit the pieces so that they overlap
• Glue the. Screw them into place, using 4 equally screw

STEP 4

• Add support braces
• Get 4 L brackets and install them at the center
• Make sure screws used to install the brackets
• They should go only to the mid point of the wood

STEP5

• Glue the edges of the side pieces and roof pieces
• Fit the front piece in place and add 8 screws
• Two evenly placed screws for each side and roof piece

STEP6

• Sand the edges
• Entrance hole, somthere smooth

STEP7

• Screw in two eyes bolts at equal points
• It may help to pre-drill holes

STEP8

• Cut your dowel rod to 3"
• Place it in thr perch hole
• Allow to dry

STEP11

• Finish it by Adding designs
• Adding colors
• Adding little Antiques