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Turning firewood into a Birdhouse. The birds are chirping away seems like a good time to hang a birdhouse.

I've never seen one done that way and I like it! What a fun project!

That is a neat bird house/project!

Coincidently I am building bird houses right now and if I may, I might try this in the future. I have some small apple and elm logs that are from trees cut on our property a couple of years ago.

I'll try to post pictures when I finish my current house.

John

I like it! Keep it natural.

I had a big old ash-borer killed ash tree finally uproot this winter. It was in tbe woods, but the tree crown fell into my front yard. After I cleaned up the brush and cut the firewood, the fresh-cut stump pointing at my house was a bit of an eyesore.

I had a dim recollection of a natural “stain” made by dissolving steel wood in vinegar. So I stole about a cup if my wife’s vinegar, and threw in a small chunk of steel wool. After a week or so, the steel wool had disappeared, and I used a junk paintbrush to coat the raw stump cut with the vinegar solution. A week or less after that, the fresh-cut surface of the stump had turned a nice dark gray, looking as if it had been weathering for years.

So if you want the fresh-cut surfaces if your rustic birdhouse to also look rustic, that could be a very cheap and easy technique.

john wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 9:16 pm That is a neat bird house/project!

Coincidently I am building bird houses right now and if I may, I might try this in the future. I have some small apple and elm logs that are from trees cut on our property a couple of years ago.

I'll try to post pictures when I finish my current house.

John

I live in the Mohave desert in a wet year we get something like an inch of rain so a flat top birdhouse is ok but in a snowy, rainy part of Quebec a birdhouse with a slanted roof may be more appropriate.

Thanks for the reminder. I hadn't really thought of that.

All the bird houses I have made so far have peaked or rounded roofs but I will keep your suggestion in mind if I attempt a house from a log.

I have used the band saw technique to make music boxes for a couple of great grand daughters so I am familiar with the process using flat wood.

John

Looking at the logs I have to make something like that. Not much but pine left on the property right now but I