Bird box making at the Zan Industrial Park with the Haslington Conservation Volunteers, April 2011.
Stage 1 was treating the timber with either green or brown fence preservative. The planks were then cut up into appropriate lengths to form a kit of parts for each box. This all happened prior to the Sunday work day.
Holes of either 30 or 32 mm were drilled in the front panel as the sides, base and front were screwed together onto the back piece. The lids are held in position with short narrow strips of wood, to hold the lid squarely in position.
The boxes will need a quick second coat of preservative and they will be ready for sale on the village fun day.
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