The Woodshop Shed

Backyard Bat Boxes

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My son and his buddy each made a bat box out of a cedar fence board. They learned about rabbits and dadoes. We used Titebond II and 4d galvanized nails to assemble.

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Faithful Execution

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This is from The Woodsmith Shop, although I think the basic concept predates their show. Marc Spagnuolo has some interesting boxes with similar design and I think he credits Dave Knipfer. I made this one a bit larger than the Woodsmith plans. I also used their joinery approach with dowels, although I think there is a much easier and more accurate way using tongue and groove cut with the same set up as the bottom. I used Brusso JB-103 stop hinges and lined this one in black felt, but now I wish I had used green. This was a prototype of sorts as I plan to make a bunch of them and also incorporate photo transfers on the bottom of the lid. Stay tuned and thanks for watching.

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Cattle cars all finished up

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These were cattle cars made for my Gatto Reading Train.
Walnut and Maple with Danish oil finish.
Scratch build from a picture.

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