Wooden Box Planter
Introduction: Wooden Box Planter
Having recently built a new fence around the garden I had plenty of offcuts of wood.
Not wanting to throw them away, I had to make use of them in some way.
So a raised box on legs for plants seemed a suitable use for the offcuts.
Supplies
Decking board 1.8M x 120mm x 24mm
Stick Timber 1.8M x 50mm x 50mm
External wood screws 5mm x 50mm
Saw
3mm Drill bit
Drill
Screwdriver.
Tri square
Ruler
Tape Measure
Marker/Pencil
G clamps/Adjustable clamps
Step 1: Design
The wooden box planter is designed in Tinkercad using Code blocks at 1/10 scale.
The design is available at Elevated_box_planter | Tinkercad
Step 2: Box Elements
Using two decking planks, measure 4 lengths of 56cm and cut the decking, these will form the front and back.
Cut 8 x 24 cm lengths these will form the sides and the base.
Cut the timber stick to create two length of 51cm, these will form the support for the base.
Step 3: Base Corners
Take two of the base boards and mark two 50mm x 50mm squares on one long side of each board aligning one with the top edge and one with the bottom edge.
Cut these four squares from the two boards these will form the entry points for the legs.
Align the short end of the base support with the inset vertical edge of the base corner board.
Align all 4 corners to form a rectangle and in each of these corners insert a screw.
Prior to inserting the screws drill a pilot hole with the 3mm drill bit, this will prevent the wood splitting when the screw is inserted.
Step 4: Long Sides
Position the long sides front and back and attach with 2 screws per support block.
The screws should be positioned so as to enter the midline of the support block at ~25mm
Step 5: Short Sides
The four offcuts from the support are used to enable the short sides to be fitted by first attaching them to the outer edge of the corner supports.
Once these are attached the sides can be screwed in place.
Step 6: Level One
The long and short sides attached so far are only the first level as another row is required to complete the box.
The other four sides are attached to the legs.
Step 7: Attaching Legs
The legs are inserted into the corner openings previously created.
They are inserted so as to have 30cm visible below the bottom of the box.
Once measured mark a line in case the leg moves.
Attach the leg to the first row by the corner of the long and short sides with 2 vertically aligned screws, repeat for all four legs.
The screws should be positioned so as to enter the midline of the support block at ~25mm
Step 8: Level Two
Once the legs are secure fit the long and short sides by screwing these to the legs with 2 vertically aligned screws.
The screws should be positioned so as to enter the midline of the support block at ~25mm
A gap of 24mm is created by using a short piece of decking board as a spacer between the first and second level.
Once the sides are fitted the spacer can be removed.
Step 9: Finally
Apply preservative, stain and or paint as required then include plants in pots or grow bags. 401