HOW TO BUILD A BIRD HOUSE woodworking
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- These are couple bird houses I made for gran-kids from a hollow junk of juniper firewood. RUSTIC and birds love them.
Notice my old antique chainsaw; It's a Frontier and excellent little saw for this stuff, lots of power.
The object here was to make a birds nesting cover one that anyone could make very easily with minimum tools and to do so at their own safety level...so practice safety all the time!
Drawing a circle with a square & 2 nails, enough said. Great video. All the years woodworking I never stop learning new tricks. Thanks for this one.
Thanks 👍. So glad that you got that. Its a good one too eh?
Like many others, never seen a square used to make a circle. Great trick. Now I can amaze my friends.
Glad you liked it! old one comes in handy all the time too..take care
Great idea....purple martin enthusiast myself...rain in bird nests commonly causes nestling death if they get chilled......Have you ever thought of calking seam on top and drilling drain holes in plastic in bottom just in case of rain storm? Thank you so much for video
+Sarah Grubb
thanks for watching and comments. Bottom has holes around edge. at 10:32 mentioned a bead of caulking on roof joint. I agree with you 100% box should be dry! Birds have taken a liking to this type of nest box for sure.
Omg....missed that little bit....so sorry.......gonna build that beautiful thing......great no nonsense video....thanks
To keep the nest warm and dry put the hole higher. Also the hole smaller. American birds don't like perches near their nest, introduced birds do.Some venting is good, but not on the roof, maybe a piece of plastic at the top and not the bottom.
thanks for input. birds like chickadees love those around therse parts .
That's a great indoor bird bath they'll love it, Blimey i've been using my chainsaw wrong all these years i'm surprised i still have all my limbs
You can never b too careful.limbs are very precious!
You need to make the nestbox deeper. In this way the nest will reach upp to the entrance hole. The landing stick is not necessary it will only make it easier for predators to take the chicks. And please handle the chainsaw with both hands.
Tnx 4 looking and comment.....cheers .
Best RUclips EVER! Best character in a leading role, screenplay, cinematography, dialog, story line, suspense, geometry tricks (at the end). This one has it all.
Looking forward to the award ahhah....cheers
Great video love the build great bird box 📦
thank you very much. Appreciate your comment and taking the time to watch. lots of good videos here and don't forget the like button!
Nice job with the juniper houses! Great little project to burn away an afternoon. I liked the argo hitch stand for the splitter. Great set up!
Dave Wilcox Jr took one 2 springdale grandson Christian liked it. Hitch/splitter is a great back saver and easy to remove. No need to split till you need to put in furnace! cheers
Excellent jon
tnx
Circle with a square? Hmm. Drive a small nail in the (approximate) center of your workpiece. Take a length of sturdy string, and make a loop in it with a tight knot. One end of loop around the nail, and stretch your string with a pencil and swing around, making a perfect circle. If you want circles of different sizes, simply lengthen or shorten the string. Also, do away with the perch - the birds don't require it, but predators do.
String trick did it for years and the birds here do use the perch...... .check some of my other videos with chickadees.
Thanks for watching and feedback appreciate it!
Very Nice
thanks for comment ...........cheers
Now that house is just the right price, fellow. Well done, but birds fly up to their nests from below so the perch is in the way a bit. Of course, they can get around it but predators can also perch and dine of baby birds. Don't forget to clean them out every year... a bit of boiling water will do it.
+barbara reid tnx for comment, cheers
Looks good
It is a good bird house! thanks
Now das a good ‘ol Newfoundlander dere!!! ❤️❤️
yup......
cut a solid slice off the top and bottom of the log before removing the center and you have your floor and roof already built. Find a twig with bark the size of your pinky for a more natural perch
these are hollow logs
Excellent video! Good job. You are a genius- the way you made the circle was amazing. I don't know where to find such a wood trunk. I really appreciated your video. Keep up the good work.
Tnx 4 the nice comment .....cheers
Spiritual Pollinator How you find the wood, learn a very good idea.
Super duper cool 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😊😊☺☺☺☺
tnx 4 comment......cheers
I've never seen anyone skin a circle like that, nice!
Dana Ingraham do a lot of things with a steel framing square incld drawing a circle
Wow wonderful bird house
thank you very much, appreciate the comment!
This isnt going to work for birds as they will have water from rain gather inside of the house from the roof being split like you have it. It would be best to have one single plank of wood on the top. Also, you will want to look at the growth rings and have them face up on the house. As the wood drys, it will cup. Opening up the side where it connects to the top of the structure. Letting water gather inside as well. Its a great Idea but you may want it to last awhile and by doing it this way would extend the life of the structure.
Been making those bird houses a long time; water doesn't gather on inside at all. Its very aired out. Birds actually like the little bit of light that shows through the top and bottom. Birds just love them especially the chickadees and swallows in this area. tnx 4 looking and comment
It would have been better to make one nest from the log. Birds nee about 10 '" below the hole. This stops predators reaching in. Also no perch required by the birds, only by predators.
tnx CJ. Seems they are putting up with the bad living conditions really well here though, every year they nest in them and seem happy. They have their food close by too!
Good to know, and that was my question really. I had planned to turn some of these on my lathe and 10" was too deep for it. I guess the birds in my yard will be slumming it too.
I would say that would make a great utube video 4 sure. Chickedees love them here in Central NL
There already is a video. Robbie turns some great stuff. ruclips.net/video/M43Mg-IMt_g/видео.html
It warms my Heart to see Ones of the Earth give of their portion to the ones of the Air !!!
well said......tnx4 watching....cheers
and then watch as the birds poop onto everything
well said
well said
Well said
Very rustic, I like it 👍
Thanks very much appreciate your comments......👍
this is Dec., 2020, do you still have your left hand ?
That I do and have never lost a glove with hundreds of hours using a chainsaw but thanks for your concern and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too!
Nice little project. Good job. Love your portable workbench, by the way. 😊
tnx 4 watching, everyone should have 1 ...cheers
raw talent old man .beautiful.
tnx
so nice nest
Tnx very much for nice comment.....cheers
Nice one, but it would rain in thorugh the roof, wouldn't it? And pls why did you use plastic button for that beautiful nature looking birdhouse? Why not wooden one?
+Milan Fischer plastic was there at time...could have tossed it I guess. use wood whenever I can cheers and tnx 4 lookin
dude,,make a workstand,,using the metal barrow as a stand is insane
got ya....tnx 4 comment
saves sweeping up,could make a h drop in frame to serve as bench
@@paulfreegard1271 good idea tnx
Using the bucket for the bottom is a good idea.
1:58 just flip the hammer around and use the nail puller as a chisel. sharpen it anyway if it is too dull.
good idea....tnx4watchin
tnx 4 comment, try that sometime
Nice building
thank you very much.cheers 2 ya
nicely done
+NLGhostWolf thanks and thanks for looking, cheers
Nice
Thanks, appreciate the comment
nice video i like it ...
Thank you very much for comment...........cheers
Please do not even consider using a chain saw as this guy is doing, its a great way for it to kickback and remove any number of appendages.
watch what you do and you won't go off the road!!
Title should read: Tool Safety and the Wheelbarrow Workbench
Wheelbarrow Mobile Workbench! see my other videos on that.......cheers and thanks
The first top secret vídeo ever. Almost anything can be seen.
Thanks, never know what you will get on utube but it's ther eh ?
Great Work Sir..!
Thanks for your Concern for Birds..!
Hope Many would Follow You..!
+Yashwanth Thammala thanks for watching, cheers.
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Thanks for this... really helped my GCSE's,
+Ethan Bennett tnx4comment cheers
u make me want to build that house even ive no bird,.oh wait... i have one
go ahead, make my day!! tnx4watching..cheers
great idea....
tnx 4 watchin' George..cheers
that will be very realistic nest for birds,comfortable and secured...great job sir...i loved it...👍👌
thanks a lot glad you like it.....cheers
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Rupendranath you are seen Chanel
Rupendranath benarji kommana Surreal great job tho.
Nice work! God bless!
+CalicoKid21 tnx
nice nest sir
glad you like it .....thanks
Great video, thank you sir
tnx a bunch, cheers 2 ya
It was all going so well until you started on the roof.
Had to cover it with something even if the board has a joint you can caulk it or use a full board not a problem. 👍👍
I noticed in the beginning you didn't want to dull your chainsaw by cutting the wood on the ground so you cut it in a metal wheelbarrow..very clever mate!
Sorry, no intentions of cutting on the ground at all...was going to cut it in wheelbarrow anyway. I've done many like that right there and haven't touched the teeth once yet...maybe next time and I'll get you to sharpen it.
tnx 4 comment...cheers
very cool !!
i love it
tnx 4 comment.....cheers
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gôôd job
Suicidal way of using a chainsaw.
Don't know what happened, no blood
I think its ingenious! What's with all the thumbs down, ya ungrateful mutts, this is a bird house even i can build, thanks to you, I'm gonna make lots of birds hoot!🏡 Thank ya toots
You're welcome, I don't mind the thumbs down either they wish they could make it I guess, thanks 4 comment.
Bird hole too low.
For some birds maybe but for the ones that are using it like chickadees they love it. Guess it depends on the type of bird eh. Thanks for comment.
draw a cercle with a square that's new to me....thanks
easy to do eh...steel square is an amazing piece of engineering...tnx 4 comment
tnx 4 comment.........circles with a square yes, straight lines I got a problem with eh!
hunt4fish squaring a circle is a Freemasonic terminology
wonderful job, i just love the wood work ♡ but it's not complete video and camera man has to practice more for focusing on the object, it was shaking troughout ..
tnx for commenting, glad you liked it.
Exelente!
+Luis Romero
thanks
The hole is too low. The big birds can so take the eggs and babies.
Haven't seen that happen yet and birds, mainly chickadees, use it quite regular for nesting in this area every year. Thanks for comment and looking at my vids!
Made with simple tools and imagination. Thank you. Curious as to how you're going to attache it to tree?
Tnx 4 commenting. Couple long robertson deck screws I use screws and a good electric screwdriver and into the hole in the bird house is usually all it takes. Sometimes you may need a little spacer of sorts between the house and the tree to make it sit level.
Fascinated by your accent. Where are you from?
Newfoundland, Canada
Thanks for the tip. I will put it to good use.
+Gardening With Puppies tnx for watching cheers
it was fab
tnx 4 comment
bravo
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You need to move your camera back we can see what you’re doing. We can barely see what you’re doing. You need to come to your left so we can see what you’re doing.
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According to published specifications I have seen, those houses don't look tall enough to be accepted by most hole-nesting birds. They are fussy, and won't take just any hole. I think leaving that log whole an just making one birdhouse would have been a better bet.
Nope, no problems with them! swallows, chickadees especially love them and several other different species have been using them over the years. matter of fact some of them are over 25 yrs old and starting to fall apart. I have these all around my property and cabin and my family and I spend hours watching them doing what birds do. Thank you 4 comment!.
Wow, I'm impressed! I've made similar birdhouses, sized according to what the pros say is right for bluebirds on one hand and black-capped chickadees on the other. What I get is mostly starlings enlarging the entry holes. Maybe my problem is where I live, in a city neighborhood. Lots of birds, but nothing like the woods.
Anyway, good on ya!
(Oh, and why not make yourself a workbench, or at least throw a board across that wheelbarrow? Gives me the willies, seeing woodworking cutting edges used that close to steel.)
Well, got a bigger workbench if you look at more of my vids sure to see. Sometimes I do that stuff in a barrow or just on the snow just to save the sawdust for other projects in one spot without sweeping other contaminants in an enclosed space. That juniper sawdust is used for medicinal purposes like respiratory problems and works well on asthma. I can vouch 4 that. Chinese are very interested in the cleansing abilities of juniper and some of our local plants as well.
I never heard that about juniper sawdust. Interesting. Keep on keepin' on.
And to think he made it all in his wheel barrow
amazing what you can do with just a few tools and a wheel barrow eh?
When I do this. I use the chainsaw and plunge the bar into the rotten area and use it clean all the rotten wood then the angle cut. Just a suggestion
Great idea Joel, makes the job easier 4 sure. Tnx 4 comment, appreciate it
That's really neat.
+DevilMaskMedia tnx a bunch, cheers
cool
thanks Bob, appreciate the feedback
In this we see the rot in the middle of the wood. Typically this is from a branch that was broken off some years ago. The stub that was left enabled insects or disease to enter the tree, which always makes rot. This is why we speak of the importance of proper pruning. It allows the tree to grow over the wound as quickly as it can, reducing or preventing a rotten heart in the tree. But a stub from a branch will produce this.
+Michael Dougfir
This tree is common here on island and we use it for firewood, we call it juniper. very hard wood and burns well giving off lots of heat to heat our home. I think you are right that branches break off and water, insects etc. enter tree and cause the damage. Makes a nice bird house and they always use them yeear after year.
tnks for watching and comments, cheers.
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yes sir..internet some slow eh, just getting this in time for Christmas! thanks a lot appreciate it!
I build one just like this with just a lil but of glue and a hammer took me less than 10min
There you go, the birds will luv ya 4 it...cheers and tnx 4 comment
I nedd this type of nest
But i live in India
You also need the birds like chickadees...you have those? thanks
@@hunt4fish hi. We have no this types of bird. But here some small birds. So I need it
Nice bird houses!! How old is the saw??
rodney newbury no idea, shes been under the bonnet of my old 83 Skandic for years and I bought both new; saw before the skidoo. Skandic long gone!
it´s too bad!!!!!
Credo che su un tavolo da lavoro sarebbe stato più comodo.
Agree with you...thanks
Plastic cup is not good on bottom.coz it will keep wet to puu .
At 15;30 you can see the plastic cup is upside down so it will not hold any water but shed it off. It is only a bottom to support the nest material and water will run out. Thanks for comment and watching my video!
Dude, you made all possible faults! Too shallow, a stick under the hole, crack in the roof... Better read something about bird houses. And about chainsaw using too.
Very dangerous
Well, don't know about that but awfull lot of chickadees use those every year, thats what they are for.
Rustic is already, but your dealing with chainsaw is extremely dangerous
tnx 4 comment.........chainsaw is my main saw and use it every day. Don't recomend everyone who makes a bird house use saw like that. It takes practice.
A heavy seller brother!!!! Nice work! 👍 Saw still run good??
That saw is still running use it when on skidoo for small jobs. Like it? I do
in between the planks won't the water come into the nest?
I caulked along that join.......tnx 4 comment
Porquê não colocou como assoalho madeiras iguais aos do telhado?
thanks, you can use whatever is available.......cheers
Don't ya just hate it when your battery dies lol
+Travis Mattingly sure do
How big is the entrance hole?
1.5 in to 2
I got his name wrong, it’s actually Woody Hyezmar, who was going to sell his collection of woodworking plans but now is giving it for free on his website!
+Veronica Shea whats the name of his website
I checked it out seems its a bit of a scam
This was taken from a site on the internet after I googled his name
Plans Piracy:
So there you have it. After a full review I have to say hands down that the Ted’s Woodworking Plans is a scam of the worst order and it is highly advised that you steer clear. 90% of what “Ted” claims about “his” product is untrue. It’s as Steve explained, it’s a real “mess” and just basically poor reprints from old Popular Science magazine or some other now defunct wood working periodicals. Much of the projects I looked at were virtually unreadable.
He’s just copying old stuff out of old publications and calling it his own. This is misleading to be sure, highly unethical and likely illegal.
What I find impossible to believe is that “Ted” claims he produced these 16,000 projects within a 36 year period. That would mean he cranks out 444 plans per year or 1.22 projects per day…EVERY day, 7 days a week. He’s a machine if he can do that!
He also claims to have put out books, one titled “The Art of Woodworking” which I can’t find anywhere, even on Amazon.
Unless you want to attract sparrows or starlings,do not provide a perch.
(stick)
that is two of the most common birds around these parts, tnx 4 comment appreciate that
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tnx...........cheers
Why the plastic?😨😨😨
Was there since changed it to wood. Tnx
Where can I buy a workbench like that .or is it a specialist bit of kit?
Canadian Tire sells them ahah. Need engineering degree to put it together
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Nope the houes are fine. We don't have magpies. They are very safe and the chickadees love them every year. Floors are held in with screws for cleaning. No problems Thanks for comments
That's good work. Pretty damn stupid using a chainsaw inside of a steel wheel barrel. But to each his own.
Tnx 4 comments, esp the good one! Been using saw all my working life and still have all my fingers and toes....lucky I guess, depending on who looks!
Stopped watching after the first ten seconds where you almost cut your hand off with the chainsaw. Man, I don’t want to learn anything about DIY from you.
"almost cut my hand off" where's the blood? why would YOU cut your hand off, are YOU stupid? I grew up with chain saw in my hand and can't remember saying oops!!
How did he almost cut his hand off? You must not use chainsaws much!
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Good idea, but the performance is bad. This is not a safe birds house. Too flat. Besides, you should not use plastic.
birds have been nesting in these type for years and not a problem
Yes, but only where there are no cats and other such predators. In my garden, birds could not raise young birds.
Jako kdyby si nemohl na konci vzít kružítko.
Not sure what you meant there
Thanks 4 comment
1.5 million views and everyone telling him what to do.
mad world we live in eh.......thanks and take care
Never ceases to amaze me the number of safety experts and environmentalists who populate Meta. Excellent video young man.
Good idea but the roof looks shit.
don't thing the birds even mind that; beauty wasn't in my mind either when I built it! It's a shelter for them and their little ones. Thanks for comment
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Thanks for watching.....cheers
You got a mouthful of marbles........couldn't hear you. Left after 2 minutes.
watched 1 of yours about the gas gauge repair....good job on that; cheers come back again
Roof will leak due to crack in a middle, the plastic cap will accumulate water and moisture. Not quite successful model.
If you watched vid you should hear me mention caulking along the roof crack at 10.33. Also the plastic plug in bottom is installed bottom up to shed water and to place couple brads in to hold it in place, makes it easy to clean out....tnx for watching and comments...cheers
Thhx for answer, may be didnt notice what you said :))
I lost my leg today
What, chain saw accident I bet ahahaah.....tnx 4 comment
Poor camera work
yeah, that started back in 76 and there is a name for it, sorry! thanks for the comment and looking at my videos