I bought the Ryobi BT3100

[jm]

Thanks for your help last year. Don't know what all I will do with it yet:

am sure I will talk to you again. Thanks again.

[Edwin Pawlowski]

> I am sure I will talk to you again. Thanks again.

Start with something simple. No, start with learning how the saw works and how to cut safely.

Step one is to buy a couple of pine boards from HD or you local lumber yard. #2 pine is OK for a start. #2 has many more knots, but it is cheaper and for small thing, you just cut them out and you are still saving 20 to 50% over the cost of top grade.

OK, so now you have a 1 x 8 and a saw. Have any screws or nails? Make a simple birdhouse. Cut a piece about 8 inches long. That will be the front so drill a hole about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2" dia . Cut two more pieces a couple of inches longer. One will be the back. Rip the other down the center to make the sides. Cut the part of the board that will be the top at an angle so the roof is pitched. Make the sides the same angle. The roof should overhand the front an inch or so. Make a bottom, put it together. Make a piece to fit the bottom. Assemble it, no finish needed (or wanted) and hang it in a tree.

Simple as this project is, you will learn to rip, cross-cut, and cut angles. Added feature is that the birds don't give a damn if it is a little crooked on your first project. Ed [e-mail]

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[jm]

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learn the different wood joints.

[Grandpa]

I did as Edwin suggested at forst but I used cedar fence material since its really cheap. A year later the birds are still using one and feeding from the other. Now I'm doing toy boxes for the grandaughter and other stuff like doll beds. A huge bookcase this winter...

Grandpa John

[kenR]

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[Richard A.]

Oooh, nice tip. Thanks Ken.

[Richard Clements]

cull lumber, it's a good thing!