View Full Version : How to make a weed pot with tube insert.
Jack Gaskins
01-17-2010, 3:50 PM
One of the first projects I plan to do after I make a couple of handles is to make a few weed pots. I want to make the ones that you insert a test tube into to hold a few fresh flower stems, probably about an inch in diameter and about 4 or 6" in lenght. Anyone got a sequence of steps for making one of these?
Ken Fitzgerald
01-17-2010, 4:50 PM
Jack,
Try this link: http://www.woodcraft.com/Family/2000392/SORBY-HSS-Turning-Tools/videos.aspx#videos
Bernie Weishapl
01-17-2010, 5:00 PM
Jack that is the video I watched to make my first. I just drilled out the center for the glass tube. Then just add your creativity.
Roger Wilson
01-17-2010, 5:19 PM
Here you go, another Brit (The Turnist) with a nice accent making a weed pot with insert.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBXw7mg-5bc
Here's another one without the insert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee5BkT3KBz4
Jack Gaskins
01-17-2010, 6:15 PM
Thanks for the links. I watched all of them. Actually have seen the Turnist video before but forgot all about it and it is perfect for what I want to do.
Jack Gaskins
01-17-2010, 6:17 PM
Here you go, another Brit (The Turnist) with a nice accent making a weed pot with insert.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBXw7mg-5bc
Here's another one without the insert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee5BkT3KBz4
Thanks again Roger, BTW would you know where to get tubes for inserts? I did come across a small article that talked about using some pvc clear hose from Lowes and hotmelt gluing the bottom to plug it up. Then I read somewhere you could order test/beecker tubes??
Roger Wilson
01-18-2010, 3:55 PM
Thanks again Roger, BTW would you know where to get tubes for inserts? ...
Check out the wood turners catalog. They've got lots of turning related stuff and have a very nice hardcopy color catalog. I think that there are stainless steel inserts as well.
http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/store/Projects___Flower_Display___Flared_Vase_Tube___fla red_vase_tubes?Args=
http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/woodturners/Images/products/large/flared-vase-tubes_l.jpg
Jack Gaskins
01-18-2010, 5:38 PM
Check out the wood turners catalog. They've got lots of turning related stuff and have a very nice hardcopy color catalog. I think that there are stainless steel inserts as well.
http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/store/Projects___Flower_Display___Flared_Vase_Tube___fla red_vase_tubes?Args=
http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/woodturners/Images/products/large/flared-vase-tubes_l.jpg
Thanks Roger. I might order some next payday.
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