Pallet Furniture Projects Garden Potting Bench
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Garden project to make potting up the plants that bit easier than just doing it on the floor. Potting bench from pallets and fairly simple woodworking tools this workbench took a couple of days to get finished. Finished with a 'Shingle gray' paint and then Boiled Linseed oil all over it. I put on about 2 coats and having looked at it today Im going to need to apply more. The wood really soaks it up.
The bench uses mostly timber from the solid 2x4 that you get in certain types of pallet. They come apart quite easily with a pallet buster, it doesnt matter the condition of the top slats as its these solid centers you want. The other type of pallet which is ideal is the EURO pallet, the timber used is a combination of 4x1 and 6x1 and usually of good quality.
This design is also quite flexible and by adjusting width and height can be scaled down into benches, kitchen islands, planters, mud kitchens etc.
Cut the 2x4 to your desired length, in the video I cut two longer pieces to provide support for the back but that is in fact superflous and not needed. Your average kitchen worktop height is 900mm for reference on normal adult working height. So cut your legs shorter than the thickness of the worktop. Predrill and screw them together at a right angle using a waterproof glue for extra strength and you will have formed a corner. I used 60mm long screws.
Make 3 identical frames, these will be your base, middle and top. Simple butt joints, pre drill and countersink the holes the screws. Check that they are all the same by stacking them ontop of each other, check using a setsquare. I can highly recommend these types of drill bit.
Attach your corner to your frames, this time I screw from the inside out and go through the frames into the corners. Again use glue to strengthen, check that its square, or fairly square, it shouldnt be too far out if you cut all the frames at the same time. You can also give it a bit of a nudge when the glues still a bit wet.
Add a worktop and shelves to suit, again theres nothing complicated, just butt joints, glue and screws. Finish with whatever you want, anything is better than nothing although the better the finish the longer it will last. Winters and the blistering heat of the sun really does take its toll on timber and garden furniture that is exposed to the elements.
A jigsaw is a good tool for making curved cuts, used on the legs it adds a small touch of decoration which takes away from the blocky feel if they went all the way to the floor.
Thanks for watching, I hope you are all coping well with the current world situation and staying safe.
All the best, crack on and make something!
Bongo & Butters
Tools I used for this project
Cargo Cycle Pallet Buster www.cargo-cycl...
Makita 115mm grinder amzn.to/2S63ILM
20 pack flap disks amzn.to/2XRK8lJ
Worx WX550 Axis amzn.to/2C4QB71
Generic corded drill make unknown
Evolution R255 SMS Mitre saw amzn.to/2Sk6H3S
Aldi Ferrex Palm Router
Love watching these old videos, wish you could make more.
good as always 💯👍👏👏👏👏👏👏
Great to see you again
Glad you are back. Nice project
Nice to see you are well.Bongo. keep going !!
Good, your are back, great!
Nice project!
Great to see you Bongo ... great video
Welcome back Bongo we have all missed you, your skills and attitude.
congratulation , a lot of work but a very beautiful result.
Really nice 👍 love making stuff out of pallet wood it's very satisfying!
Definitely! Theres good wood in pallets and great to see something emerge out of what was once waste.
It’s beautiful!
Really really nice !
Looks good Mate 👍 😊
Looks great
Hello my friend.
I do different things from pallet boards. You have created a beautiful garden pot rack. Congratulations. good job. See you. great greetings.
I approve.
nice color
Hay man where u been
Good to have you back
Glad to see you back,crack on! Let's see some more bud
Fantastic to see you again! Sending love from the Isle of Wight
good to see you back!
Made my week this mate, great to see ya still kicking Bongo. Paul Isle of Man.
Glad to see a video from you..you do great work.. we like your work here in the states..Dave
Good to see ya back.
Hey Bongo old pal, good to see a new video from you, it's been a while. Now that you've got all the tools you need from companies I wish you'd go back to being funny. I, for one, could use a few laughs here in the USA, where on the 4th of July 2020 we appear to be sinking fast. Hi to your sweetie and of course Mr. Butters. Peace and Love, Bill
Good to see you back at it dude, hope your keeping ok , onwards and upwards my friend
Nice one Bongo. Glad you are posting again and keeping well with all the madness. Watching your videos over and over got me through lockdown when I wasn't in the workshop building. I bought some of your router bits on Ebay recently and they are great. Keep up the great work.
Much appreciated and thanks, hope you get some good use out of them.
Excellent, thank you very much. .quality. Regards Gareth Wiltshire. Quality
The bench is almost as good looking as the cat!
hello genius! ere is a great artist with wood !!! Your videos are strange I edmiro a big greeting from Argentina
Get yourself a dust extracion unit, a shop vac works well. aldo maybe invest in an electric plane instead of using a grinder for everything. live long-er and prosper!
Always enjoy a TPP vid :) How much for an Ikea PAX wardrobe,but a pallet version. I would have to get aproval from me girfriend first , and she aint gonna say yes bongo !
The boys still got it. Hows the ticker mate? still vertical i see.
Nice no very nice as always. What type disk was it you used on the grinder? Thank you
Flap disk, 60 grit, I buy them in bundles of 20 from Amazon or ebay whichevers cheapest at the time. Good value, when theyre too clogged up for wood theyre superb for cleaning up metal.
Did you make a video on how you made your furnace (smelting cans)? If so, can you post a link. I couldn't find it. Thanks brother!