planter boxes

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Comment by Karen Dikeman on September 2, 2011 at 3:05pm

Hi Albert, I just wanted to say I used your pictures as my own inspiration for my patio herb garden boxes. Thank you for posting and explaining how you shaped the tops, I hope you don't mind I copied you!

Comment by shane rooney on August 20, 2011 at 10:11pm

how did you make the top of the posts?

Comment by shane rooney on August 19, 2011 at 12:24pm

how have your boxes held up?

Comment by katrina whitehouse on June 12, 2010 at 11:47am

Hi Albert I have been looking for plans for a plant box Do you have plans that you could send me I had the original plans when I bought the Kreg jig but had a mishap with a couple of bad puppies?!

Comment by albert hanlon on May 6, 2010 at 12:20pm

will look forward to seeing the pics BIll, the wood can be obtained at Lowes, need to look through tho, it looks good with knots in after staining, i didnt sand mine too much the natural it looked the better, good luck!

Comment by bill hickin on May 6, 2010 at 3:27am

Hi Albert, Many thanks for the additional information - the planters look great and I look forward to making some at the weekend.

Comment by albert hanlon on May 5, 2010 at 6:14pm

hi bill , sure, the main box wood sizes were 3'' x 3/4'' i used furring wood(quite cheap) as ididnt want a planed finish, made to width size to suit yourself, i used 12'' and 24 '' for the longer box. if you want deepr just add another panel , i used combinations of 3 panels for 9'' deep and 4 panels fro 12'' deep, the posts were 2'' x 2'' i ripped those on the table saw for straightness more than anything, saved on sanding too, the profiles were done on the table saw using a 30 degree angle and the slots, depth to suit yourself, mine were 1/8'', hope that suits what you were asking for, about 2 hrs from start to finish, including stain, i used CABOT cedar , good for 5 yrs, oh and the base was 1/4'' exterior plywod also stained heavily for durability............dont forget to stagger the kregg holes on adjoining corners , so the screws miss each other

Comment by bill hickin on May 4, 2010 at 12:35pm

Can you please let us know the sizes of wood used and boxes?

Comment by albert hanlon on May 4, 2010 at 9:43am

thankss, easy to build and profiles were easy enough using the 30 degree angle on the table saw blade, made quite a few for friends.

Comment by Wayne I on May 4, 2010 at 8:45am

well done. I have been wanting to build some planter boxes myself and have not yet found a design i liked, but this one is very nice.

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