FINISHING BIRD HOUSES 



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are making the Blue Bird House shown in 

 Plate 3. We have our pieces all cut out and 

 numbered and shall now cut the shape of pieces 

 A, which are the front and rear of the house, 

 from our pieces that we have previously cut 

 S-i/o inches wide by 10 inches long. 



Find the center of one end, which will bo. 

 one-half of 8-1/4 inches or -y inches. Meas- 

 ure down on each side 4 inches and draw from 

 our edge center to these points. 



Find the center of our bottom edge next 

 and measure 2-y 2 inches each side to make 

 our bottom edge 5 inches wide, as shown. 

 Draw from the ends of this 5 inch lines to our 

 points on the sides and we are ready to care- 

 fully cut out the form as shown in the draw 

 ing. Always remember when sawing to a line 

 to leave about 1/16 inch between our saw cut 



and the line and finish with a plane to the 

 line. 



Be sure that the front and rear pieces are 

 exactly the same size and shape to insure our 

 house going together nicely later. 



Take the bottom piece E and draw light 

 lines from corner to corner, and with a dot 

 locate the points where we are to bore our 

 drainage holes. 



In boring these take care not to split 

 through on the opposite side. 



Locate the holes for ventilation next and 

 bore these carefully. 



Take our back brace F next and draw a 

 light pencil line from end to end, through the 

 center, and locate the holes for nailing to the 

 tree 1 inch in from either end. The holes for 



