Fit the pieces to the top of the bird shelter walls and lock them into place with 1 1 2 nails.
Making a bird table with roof.
I ve added two pot plant boxes and bird boxes in the roof.
With a handsaw or circular saw trim off any excess wood to bring your tabletop to the right size.
Use a measuring tape to mark out the desired size of your bird table tabletop.
Build the faces for the bird table shelter from 1x8s.
Firstly before you start thinking about the design of the bird table you first need to consider.
A short video showing how to make a bird table out of pallets and other recycled wood in step by step photgraphs.
Fitting the roof to the bird shelter.
How to build a bird table using one 2x4 timber and a few scraps of plywood.
Too small and you may run the risk of fighting between the birds that come to visit.
Smooth the edges with sandpaper.
The thing about the felt shingles that i had not realized is that you do not get individual shingles but sheets of 3 shingles and when you overlay the top with the next row you cover up the joints and they look like individual shingles.
If you re unsure start with a tabletop roughly 12 by 18 inches 30 by 46 cm in size.
Since making the original bird table i have got a new workshop and i put hexagonal felt shingles on the roof.
Use a jigsaw to make the angle cuts.
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