Cedar planters

[HarmsWay]

Together with a good friend (who also uses a BT3000), we made 7 planters - 3 likes those in the picture and 4 square ones. About half the wood is recycled fence boards. The project was fun but took longer than we expected. The planters pictured are about 30" long - built to fit/hide the green plastic planter liners we've had for years.

Bob

[mschrank]

Nice work...I've got something like those on my list.

[siliconbauhaus]

very nice....cedar is hard to find around my area

[mater]

They look very nice.

[MilDoc]

Been planning same for 2 years, just as soon as I finish ...

Nice job!

[softop41]

Bob,
Very nice. I hope my wife doesn't see them or I will have to copy them.
Jerry

[Brian G]

Nice job. I like the variation of tones for the slats.

[TheRic]

Nice work both of you!! Will have to show the wife, might give her ideals on how she wants hers.......uhmmm.......on seconds thoughts I don't think I will show her, got to many other things on the list.

[Slik Geek]

I like the "bow" at the bottom - a bit more work, but it really adds flair.

How did you cut them? (Did you come up with a jig, or was each one "free-hand")?

[lrogers]

Now you've gone and done it; I'll have to take the link to BT3 central off my favorites list. If LOML sees those, I'll be building planters!

All kidding aside, those look real nice and really would dress up my patio!

[Kerf]

They look really nice!
You guys did a great job.

[HarmsWay]

Thanks for the kind words.

Brian G. - Yeah, the boards had great colour variation. The old fence was amazing wood under all the black and grey. You can also see the first side we put together (with the darker pieces grouped together) where we were just grabbing off the pile. We made a point to mix it up a bit after that one.

Slik Geek - I drew the planter on the computer and played with the porportions until it looked right. I printed out the arch pieces then traced out one of each lenght and cut them with a jigsaw. Then I used those to trace out the rest. All 28 arched pieces were cut with the jigsaw. Actually 34 pieces because I screwed up and made too many of one size. It probably took a couple hours.

Bob

[John Hunter]

Very nice.