Pallet Wood Projects - How To Make A Bird Box from reclaimed Palletwood

How to make your own pallet wood bird box for nesting. Here at the Fishlocker we are always doing our best to help the help the environment. Here I use free reclaimed pallet Wood to build a bird box for blue tits and great tits. A perfect home for the beautiful little birds.
#palletwood #reclaimedwood # DIY

[@davidb.7093]

Great video, takes me back 50+ years to my school days when we were taught to make things with wood & steel instead of worrying about what gender we were or whose messaging you on the mobile phone. If only they taught crafts at school today I am sure a lot of children would be less stressed.

[@thefishlockerworkshop]

David Bainbridge - I completely agree with you, I have always enjoyed woodwork and spent my time growing up in the woods with my brothers and cousins building dens. Not on the WiFi or texting. Hopefully projects like this that cost very little and can be done relatively easily will help. 😊👍🏻

[@rhino5419]

Good to show. With the ever diminishing woodland all over the world and especially in Europe the birds need all the help they can get. This is way better than the "pretty" and expensive ones found in garden centres, they are expensive and the varnish is often toxic. Varnished bird tables have already taken a toll on greenfinches among others. Birds only care that they are dry and safe from predators. Cheap boxes like this encourage more people to make them. All the best.

[@thefishlockerworkshop]

RHINO 54 - Thank you Very much mate. You have absolutely tapped in to what I was hoping to promote. Free reclaimed wood, biodegradable, a home for our songbirds and a fun project people can get behind. Please if you think it will help. Share it on. 😊👍🏻

[@roxiemorrell5145]

Thankyou John, our birds and wildlife need all the help they can get. These boxes provide much needed shelter in winter too when the weather is really bad . Magic 💜🐦🐣

[@thefishlockerworkshop]

Roxie Morrell - I absolutely agree Roxie, especially for small garden birds and such. With the reduction in hedgerows and wild seed common land they need all the help they can get. Even the common house sparrow due to modern gutters and loft insulation is in decline. If every family in the country made just one box or feeder the problems would be sorted halved overnight. 😊👍🏻

[@johnlewis9745]

Lovely box from pallet wood. But a few suggestions if I may : 38mm hole is far to large for blue tits - 28mm is ample. No perch required as it helps predators. Four or five quarter inch drainage holes should be placed in the bottom. Pallet wood is often soft and rots quickly, so I cover the roof with felt or something similar. You need to be able to open the roof, base or other face so you can clean it annualy. Small hinges or swivels work fine. Lastly I suggest you give the outside (never the inside) a coat of water-based preservative. This is not meant to be a criticism but a suggestion.

[@richm2835]

Little projects like these and the foraging/cooking , you do with the family are great for kids to watch . At one time we were taught these skills at school . We did woodwork , and were shown how to use lathes and blacksmithing etc in metal work . This all seems to have stopped some time ago , and through no fault of their own a lot of young uns don't seem to know how to use basic tools or even repair a tyre puncture on their bike in my experience .

[@thefishlockerworkshop]

Rik M - It is a sad truth Rik. I have noticed it myself, less actual life skills and more time spent on passing a test and going to university. Like that will solve all your problems 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@whatmakesthisourhome312]

I really like projects made out of pallet wood. Good idea with the bird box. I love reusing wood that most people would throw away. Keep up the good work.

[@thefishlockerworkshop]

What makes this our home - Thats great to hear mate. I really enjoy making things. Especially out of free/reclaimed materials. Hopefully there will be a few more you should like coming up. 😉👍🏻

[@colintraveller]

Top drawer ... Brings back many school memories .

[@thefishlockerworkshop]

colintraveller - A think it’s a generational thing. They don’t seem to teach the general manual hand skills any more.

[@colevans2982]

Nice job john just a Couple of points Why not hinge the top Or bottom so it can be cleaned Out every season also dispense With the perch it will just attract magpies And other predators

[@ironix1]

This is a great and cheap way of helping the environment. We have to use a bit of tin can around the entrance where I live or the woodpeckers get in and remove the chicks!

[@thefishlockerworkshop]

Ironix1 - Squirrels can do the same. Nature can be cruel at times can’t it.

[@trampster7306]

Nice one John! I love the Fishing videos, but love a bit of DIY & Woodwork too! Nice to see you made this with recycled timber and are doing something to help our wildlife! ;-)

[@thefishlockerworkshop]

Trampster - All of these pallet wood projects will be from 100% free reclaimed wood. The only things bought will be screws and tools ( which I and many others already own ) if you have any ideas or suggestions let me know and we’ll see what we can do. 😊👍🏻

[@trampster7306]

@@thefishlockerworkshop I can come up with two Ideas after a quick think along similar lines - how about a Hedgehog house, and I always wanted to build a box for Owls but there seems to be many conflicting designs. Thanks mate!

[@Mr_Gadge]

Just made one. Used it as a practice with a dowel jig I’ve been meaning to dig out that I got cheap. Loved making this thanks ! Liked and subbed. 🙏🏻👌

[@doozerakapuckfutin]

Great job John .

[@kevinbuckler1085]

Great stuff John,you've inspired me !!

[@thefishlockerworkshop]

kevin buckler - Thats brilliant. We have a few more of these in editing now and I have some bigger projects in planning. 😉👍🏻

[@chrispainter827]

Cubs activity for next year sorted here. Thanks John! You can supersize this too. We have an owl box up made from an old pallet, but I was looking for something slightly more manageable to do with our pack and this looks ideal

[@absolutezero4041]

I just found this workshop channel from a video of your other channel, and I immediately subscribed because I love woodwork despite never having a chance to actually start it myself. Thanks for the videos!

[@thefishlockerworkshop]

- It is my pleasure. We will be uploading more to both channels moving forward. More of the technical stuff will be on here, whereas the catches are on the other channel.

[@AmazingFishingUK]

Great idea something totally different awaiting for more :)

[@thefishlockerworkshop]

Amazing Fishing UK - Great to hear mate. 👍🏻🎣

[@stephenking78]

Different John. Nice one

[@thefishlockerworkshop]

Stephen King - Just hopefully showing folks a fun little project with free reclaimed wood and that will help their local wildlife.

[@paulcavanagh1294]

Well done fella!! Good work!

[@I_leave_mean_comments]

"...or make it smaller for sparrows..." The sparrows in my area don't need more places to live... they've already taken over all the holes in every house in the state!

[@thefishlockerworkshop]

I leave mean comments - Here they are in great decline due to better house insulation and guttering. So they need all the help they can get. One thing people don’t grasp is if there are less birds like sparrows. There will be more insects and bugs. I know which I prefer. 😉👍🏻

[@ericbodley2019]

impressed, great idea

[@thefishlockerworkshop]

- Thank you Eric. :)

[@mstrdiver]

John - Making bat houses are similar and are of valuable use around the home or ponds. Bats keep down insects and that means less pests around the area.

[@davidrooney6514]

Well I never new you had this channel! Amazing.. thanks for more good watching keep the vids coming.. stay safe 👍

[@thefishlockerworkshop]

- I'm glad you enjoy it David. :)

[@davidrooney6514]

@@thefishlockerworkshop thank you so much mate we as a family watch the fish locker my 8 year old daughter will ask to put on the foraging videos we fish all the time with no luck lol but again thanks keep the videos coming 👍

[@DaveBoothangler]

Awesome vid and some great skill..loved it..great channel 👍👍

[@thefishlockerworkshop]

Dave Booth - Thanks Dave. Take it easy mate. 👍🏻🎣

[@dancemaster69xx77]

Can you show the bird box in use later when there is a bird live inside it. I would love to see that.

[@thefishlockerworkshop]

Viet Dung Thai - I am going to make a few and put them in our local woods. Later on in the year when the birds are nesting we will go back and see them.

[@alanrees4837]

have you got a cut list for this project

[@Wahnerheide]

Hello my friend, Superb work done, Thank you for our Winged Friends, but how do you clean and disinfect the interior of the Nest?. To avoid humidity and mold which could declare devastating diseases it is necessary to drill holes on the bottom of the nest, one at each cardinal corner and one in the center, for the roof part I make an offset on each side to avoid rotting upper slices and finally I use linseed oil heated in a bain-marie without boiling as an exterior protection, no varnish, no paint, the process must be renovated each year. Sincerely, Alain from Belgium.

[@brunobavila1514]

Sorry, i don't speak english, but your box have not holes in the bottom for dreaning and you cannot open for cleaning

[@mrcarpman]

So how do you clean the box out !!! Plus water will get in the top 🙈

[@loislaw2652]

I like the way you are having to explain masks pre covid lol

[@pawelwitkowski8147]

You should add a predator gaurd just buy a steel sheet and sheers thats what i done its the cheapest way to hold back the squirrels and wood peckers stealing the chicks inside

[@thefishlockerworkshop]

pawel Witkowski - I’ve tried a few things before to hold them back. An opened up Coke can with a while in and stapled over the front can work.

[@lukekens6495]

Hi what are the measurements for the 2 side bits please

[@thefishlockerworkshop]

Luke kens - It shows you on the schematic. 0:31

[@beakfordflappering4647]

pallets. excatly

[@beakfordflappering4647]

just a lil note if youre gunna try rocking an owl box allegedly the baby bods need a ledge so they dont fall off God speed anway

[@grahammoore6386]

Does a bird really give a toss if its sanded or not. Jeez.

[@ianlees1480]

Hi John, your box is too big for Blue Tits. The 38mm hole is ok for sparrows, but Blue Tits only need 25 mm. The difference IS IMPORTANT as it stops predators.