Carving a bird bath from stone 

Best pressie ever.

6:40 NOOOO! You did NOT "cheap out"!! This is an anniversary gift for the AGES! It's beyond AWESOME!! Your wife is a very lucky lady! 🤩🤩🤩

What a lucky wife!!! Turned out awesome!

Valid points made about depth and texture, but here are a couple additional considerations and suggestions: If someone is around everyday to replenish the water that shallow design works fine. However, such a small volume will evaporate quickly. People who are away from home days at a time might want to carve their birdbath with a bottom that slopes gradually to a deeper end like a typical municipal swimming pool. Such a design will always have an area of shallow water that will appeal to the birds while keeping water available longer without attendance. If made to hold a large volume of water, say several gallons, drilling a drain passage through the stone at the deep end will facilitate cleaning without the need to bail the dirtied water (birdbaths should be cleaned regularly to prevent concentration of bacteria and other pathogens). Regularly attracting birds and small mammals (squirrels, chipmunks and such will likely use the bath as a watering point if there is not another convenient source in the area) to a site will make them more vulnerable to predators. It's a good idea to keep that in mind when deciding where to site a birdbath or feeder. I'm no ornithologist, so there might be better choices, but I actually placed a few smaller baths on the margin and slightly into woodland and brush habitat behind my house that I figured would provide the birds escapement cover. I also placed wire enclosures with large grid openings that posed no barrier to small birds' passage but would make it more difficult for predators such as coyotes, raccoons and cats to catch the birds unaware.

THAT is badass. She going to love it!! This is WAY better than flowers!

What a much loved wife!

Well done!!!

Happy wife, happy life.

Good Luck and Happy 7th Anniversary!

Way better than flowers! Beautiful.

Loved the video and the instructions.thank you.

I am thrilled for your happiness. It brings me joy. Just like your channel. Namaste'

Happy Anniversary, flowers are nice, but this will last forever, cheers.

Thank you for this video! I love this birdbath!

7 years is good! We’ve been married 23 years and still loving it but still taking care to work on it. I’m sure your wife will appreciate the work you’ve put into that so know how much you love her. It’s always hard to find something different as a gift and you’ve gone for the honed from rock birdbath already! 😄 - can’t wait to see what you give her when it’s 23 years! 😄 One take away I got from this video - I need a tractor! Another interesting and informative video! - ATB, Mark 👍

rock on Justin!

Oh my goodness! You are a very thoughtful man. The homemade birdbath is such a beautiful and unique gift for your wife and family. 💖♥️

awesome vid man. i believe the proper name for that hammer is a "bushing hammer" fyi!

Very cool gift.

Nice one stoneman, great job

Awesome video ! 👍 better gift than flowers 🌺 for the wife , this was specially made & will last a lifetime. Well done 👍 gonna make a few myself , thx for the info & ideas 💡.

That's nice! I think she'll appreciate it. Maybe carve it heart shape next time?

Nyc crafting skill 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Awesome project 👌 I now do us a video of some birds using it. Lol

You are one creative guy brother

You're such a sweet hubby! I bet she absolutely loved this! Made with strength and love!

If she didn't like that, then she doesn't like her own mother! Hahahaha! It's amazing. I wish my husband would do that for me!

Very cool. I really dig it. Take Care.

Use a leaf blower to blast the dust away, it also makes a nice outside AC while doing things like this.

Great Video !

Great idea man!

Happy Anniversary J-Dawg and Wife. Turned out so well that it Rocks!! No pun intended!! I believe you should be the recipient of the Fred Flintstone/ Barney Rubble kick rocks 🪨 Award!! Seriously, great job!!

Really cool! Love how you think about the birds' use of it over aesthetics. Sounds like you're as great of a husband as you're a bird bath creator. All the luck man

“ Boulder Craft “ 😂🤣🤣 your awesome !

I love the natural look of this!! You are a jack of all trades my friend. Really cool!! Im kinda guessing this will mean more than flowers!

Really kool to watch how you made this birdbath. A great project. Beautiful job. 💯❤👍

So nice - I too have some large rocks that deserve to be more bird friendly - love the natural look of this new yard feature

Badass bro you are a master Mason haha happy anniversary!!(=✌💚

Happy Anniversary ! Awesome “ Stonecraft “ BBB - “ Bird Bath Bushcraft “ very impressive my friend ! Cheers !

Absolutely awesome Justin .. that was a lot work, I,,really appreciate this, happy anniversary!

That's a bad ass anniversary gift my friend.

Good luck bro, looks great👍

Fantastic job! I’m sure she liked it

You would be a pretty handy guy to have around. Happy anniversary!

Thank you for showing how to do this. I want to put a few in my yard! :)

nice job I love cutting stone and wood into art and happy anniversary

What a great job 👍 That will last forever. Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary to you and the Mrs's. That has to be the coolest birdbath ever! Very awesome gift brother.

What an amazing gift she will love forever!

Good stuff. My Harbor Freight angle grinder finally crapped the bed on me so I did spring for the lesser expensive of the DeWalts. I have some really cool wood carving "discs" for them. Bar far the sketchiest is the chain saw blade for it lol

Happy anniversary!!! Very cool bird bath., it came out really nice.

I'll bet she loved it. It came from the heart and i gotta say...I'm jealous!!! it is just perfect!1 Happy Anniversary!

Very impressive. Happy Anniversary.

Such a wonderful creation giving happiness for many years. Congratulations!

This is WAY better than flowers! I would love this! Great job! I'm going to try making one!

Love it! You didn't cheap out - you put a lot of man-hours into that and your time is worth money. Plus it should be more valuable to her as it is something you crafted. I love how it came out and should be even more beautiful once surrounded by trees. (P.S. Great rona mask crack. :-) )

Happy Anniversary. That is a really cool gift. Your talents always amaze me. Can’t wait to get back in the woods with you brother 👊🏻

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WOWZA! What a great idea! Very talented! Be careful dont get the rockrona lmao Happy Anniversary to you and your wife. I wish you both good health and prosperity. Thank You for all that you do

So cool! Can I borrow you?😂

Beautiful work. So did your wife like it?

That looks familiar LOL. Came out really good bro. Happy anniversary to you guys.

That’s really cool man! Hope she likes it. Have you done anything like that before?

What kind of rock is that? Looks really cool by the way!

Dear sir, kindly make it a bit more deep as the quantity of water at present will evaporate in few hours in summers.

What quality blade do you use to cut the initial grid? I tried 4 1/2” masonry discs x10 but total fail. Thanks

Can i ask where you found the carbide hammer and chisel, at least the hammer? I cant find anything like them.

Now that is cool,, maybe do your names or the day you two met,, great I hope I don't get you into truble

That mask won’t prevent silicosis or Covid 😂😂😂