Making A Bird Table With Roof

Build the faces for the bird table shelter from 1x8s.

Making a bird table with roof.

If you re unsure start with a tabletop roughly 12 by 18 inches 30 by 46 cm in size. Smooth the edges with sandpaper. Since making the original bird table i have got a new workshop and i put hexagonal felt shingles on the roof. How to build a bird table using one 2x4 timber and a few scraps of plywood.

For your free copy of. Fitting the roof to the bird shelter. Size how big or small you should make your bird table. Too small and you may run the risk of fighting between the birds that come to visit.

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. I ve added two pot plant boxes and bird boxes in the roof. Use a jigsaw to make the angle cuts. With a handsaw or circular saw trim off any excess wood to bring your tabletop to the right size.

A simple bird table verses an elaborate bird table image courtesy of pinterest. Use a measuring tape to mark out the desired size of your bird table tabletop. Firstly before you start thinking about the design of the bird table you first need to consider.