Hexagonal bird table from recycled wood step 1.
How to make a hexagonal bird table roof.
The time you will spend on it depends on how complex you want the bird table to be.
Reassemble the hexagon and clamp tightly with the corner clamps and let dry.
Bird house plans to make a gazebo 6 sided hexagon shaped nesting box.
Make sure that you put the smaller pieces of trim on the shorter sides of the table.
I originally planned to cover the bird table with some roof felt that was kicking around the garage.
The wood glue should be dry after.
Drill a 1 2 inch hole about 3 4 inch below the door.
Drill the holes 1 4 inch deep at a 90 degree angle to the mitred edge of the board this way the small dowel pieces will sit evenly between the holes in the boards keeping them together.
For the original bird table the internal structure of the roof was 6 pieces of external grade.
Although the felt looked ok it didn t really have a wow factor.
Hence the wooden tiles idea.
In fact making a bird table on your own is quite easy.
There are several types of basic bird tables out there.
Use clamps to hold the wood in place as the glue dries fully.
I decided to rip the felt off and have a go at creating a tiled roof.
Once you find a plan for the bird table you want to create make sure it has a roof planned.
Free homemade diy instructions directions and measurements to create a wooden bird b.
As you can see it shows the start of tiling the roof with small wooden tiles.