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Hello everybody, these house were built on a challenge that I couldn't build them. Well here is proof I can. There is 2 variations, 2 story 6 room and 1 story 3 room. Most of the designing I did my self but my customers seem to love them due to high sales of these 2 houses. Hope you guys enjoy and as always there will be more to come in the future. Any questions please feel free to ask.

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Nice bird houses. They should sell well!!
 

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It's a nice birdhouse. However, I really want to know why it was thought that you couldn't build them?
 

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Honestly its the fact im not too good with figuring out all the angles. Bad thing is I have been in construction all my life.
 

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I hate angles myself. However, when confronted with them, I wind up enjoying the challenge of them. When it's all over with though, I still hate those angles.
 

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Yep I hate them to but a friend showed me a easy way to figure the out: 360 divided by number of sides u want then split anwser in half ; 360 divided by 6 is 60 divided by 2 is 30 deg. on each edge of the wood
giving u a 6 sided bird house. Figuring the roof i do it by looks get the pitch i want then worry about the angles. my roofs are decent pitch and i use 22.5 deg. angle and 22 deg bevel
 

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My problem usually isn't figuring out what the angle should be, I'm good at math. My problem is getting my tools to cut accurately enough to make the angle I need it to be. Therfore, I have resorted to using scrap wood to set up my tools. I set my tools where it should be according to my guages and such. Then adjust it more exactly using scrap to make sure before I start actually cutting the stock I intend to use.
 

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I know the feeling i have to do that with my table saw my pointer broke but i have adapted so now its not so much of a headache
 
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