DIY pallet made bird planter box

[allen levine]

Happy I'm getting close to being done with these two
First one came out awful all miscut not fitting right sanding didn't help but my wife said keep it no one will notice ok but I'll have to keep it because I don't give away anything I don't think is up to par
Not that my work is that great but at least acceptable

I'll try to finish painting body tomorrow if I have time
Gotta pick up kids at 2 and then take grandson to speech therapy

Here's where I'm at
All parts are cut and 90 percent painted

I'm never looking or accepting any challenges from pallet projects again

I held tail and beak so you can see the pieces not attached yet will use pocket screws
I have black plastic eyes need to drill holes and glue in
Feet are just long sticks underneath

Body on the cruddy one cracked apart I noticed this morning

 

[allen levine]

This one I can't explain
Mystery

 

[allen levine]

Oh this is one site with the pallet bird boxes
I wanted more color tried to keep it pastel looking colors

 

[allen levine]

Finished and happy hate working with pressure treated twisty wood never stays straight

 

[John Bartley]

Finished and happy hate working with pressure treated twisty wood never stays straight

My best success in working with and gluing PT wood came if I did one or both of two things .... 1) let it dry completely (as in, dry it for a year) before using AND/OR 2) run it thru' a planer to remove the outside 1/16" where the bulk of the treating chemicals are left behind.

When I was building my covered deck a few years ago I needed to make a ridge beam of a certain width so I used a sandwich of PT2x6/plywood/PT2x6. On my first attempt I glued and screwed the beam without any precautions .... the beam twisted so badly it broke the construction grade screws I used. The second attempt I clamped the PT2x6's straight and dried in the sun a couple of weeks/ then planed the inside face of the PT 2x6's, glued and screwed the ridge beam assembly and it installed right away with rafters in place immediately. It's been fine. I've used this method since on other projects - seems to work.

 

[allen levine]

When I used to build freebies such as Adirondack chairs I'd buy the pressure treated not graded to go in dirt and it usually was already twisty so I'd go thru the stack till I got straight ones

 

[allen levine]

2 family friends asked me if they paid me would I make them those bird planters and 2 people who walk their dogs 4 times a day on my block wanted to know if I sell them
I'm guessing people like them but I'd never get involved in retail sales they will never pay me enough not even close probably not even minimum wage but they pay 8 dollars for a fancy cup of Frappuccino melato shlematto at Starbucks