Awesome life-sized wooden robot: How I made "Chip"

Welcome to Wood 'n' Stuff w/Steve French! This bird-brained fella' is my entry for +Summers Woodworking 's 2nd annual bird house contest for 2014. I hope you enjoy! This being a finch house, the interior measures 6" cubed and is left natural cedar, with no finished applied. The opening (Chip's nose) measures 1 1/2" diameter and is sans perch. Chip's hair provides for a 2" overhang, thwarting some rain and discouraging predators. The ear holes measure 3/8" and are angled downward towards the outside to provide for a little ventilation on hot days. There are 4 drain holes on the bottom to evacuate any water that does enter. All hardware is weather resistant (zinc/galv). The rear panel of the bird house is removable for cleaning access. Thank you very much to +Brian Gidney of +Summers Woodworking for hosting this contest and handling all of the logistics it entails. And a huge thanks also to all of those who donated prizes to the cause. It was awesome of each one of you! Woods used: Most of the project is made of cedar. The balls are hard maple. All joint dowels are oak. Fingers are poplar. Eyes are Gaboon ebony. Ears are walnut. The belt buckle is wenge. And the belt and interchangeable mouths are mahogany with pine mounting dowels. Thank you very much for watching! Please take a moment to rate, comment and share this video. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE for lots more awesome woodworking videos. Have a wonderful day! Edit: This project won the "Most outrageous design" category! Thank you to +Brian Gidney of Summers Woodworking for making the contest happen. And thank you to all the generous donors who provided prizes. A special thanks to +Charles Dearing for providing the incredible scroll sawn prize I won! Outro music: "RetroFuture Clean" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...