Robert Trotter
01-21-2007, 11:52 PM
Hi, looking for help on how to make a new potting bench for the garden.
It is something like this.
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What I would like to know is about the joint at "1". How would you do this? I would think that the frame members are 2x4. I can't just screw it all together like my old potting bench which is only the closet end.
Here is the detail I used for my original potting bench. Not many tools back then. It was 2x4 and I just double screwed the frame together with long screws. It has held up very well and is still pretty solid. But it is the size and type of the closet end only.(question what do you actually call the doored part?) Easy to screw it all together. ie. it is only half of what I want.
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How to do the through joint? The horizontal is a 2x4 standing up and the upright leg is oriented narrow face to the front.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Question 2. Also ideas on the joint at "2".
Question 3. See "3". If the top is made of boards and there is a hole cut in the top to set in a plastic tray for soils or watering etc. how to heep the board ends near the edge down. Wouldn't they be rather unstable? Or would it be that you would need to put a thin ply sheet over the top as the working surface and that hold it all together.
Thanks anyone
Rob
It is something like this.
55728
What I would like to know is about the joint at "1". How would you do this? I would think that the frame members are 2x4. I can't just screw it all together like my old potting bench which is only the closet end.
Here is the detail I used for my original potting bench. Not many tools back then. It was 2x4 and I just double screwed the frame together with long screws. It has held up very well and is still pretty solid. But it is the size and type of the closet end only.(question what do you actually call the doored part?) Easy to screw it all together. ie. it is only half of what I want.
55729
How to do the through joint? The horizontal is a 2x4 standing up and the upright leg is oriented narrow face to the front.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Question 2. Also ideas on the joint at "2".
Question 3. See "3". If the top is made of boards and there is a hole cut in the top to set in a plastic tray for soils or watering etc. how to heep the board ends near the edge down. Wouldn't they be rather unstable? Or would it be that you would need to put a thin ply sheet over the top as the working surface and that hold it all together.
Thanks anyone
Rob