Popular Post gee-dub Posted August 5, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 5, 2022 Nothing fancy here. LOML has a couple of fiberglass log planters meaning they look sort of like hollow logs but hold plants. The pig (her pet, my misery) likes to nibble or just plain knock over some of her plants and she would like these raised up a bit. I knocked out a quick design. She OK'd the idea and I started milling redwood. I needed some 1-1/2" square sticks to cut legs from. I quarter-rounded the long edges and cut them to length; about 13". I want to keep the joinery simple. I will notch each leg and lap-joint the stretchers. Once the day warms up I will retreat from the yard to the shop and post more progress. OK, six legs of each profile, six legs per stand. I cut the half laps at the tablesaw. Two outer cuts and then a chop to remove the waste. These are fence boards and the spoil just pops out clean. I'm not going too precision on these things. I gang them with tape and rough draw a rounded corner. I free hand it at the disc sander. I also use the disc to bevel the tops and bottoms of the legs. The Re-Store is great for picking up stainless hardware on the cheap. Here's the stand. And here's the planter. She's happy so, I'm happy. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted August 5, 2022 Report Share Posted August 5, 2022 Looks great! When I had a boat business, I had one customer whose Wife was one of the most completely gorgeous women I ever knew. They lived in Raleigh, NC. She had a pet pig that she would walk through their neighborhood on a leash. That pig got up to something like 600 pounds, and she still walked it down the street on a leash. That was in the late 1980's. I asked for a picture, and they showed me one. Quite a sight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyJack Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 Turned out nice. I have to make something for the inside of the housd for plants. Winter project... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 ...you got a beautiful shop and she got a pig? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted August 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 5:57 PM, pkinneb said: ...you got a beautiful shop and she got a pig? She also gets the house and the back yard. I just go in the shop and close the door . . . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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