
Growing up, my dad and I made birdhouses
together. The only problem: They all looked like
your typical seven-piece, pitched-roof, slab-built
birdhouses made from pine shelving. Ten minutes
on the radial arm saw, a few nails, and it’s time
to paint. Father/son time was kept to an absolute
minimum, and the backyard trees became Bird
Levittown.
Nowadays we have laser cutters that can
help us create more intricate and interesting
birdhouses. Father/son time includes coming up
with an interesting idea and clever ways to put it
together. My family’s Extreme Birdhousing efforts
have produced everything from Paris bistros to
typewriters, robots to c ...