FreeFirst build · about 20 minutes · Beginner

Make a bird box

Six boards from one plank. Watch each board go on, one step at a time, then print the sizes and make it for real.

One plank, 150 × 15 mm, 1.4 m long
A 25 mm hole, right for blue tits
Six tools: R, P, L, M, C and Q

New to the mouse? Play First steps first

8 steps, one board at a time

Watch the steps here, or do them yourself: Bird box in 3D takes you through every board in the model, in four lessons, and checks each one to the millimetre.

Draw it yourself in 3D

The floor

Step 2 of 8 · Board 1 of 6

This step's board

Do this

Rectangle: click on the ground, move the mouse, type 150,150 and press Enter.
Push/Pull: click the square, move up, type 15 and press Enter.

Tools

RRectangle
PPush/Pull

Type these sizes

150,150 ⏎15 ⏎

Then build it for real

Your cut list

All boards 15 mm thick. Sizes in millimetres.

Six boards from one plank
Board	Size	How many	Note
Back	380 × 150	1
Floor	150 × 150	1
Side	150 wide: 235 at the back, 195 at the front	2	Cut both from one 430 piece with one slanted cut
Front	205 × 150	1	25 mm hole, its middle 155 up from the bottom
Roof	200 × 150	1

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