Popular Post Jim McDonald Posted July 4, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) Had a bunch of short scraps laying around and used a whole lot of Titebond3 and nearly every screw clamp I own to make a laminated blank for birdhouses. I cut one into the face of the blank and rotated the other one 1/4 turn and cut into the lamination. Used #5 crown tooth blade (one per birdhouse). Got some burning on one of them, but some good old 220 make quick work of that. Just an idea to use up small scraps. Might have been better with some thinner boards, but you play the cards you're dealt. Edited July 4, 2020 by Jim McDonald Added word amazingkevin, Tomanydogs, frankorona and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 Those are stunning, Jim Jim McDonald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 They look great Jim, very nice work! Jim McDonald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 Those are beautiful! Jim McDonald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 Choice creations craftily done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the tip on using thinner stock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jim McDonald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oges Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 Great use for that scrap wood, the bird houses look fantastic Jim McDonald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted July 5, 2020 Report Share Posted July 5, 2020 They look terrific, great way to use up scrap. Marg Jim McDonald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted July 5, 2020 Report Share Posted July 5, 2020 very nice work Jim McDonald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaughn Posted July 5, 2020 Report Share Posted July 5, 2020 Nice! I have so many scrap pieces, I can hardly move without stepping on them. I will have to give this a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBob Posted July 5, 2020 Report Share Posted July 5, 2020 I did this awhile back. It was very time consuming but I got a lot of practice using my plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrollerpete Posted July 5, 2020 Report Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) It takes longer to prepare the wood to get the proper size then it takes to cut the houses. Excellent choices of wood and the sky is the limit as far as choice of colour combination, and the pile of scrap wood goes down. Edited July 5, 2020 by scrollerpete Jim McDonald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonkort Posted July 5, 2020 Report Share Posted July 5, 2020 great birdhouses!! now let me see if i understand this right you glue several pieces of thin wood together until you get it thick enough to make compound cuts out of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McDonald Posted July 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2020 Correct. The trick in my mind is lots of glue and lots of clamping. Then trim the stack to size after giving the glue plenty of time to fully cure. I had glue running everywhere when I started clamping. I clamped from the middle outward to make sure I didn't have voids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted July 5, 2020 Report Share Posted July 5, 2020 Nice use of scraps. They look great! Jim McDonald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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