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Just a minor correction - Titebond II is water *resistant*. Titebond III is their waterproof glue.

Nice video. I am a experienced woodworker but sometimes a simple project, little material, complete quickly can be just what I need to keep working in the shop. Thanks, my wife will love it

My wife want this to be one of my first projects as my journey into woodworking ❤❤

I missed the 7 Common Mistakes.

A nice video but you made one other two mistake that are definitely a no, no. The base should always be cut and fixed to be 'inside the side walls'. With your design, water will run down the walls and penertrate the side wall/baseplate joint. This will eventually rot out the base, even with your drain holes (which aren't necessary if the base is inside the walls. The peg is really not a good idea, allowing larger predator birds a stand to access the box. A good idea is to roughen up the internal wall below the access hole so as the occupant birds can cling onto the wood when exiting the box, especially the young when it is time to fly the nest.

Nice looking design and well done on the mitre fold technique. I think most commenters have documented the mistakes ( glue, perch, etc). I would add that the hole is too big for wrens, chickadees and sparrows. 1 1/8" for wrens, 1 1/4" for chickadees and sparrows. ( In my neck of the woods, 1 1/2" is for bluebirds). Any bigger and predators are likely to invade the nest, especially with the perch. It's also helpful to double up the thickness of the portal and / or a metal portal protector. Good luck with the channel.

New sub, this bird house looks awesome, you made this process easy to understand how to do

Thank You I made two birdhouses yesterday for the neighbors kids.and now I have several more to build for other neighbors.Im sure I will be getting a lot of cookies 🍪 😂. I will make this style so they don’t all look the same.

FINALLY, a builder that doesn't use three pints of glue for every little project!   Nice build. There have been plenty of comments about perches, but also look into the size of hole you want, for the birds you want.  1 1/2" is a good universal size, but going down to 1 1/6" or 1 1/8" keeps the house welcoming to wrens and chickadees, but much less so to sparrows.   Swallows, sparrows, and blue birds all tend to like the 1 1/2" hole, though will sometimes settle for less.  Great build. I appreciate the clear explanations on the geometry/angles.

Cool birdhouse. The University of Maine told me that I should not put a perch on a birdhouse - it makes it easier for predators to get inside. Just letting you all know what I was told.
Oh-oh! Should've used Titebond III!
Hey - I'm a Virgo. Being critical is in my blood. Nothing personal. Please don't be mad. I can't help myself. I truly enjoy your woodworking videos, and I learn a lot from you.

Looks great! The large roof will help to defend against predators.  But bird species are quite picky about features of a bird house. You might want to look up things like minimum material thickness (for temperature regulation), hole size, distance of the hole to the bottom, the inner dimensions and placement of the birdhouse. This are all factors to accommodate specific species. The birds you mentioned in the video are unlikely to accept this one as a living space.

A very nice birdhouse, looks great, a good solid design and not too difficult to build.
I do like it a lot 👍🤩

There are the few flaws that’s been mentioned, easy to change the design to mitigate them. Grey Squirrels do chew the edges to get at the eggs, so the comment about reinforcing the entrance is also sound.

Non of these detract from a great design/build.

Wes is one of my favourite you tubers, keep it up Wes 🎖️

This is the first video I've watched that fully explained the miter cuts!

Perches are not necessary on houses.  In fact, all they really do is allow predators an easier way to enter the bird house.  Best to leave them off.

Nice bird house, simple and elegant. Why not offset the roof toward the entrance? No need for much of an eave in the back, but more overhang over the entry would help block rain and give some extra shelter to the perch. Ehen you place the hook in the ridge, set it off center just enough to balance the house to hang level.

Happy birthday, Wes! Your working process is your best gift to us your audience. Wish i could shake your hand in person. Greetings from Siberia!

Do not put a peg/perch on your birdhouse. The birds do not need it - they do just fine without it. In fact the peg makes it easier for predators.

Beautiful design!

Interesting,I see you cut like I do with your left arm crossing the miter saw blade path rather than switching hands to hold the workpiece when it’s to the right of the blade. Bad habit but I’ve done it 35 years having never hurt myself. I’m always very aware of relation of body parts to blades etc.