the author does like to from scratch, shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. th-cam.com/users/postUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ as another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us dont have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we wont be able to practice the full stack project, is still great.
Love this!!! I went onto your etsy store (because I'm one of those that like plans😁) and I was wondering if you could put a bundle/combo together for the 3 picket planter, the farmhouse picket planter, the garden trellis, and this 5 picket tall box planters? I'm newer to wood working and would really like to start selling what I make and all these I feel would sell like crazy where I live.
I wanted to thank you! You're channel has given me the freedom to quit my job and go full time in the shop. By selling small it helps cover those more frequent bills and helps me finance bigger ones!
That is awesome Jessie! And the exact point I've been trying to get across. Even for folks that like larger builds smalls are a perfect way to create fluid income while your building your larger items. Good luck with the new venture my man!
Damn bro you serious? That's what I'm building up for now. Currently just cranking out coasters, frames, crosses stands, lantern holders ECT. Haven't started selling yet. Can you break down a summary of steps you took on what you did getting started?
Hi Mathew, I really enjoy watching your videos. I purchsed 25 dog ear fence planks for $1.50 a piece yesterday to get started on projects,and hopefully I make some money can you tell me how I can get some of your plans please. Thank you Theron
I quit woodworking 2012. And I watch your videos and you kick started me up again from these videos. Thanks. Garage is being converted into shop again starting today.
Wow, I'm honored to have made it to your brag board! I love your approach to building these projects. I've done your trellis, your angled planter, and I'm finishing up your square planter today. And I guess I'll be starting on your tall planter soon. Keep up the good work!
Im gonna work on making the trellis tomorrow. I wasnt sure whether pressure treated 2x's were essential or not. i have untreated laying around, so i plan on just ripping those for now for prototype and making my jig. I plan on using spar urethane as a finish. Treated lumber seems more ideal for a trellis, but does treated lumber bend as easily?
Always enjoy your posts Matthew. I look forward to watching them after church each Sunday. You have great ideas and instruction for these builds. Keep up the excellent work and God bless!
Thank you so much for being willing to share your skills with others. I have always wanted to create things to sell but was too afraid to start and fail. Your videos have given me the courage to start without having to buy tons of expensive gadgets and tools. I already have almost all I need. Appreciate your videos and tips!!!
I built and sold my first project which was an “airmail” corn hole trainer. I am working on the planters next. I too am a full time self employed handyman and I ultimately want to just do wood projects. Thank you for your videos!!!!
@@andrewsmithmilan1780 you can look it up in TH-cam. It’s an 18”x18” board with the 6” hole in the center. Sits at 10 degrees like regular cornhole boards. It’s regulation size and used for airmail tournaments and for training to get the bags in the hole without sliding. Makes the person more accurate. Has to set at the same height in the back with that same slope. Check them out, lots of cool stuff you can do with them.
Awesome as always! Want to commend you for being such an inspiration to others that with some basic tools, building and creativity is within everyone's grasp. Get over the fear and just do it. A saying I'm working by lately is "get out of your own way". I'm very inspired and beginning to do projects I never would have imagined I'd do. Keep it up! A suggestion for the patreon page would be showing the process of creating and brainstorming these things and the failed attempts that inevitably ensue.
Awesome Idea!! And love that quote as well... we hold ourselves back... no one else. Thanks for supporting the channel and keep making!!! Push yourself to learn something new every day!
I been a carpenter over 40 years, you do niiiice niiiiice stuff , plus your videos would help out todays young workers, generally i see these videos and laugh to myself but your good keep up the great page
Hey brother just made one of these for the first time today. Had a blast and it turned out nice. Got a chance to use some cool tools and techniques - the taper and trim make this pop for sure and using the brad nailer was key. Added a couple tapered scraps for a shelf about 8 inches under the top and it worked well to hold a smaller pot for now. Will be giving a few away and Im sure peeps will be hitting me up when their friends see these. Thanks man!
I built a couple of those yesterday and they came out fantastic! I was a little intimidated at first with all the angles but it ended up being a breeze. Only change I made was with the top horizontal strip. I found when picking the box up I was grabbing under that, and I could definitely feel it shifting a little with just glue and nails. So I put a couple screws in each one and it’s solid as a rock.
Nice work. Hey I have a quick question - I tried building one of these boxes as shown in your video. I have bought material to build more. I bought cedar pickets because they were the only ones available. I tried drying them for a couple of weeks by keeping them stacked with wooden stickers between them, and keeping weight on them. I live in California where there is dry weather with very low humidity. But even then I found that after cutting to length, these boards cupped and the planter box doesn't come together that well. Do you have any suggestions or tips on how to address that? I have bought material to build more. But want to find a way to avoid this problem before building more. Your help and guidance highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I think you are better off building the boxes as soon as you get the pickets... this isn't fine cabinetmaking, allowing the pickets to dry is a guarantee for warpage...(is that even a word ? 🤔) Same with the "joinery" techniques... avoid dovetails at all costs... 🙄😂 😎👍☘️🍺
I think it needs a bottom. Trusting a plastic pot to hold seems risky. Also I like the tiered idea so make 1.5 board, 3 board and 5 board would be a good idea
So happy I found your channel - just getting serious with woodworking and love the ideas, the approach and of course, the jigs. Aspiring Brag Board title holder. Thank you, sir.
Loving your video's. I am aspiring to start a business out of my hobby and am starting this year going to farmers markets so making smalls is helping immensely. oh and just to let you know the "twisty things" with like "snowballs" is called a Topiary :)
Ran out to the Depot after watching this to get supplies. Just got done showing the wife the finished product and she can't believe how good it looks for the price it was to build. Thank you!
Matthew I’m not sure how comments work as far as seeing them on older videos so I thought I’d post here even though it’s not in this video. In one of your older you mentioned your old planer or shaper (I can’t remember which) being three phase, if you haven’t gotten it running yet before you buy a phase converter take a look a VFD. A friend of mine runs one in and old 3 phase Delta cabinet saw and it pretty slick.
Hey David! Yea it's hard for me to keep up with comments from older videos. I have been looking at the VFD converters but havent seen one in action. I think im going to pick one up and see how it does! Thanks! Matthew
I am getting ready to retire in about a year and I already like working with wood and your projects are perfect for me to keep busy while doing something I like. There are always some sort of craft fairs or community yard sale. I love your videos.
The planters look really nice. However, being on the tall side, I would be afraid that with a potted plant in them it would be top heavy and might fall over. Additionally, the planter sitting in water would damage the bottom. So, my suggestion is to perhaps build a footed platform in the bottom, which would raise the planter and add some needed weight to it. Maybe use 2×4 for the footed platform and maybe put a small patio stone or a brick or 2. Just my 3 cents....
I have been watching a lot of your vids lately and just picked up some fence pickets to build one of these for a trial to see how it looks. I love the idea of using cheap lumber and milling it to make what you want. Especially in Australia at the moment, the price is ridiculous, if you can even get what you are after. I just paid $6 each for 4 foot pickets, so it will be a tad over $10 by the time it's done, but still cheaper than furniture grade timber.
I am a woodworker/builder and have been for 35 years. I decided to do your trellises and obelisk with making them beefier and with the obelisk I put a weather vaine on top. However, people on Facebook are selling them for 10.00 and 15.00. So there is no way to compete with those prices. I can watch your new video on the day you release it and by the next day 10 people have whatever it is for sale in my area, and for dirt cheap. But the quality is so poor it is crazy! But people don't know any better that are buying them, they see the word woodworker and see the cheap price and jump on it! I guess the thing that pissed me off the most is these people are calling themselves woodworkers! Just because you cut a few boards and screw them together doesn't make you a woodworker! Take some pride in you work and do a good job if you going to put something together! They get on my face page and try and copy my work and say that it is their original idea....I guess because you keep telling people to put their own signature on these items and call it their own! Let's see them turn a bowl or make furniture....or better yet take a block of wood and turn it into a hand carved animal! It really gives us REAL WOODWORKER'S a bad name because people are expecting quality products not a cutting board with strips and cracks where the wood doesn't meet up! I saw a guy selling an wood/epoxy table that the epoxy shrank up because he used the wrong kind and he wanted 600.00 for it. Then a different person was selling a live edge coffee table that they had cut a cookie and never bothered to even sand it down, stuck legs on it and wanted 1000.00 for it! But these people are calling themselves woodworkers!!! You need to put in your videos that if they are going to attempt these projects to do it with pride, not to make a buck off of someone that doesn't know any better! I know you are all about the views on your channel so you can get paid by telling people ANYONE CAN DO THIS, when in fact NOT EVERYONE CAN DO THIS!!!
Dam it Matt, how am I suppose to keep building these planters if you keep coming up with new designs. Keep up the great ideas. These are selling great for me at my community markets. Thanks
Thats Awesome Ken! I'm just trying to keep you busy. lol. Give folks more options... market the others as planters and these as stands. Stage them up together like a set. Bam... 4 sales at once.
Love the videos and ideas. Pinterest is addicting. Lol. I send you a planter I did with laser engraving from one of you latest videos and a hall mirror with Vancouver island and live edge. To bad we can't post pictures on TH-cam. Cheers Steve
Somewhere in the middle of explaining the usage of the tall planters,at about the 6 minute mark, your measuring tape had a baby, or sprouted and exact replica. I've had same measuring tape for almost a year now, and it hasn't done that for me.
I made a version of the box planter (vertical instead of tapered) for a client that was about 2' tall and turned it into a little side table to go along with the two planters she ordered. She's going to get fake plants for it then send me a glamour staged shot. I'll pass that along to you as well! I don't use patreon but a tier that would give you free plans would be awesome
Someone on some platform, (maybe a FB group) suggested using half laps for the top trim so that the gaps from shrinking weren't as noticeable. I've been wondering about that. Would be an extra 10-15 minutes depending on how quickly it can be set up. I just don't remember if they meant staying with the 45s or using butt joints.
I wish I could find boards like this for this cheap. Only way I could make things for this cost here in Canada would be to use pallet wood. And ripping all those apart is very time consuming
I've been building the "Farmhouse" style planters and selling them for $50 in my area. I did my first batch out of the 5/8" pickets, but even using your plans, I had to add an extra picket for every 3 planters. Apparently my dog-eared 6' pickets have a different dog ear cut that messes up the 3rd board. Anyway, my last batch I just made, I used some 3/4" pickets that my local Lowes started selling. They are about a dollar more per picket, but they are smooth. No roughness to sand. Saves me alot of time, which more than makes up for that extra dollar per picket. I just have to trim the edges of the back panels on back wall "B" to get them to assemble correctly. Also, they take the screws better than the 5/8 soft boards.
My friend ,Help. I cut the boards in your plans 3 degrees from 90 degrees done the cut a,b ,c, d ,e started with a ,first picket 3 degrees cut flipped board and marked and cut and then finished with the rest cut . Watch how you put them together so they be square, but when to stack them they was not square on top each other that would be flush , b was too big and so forth to c ,d ,e, what has happened with this,it has me puzzled 🤔 please help me understand what I need to do,a veteran in need to make my wife this fern box if you have any advice please let me know, or other simple build for this , thanks and God bless you , I follow you often on TH-cam to learn how to make your woodworking project.😊
Matthew i just love you attitude, your videos just everything i watch i love! ive been remodeling and even contracting for 15+ years so woodworking is something i have always thought about doing then i found you and a few other guys. i do love the detail and explanation you bring to your videos! i have thought about doing storage buildings too in the future, but these smalls i LOVE LOVE LOVE! keep on keepin on my brotha from anotha motha! God Bless bro~
Thanks James! Yea there is a ton of money in smalls. But I am thinking of doing a small garden shed.... I think they would sell great. Thanks for watching!
What type of paint and sprayer do you use? Water based or oil based? HVLP Gravity Feed Air Spray Gun? I tried using cans of spray paint but 5 cans later and it looks like I only used half a can. The wood absolutely soaks up the paint. Need help!
Matt awesome channel brother....perhaps you could get a little more Dex in the videos :) I like the awesome builds and the family friendly deal God Bless
Hey Matt! Thanks for the videos. @12:30 you say to start with Leg B and that it is the smaller of the two legs and that Leg A will overlap Leg B, but the cut list has Leg B as the bigger leg. So which one actually overlaps the other?
Love your site - I purchased the plans for the tall planter and with using the measurements in the plan my boxes did not come out all square. The 3rd box was off and yes double and triple checked my measurements and cuts . Any thoughts?
I bought your planter plan package. I followed the cut list for this planter and my boxes don't seem to stack well. I can send a picture to you if you respond to this comment. Thanks you for putting out this amazing content for us beginners.
Hi Matthew my name is Caleb I've been doing a lot of these projects and I've messed up alot trying to quick cut the cut list. I know that the video says it all but after I watch a video I go to the cut list. Is there anyway that you can include the angle to the cut list. I know I'm asking alot but I love your work and I love cut lists for mass producing. Thank you for the videos.
If each stage is angled by 3°, each of the five stages need to be sized differently. But you describe them as identical. The fern needs to sit on a platform within the planter, otherwise it will drop to the bottom. But you do not show any interior ledge or interior platform in the planter. What gives?
Being both a woodworker and a gardener - my question is how you actually utilize it as a planter? I love the design, but it doesn't seem to be setup for any particular planter insert? Also anyone who's used outdoor planters knows that drainage is essential for a plant (and you usually water them until the water is draining from the bottom of them). I've watched the video several times and I don't see you installing a bottom, but this does sit flush to the ground. So the water just runs down from the planter and collects on the ground inside? Seems like it would be more effective to use as a planter if at least if the 4 corners were setup at least an inch off the ground?
My boards are closer to 5.25 wide. I'm guessing that the building process still works the same? But the finished product is just a tad bid shorter? Is that correct? The more important thing would be that all of the boards are the same width?
Solid idea of creating the TH-cam video and then offering the plans on Etsy. Unfortunately, you really need to revise your costs because today its only gotten worse. Wishing you the best.
I have built quite a few, I bought the treated pickets and stacked with wood between each for 2-3 weeks to dry, but the last ones I built, the boxes seem to pull apart, there were no gaps between the sides when I attached the legs, but after sitting for a week or so, they are separating. Any idea what's causing this?
In terms of Patreon, I think Black Pants Legion does it best. its a tip jar, that's it. no frills no specials, just a tip jar, You like what you see? drop a dollar as a thank you. keep it nice and simple for the audience and for yourself. plenty of people have gotten wrapped up in the issues of patreon and fullfillment etc.
I don't understand why you attached the side panels with screws. Dried wood glue is stronger than wood and held in place with some brad nails and you don't have all of that metal showing.
I did all my cuts per the plans purchased, love the way you set up the pdf. I assembled all my boxes, one out one in style. Went to stack them and boxes D and E are too large to be cohesive, the overhang on the sides doesnt allow the trim to be added. The first planter I used critical thinkkng and leveled the vertical edge sticking out, then removed some of backing from the wider Leg so it would fit. It works for now but the rest of the board is over hung, so will be facing away from the street and not visible to most. I will to experiement with shorten measurements for D and E. The 2nd planter i will try this on, hopefully get it all even out. I am also going to add a shelf so pots will sit instead of hang for dear life by their plastic edging. Dont need a traumatized plant 😂
Great news to share, I took apart the D and E boxes, picked 2 pieces and started trimming small amounts off keeping that wonderful 3 degree off 90. Successfully got rid of the jut out. I kept the 1st tower as is and decided to add stain to specific areas to create illusion of evenness. Excited to continue forward now. If you don't experience challenges in life, then you can't grow. Peace and Love and Light
Those are great looking and I especially like the look of the cedar. Unfortunately, all the big box stores near me show zero availability (both in-store AND for shipping) on the cedar : ( I guess I'll be making them out of PT pine.
Hey! Thats my portable collector that I use mostly for sanding. It's from rockler. It comes with the filter. The rest of it I rigged up to make it portable and overhead for the cords and piping. I'll have to do a video going over how to set it up. comes in really handy.
Third one is ALSO a charm - just like the first two !! Matthew you rock ! I have one question - these picket boards you mention are they 60 inches or 72? I believe the one I found are all 60 inches. Thanks for your help. And keep up the great work of inspiring us.
Hey! So think about why they may not be selling... is it price, location, competition? Do a lil homework... find the issue and be fluid. Change things up a bit!
Hey! Unfortunately not. Yet at least. Sorry! You can plug them into cutlistoptimizer.com (free) and it will convert everything and even give you the layout of the boards. Thanks for watching all the way from Sweden!
Make it to fit a common size container like 5 gal bucket or the 2 1/2 gal mop bucket from Wally World something that can be found in your area . Just a thought
Oh yea! The good thing about this design is you can add to the height and opening by adding 9/16" to the box size below. Im not sure but it may fit a 2.5 gallon as is. I tried all of the traditional planters and most worked just fine with the current size. Nice idea!
Haha love that you had 2 tape measures on, I'm always forgetting that I have my ear muffs or masks on my head, actually went into town with my ear muffs on top of my head the other day lol was wondering why people were looking at me....
I attach my screws from the inside so you can’t see any screws at all. 🤷🏽♂️
the author does like to from scratch, shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. th-cam.com/users/postUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ as another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us dont have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we wont be able to practice the full stack project, is still great.
Love this!!! I went onto your etsy store (because I'm one of those that like plans😁) and I was wondering if you could put a bundle/combo together for the 3 picket planter, the farmhouse picket planter, the garden trellis, and this 5 picket tall box planters? I'm newer to wood working and would really like to start selling what I make and all these I feel would sell like crazy where I live.
I wanted to thank you! You're channel has given me the freedom to quit my job and go full time in the shop. By selling small it helps cover those more frequent bills and helps me finance bigger ones!
That is awesome Jessie! And the exact point I've been trying to get across. Even for folks that like larger builds smalls are a perfect way to create fluid income while your building your larger items. Good luck with the new venture my man!
Damn bro you serious? That's what I'm building up for now. Currently just cranking out coasters, frames, crosses stands, lantern holders ECT. Haven't started selling yet. Can you break down a summary of steps you took on what you did getting started?
@@kl3mm3r86 can you send me info on your coasters n stands for sale once you start?
Nobody makes money selling home made wood products, in your wildest dreams.
@@robertkat must be doing it wrong
Wow! In 6 months you've gone from 300 subscribers to 167k. Great job. You deserve it. Keep up the good work!
Finally got a planter made and while I haven't sold it yet, I really enjoyed the process. Thanks as always!
A year ago we installed our fence and have hundreds of 12 inch cutoffs. This build will use 40 of them per pair. Excellent and great build Mathew.
Heck Yea!!! There you go!!! Thats what Im talking about... people think we are crazy for holding onto "scraps". lol.
Sweet!
Hi Mathew, I really enjoy watching your videos. I purchsed 25 dog ear fence planks for $1.50 a piece yesterday to get started on projects,and hopefully I make some money can you tell me how I can get some of your plans please. Thank you Theron
I quit woodworking 2012. And I watch your videos and you kick started me up again from these videos. Thanks. Garage is being converted into shop again starting today.
Wow, I'm honored to have made it to your brag board!
I love your approach to building these projects. I've done your trellis, your angled planter, and I'm finishing up your square planter today. And I guess I'll be starting on your tall planter soon.
Keep up the good work!
Welcome to the board Jason! I have a huge one on the way! I cant wait to start filling it up with builds. Thanks for supporting the channel.
Im gonna work on making the trellis tomorrow. I wasnt sure whether pressure treated 2x's were essential or not. i have untreated laying around, so i plan on just ripping those for now for prototype and making my jig. I plan on using spar urethane as a finish. Treated lumber seems more ideal for a trellis, but does treated lumber bend as easily?
@@naRevolution I used treated lumber for the trellises I built. It worked just fine.
Always enjoy your posts Matthew. I look forward to watching them after church each Sunday. You have great ideas and instruction for these builds. Keep up the excellent work and God bless!
Thank you so much for being willing to share your skills with others. I have always wanted to create things to sell but was too afraid to start and fail. Your videos have given me the courage to start without having to buy tons of expensive gadgets and tools. I already have almost all I need. Appreciate your videos and tips!!!
I built and sold my first project which was an “airmail” corn hole trainer. I am working on the planters next. I too am a full time self employed handyman and I ultimately want to just do wood projects. Thank you for your videos!!!!
What is an "airmail corn hole trainer"?
That is awesome! No worries! Thanks for watching!
@@andrewsmithmilan1780 you can look it up in TH-cam. It’s an 18”x18” board with the 6” hole in the center. Sits at 10 degrees like regular cornhole boards. It’s regulation size and used for airmail tournaments and for training to get the bags in the hole without sliding. Makes the person more accurate. Has to set at the same height in the back with that same slope. Check them out, lots of cool stuff you can do with them.
Awesome as always! Want to commend you for being such an inspiration to others that with some basic tools, building and creativity is within everyone's grasp. Get over the fear and just do it. A saying I'm working by lately is "get out of your own way". I'm very inspired and beginning to do projects I never would have imagined I'd do. Keep it up! A suggestion for the patreon page would be showing the process of creating and brainstorming these things and the failed attempts that inevitably ensue.
Awesome Idea!! And love that quote as well... we hold ourselves back... no one else. Thanks for supporting the channel and keep making!!! Push yourself to learn something new every day!
I been a carpenter over 40 years, you do niiiice niiiiice stuff , plus your videos would help out todays young workers, generally i see these videos and laugh to myself but your good keep up the great page
Matt put on one more tier and a 14" plastic pot fits right in. The wife loved it.
Hey brother just made one of these for the first time today. Had a blast and it turned out nice. Got a chance to use some cool tools and techniques - the taper and trim make this pop for sure and using the brad nailer was key. Added a couple tapered scraps for a shelf about 8 inches under the top and it worked well to hold a smaller pot for now. Will be giving a few away and Im sure peeps will be hitting me up when their friends see these. Thanks man!
Turn this upside down and you have a pedestal for more height and show off a pot.
I built a couple of those yesterday and they came out fantastic! I was a little intimidated at first with all the angles but it ended up being a breeze. Only change I made was with the top horizontal strip. I found when picking the box up I was grabbing under that, and I could definitely feel it shifting a little with just glue and nails. So I put a couple screws in each one and it’s solid as a rock.
What do used to fill the inside of the planter?, So that the plant doesn’t fall all the way down.
Nice work. Hey I have a quick question - I tried building one of these boxes as shown in your video. I have bought material to build more. I bought cedar pickets because they were the only ones available. I tried drying them for a couple of weeks by keeping them stacked with wooden stickers between them, and keeping weight on them. I live in California where there is dry weather with very low humidity. But even then I found that after cutting to length, these boards cupped and the planter box doesn't come together that well. Do you have any suggestions or tips on how to address that? I have bought material to build more. But want to find a way to avoid this problem before building more. Your help and guidance highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I think you are better off building the boxes as soon as you get the pickets... this isn't fine cabinetmaking, allowing the pickets to dry is a guarantee for warpage...(is that even a word ? 🤔)
Same with the "joinery" techniques... avoid dovetails at all costs... 🙄😂
😎👍☘️🍺
@Peter Fitzpatrick thank you for that suggestion. I will try it that way.
If you are using 5 pickets, and there are 5 levels where do the legs and tops come from?
My plans lay out exactly how to get all cuts from 5 boards. Or you can use a cut list optimizer.
I think it needs a bottom. Trusting a plastic pot to hold seems risky.
Also I like the tiered idea so make 1.5 board, 3 board and 5 board would be a good idea
So happy I found your channel - just getting serious with woodworking and love the ideas, the approach and of course, the jigs. Aspiring Brag Board title holder. Thank you, sir.
Thanks Matthew! Shoot me over some pics and I'll put it on there!
Love the design, inspired me I going to try an build these for my front porch, enjoy all of your videos, Thanks for sharing your ideas
Thanks! Debbie... You said "try"... You've got this!
Loving your video's. I am aspiring to start a business out of my hobby and am starting this year going to farmers markets so making smalls is helping immensely. oh and just to let you know the "twisty things" with like "snowballs" is called a Topiary :)
You seem like a genuinely good man, Peech 😊 I’m gonna try one of these very soon. God bless you and yours ❤
I just want to thank you for all this. You are making me rethink the way I approach woodworking and do this craft that we all enjoy.
Ran out to the Depot after watching this to get supplies. Just got done showing the wife the finished product and she can't believe how good it looks for the price it was to build. Thank you!
That is awesome!
I love your ideas and build plans. Great job! Keep on doing it.
Built my first 3 picket planter. Rave reviews. Fun little project. Amazing what 7-degrees can buy you in terms of final product look! Thanks Matthew!
Matthew I’m not sure how comments work as far as seeing them on older videos so I thought I’d post here even though it’s not in this video.
In one of your older you mentioned your old planer or shaper (I can’t remember which) being three phase, if you haven’t gotten it running yet before you buy a phase converter take a look a VFD. A friend of mine runs one in and old 3 phase Delta cabinet saw and it pretty slick.
Hey David! Yea it's hard for me to keep up with comments from older videos. I have been looking at the VFD converters but havent seen one in action. I think im going to pick one up and see how it does! Thanks!
Matthew
@@MatthewPeechWoodworking they’re pretty slick, they have to be sized right, you can set turn up to spool up and down slowly and even act as a brake.
Love your videos. Great content keep em coming
Thanks Jeff. Will do!
I am getting ready to retire in about a year and I already like working with wood and your projects are perfect for me to keep busy while doing something I like. There are always some sort of craft fairs or community yard sale. I love your videos.
Stumbled upon your videos/channel a couple of weeks ago and loving all your content! These planters are awesome!
Welcome aboard Jennifer! Glad you like them!
Just wanted to say you are doing a fantastic job 👊💥
Thanks John!
The planters look really nice. However, being on the tall side, I would be afraid that with a potted plant in them it would be top heavy and might fall over. Additionally, the planter sitting in water would damage the bottom. So, my suggestion is to perhaps build a footed platform in the bottom, which would raise the planter and add some needed weight to it. Maybe use 2×4 for the footed platform and maybe put a small patio stone or a brick or 2.
Just my 3 cents....
Really nice build, can’t wait to make my first one of these! Also those little bloopers at the end were hilarious!
Lol thanks! Yeaaaa I have more bloopers than regular footage.
I have been watching a lot of your vids lately and just picked up some fence pickets to build one of these for a trial to see how it looks. I love the idea of using cheap lumber and milling it to make what you want. Especially in Australia at the moment, the price is ridiculous, if you can even get what you are after. I just paid $6 each for 4 foot pickets, so it will be a tad over $10 by the time it's done, but still cheaper than furniture grade timber.
i love it but what do the plants sit on. how do you make a shelf for the plants?
I am a woodworker/builder and have been for 35 years. I decided to do your trellises and obelisk with making them beefier and with the obelisk I put a weather vaine on top. However, people on Facebook are selling them for 10.00 and 15.00. So there is no way to compete with those prices. I can watch your new video on the day you release it and by the next day 10 people have whatever it is for sale in my area, and for dirt cheap. But the quality is so poor it is crazy! But people don't know any better that are buying them, they see the word woodworker and see the cheap price and jump on it! I guess the thing that pissed me off the most is these people are calling themselves woodworkers! Just because you cut a few boards and screw them together doesn't make you a woodworker! Take some pride in you work and do a good job if you going to put something together! They get on my face page and try and copy my work and say that it is their original idea....I guess because you keep telling people to put their own signature on these items and call it their own! Let's see them turn a bowl or make furniture....or better yet take a block of wood and turn it into a hand carved animal! It really gives us REAL WOODWORKER'S a bad name because people are expecting quality products not a cutting board with strips and cracks where the wood doesn't meet up! I saw a guy selling an wood/epoxy table that the epoxy shrank up because he used the wrong kind and he wanted 600.00 for it. Then a different person was selling a live edge coffee table that they had cut a cookie and never bothered to even sand it down, stuck legs on it and wanted 1000.00 for it! But these people are calling themselves woodworkers!!! You need to put in your videos that if they are going to attempt these projects to do it with pride, not to make a buck off of someone that doesn't know any better! I know you are all about the views on your channel so you can get paid by telling people ANYONE CAN DO THIS, when in fact NOT EVERYONE CAN DO THIS!!!
Dam it Matt, how am I suppose to keep building these planters if you keep coming up with new designs. Keep up the great ideas. These are selling great for me at my community markets. Thanks
Thats Awesome Ken! I'm just trying to keep you busy. lol. Give folks more options... market the others as planters and these as stands. Stage them up together like a set. Bam... 4 sales at once.
Love the videos and ideas. Pinterest is addicting. Lol. I send you a planter I did with laser engraving from one of you latest videos and a hall mirror with Vancouver island and live edge. To bad we can't post pictures on TH-cam. Cheers
Steve
Somewhere in the middle of explaining the usage of the tall planters,at about the 6 minute mark, your measuring tape had a baby, or sprouted and exact replica. I've had same measuring tape for almost a year now, and it hasn't done that for me.
I made a version of the box planter (vertical instead of tapered) for a client that was about 2' tall and turned it into a little side table to go along with the two planters she ordered. She's going to get fake plants for it then send me a glamour staged shot. I'll pass that along to you as well! I don't use patreon but a tier that would give you free plans would be awesome
Thanks for the input Charles. And yea shoot me over your builds. I would love to see what you came up with.
Hi Matthew! How about Lady Tremaine? Or just Tremaine? She's the fairy godmother who turned just a random pumpkin into Cinderellas coach.
Someone on some platform, (maybe a FB group) suggested using half laps for the top trim so that the gaps from shrinking weren't as noticeable. I've been wondering about that. Would be an extra 10-15 minutes depending on how quickly it can be set up. I just don't remember if they meant staying with the 45s or using butt joints.
I wish I could find boards like this for this cheap. Only way I could make things for this cost here in Canada would be to use pallet wood. And ripping all those apart is very time consuming
I've been building the "Farmhouse" style planters and selling them for $50 in my area. I did my first batch out of the 5/8" pickets, but even using your plans, I had to add an extra picket for every 3 planters. Apparently my dog-eared 6' pickets have a different dog ear cut that messes up the 3rd board. Anyway, my last batch I just made, I used some 3/4" pickets that my local Lowes started selling. They are about a dollar more per picket, but they are smooth. No roughness to sand. Saves me alot of time, which more than makes up for that extra dollar per picket. I just have to trim the edges of the back panels on back wall "B" to get them to assemble correctly. Also, they take the screws better than the 5/8 soft boards.
Wearing two tape measures because you measure twice!? :D
I enjoy your videos, thank you!
My friend ,Help. I cut the boards in your plans 3 degrees from 90 degrees done the cut a,b ,c, d ,e started with a ,first picket 3 degrees cut flipped board and marked and cut and then finished with the rest cut . Watch how you put them together so they be square, but when to stack them they was not square on top each other that would be flush , b was too big and so forth to c ,d ,e, what has happened with this,it has me puzzled 🤔 please help me understand what I need to do,a veteran in need to make my wife this fern box if you have any advice please let me know, or other simple build for this , thanks and God bless you , I follow you often on TH-cam to learn how to make your woodworking project.😊
They call them twisty trees, topiaries!!😊😊 I had to look it up cause I could not think of it either!!
The wood you used there is $20.00 IN Canada. Your must have free labor and electricity. Your time is worth nothing.
Matthew i just love you attitude, your videos just everything i watch i love! ive been remodeling and even contracting for 15+ years so woodworking is something i have always thought about doing then i found you and a few other guys. i do love the detail and explanation you bring to your videos! i have thought about doing storage buildings too in the future, but these smalls i LOVE LOVE LOVE! keep on keepin on my brotha from anotha motha! God Bless bro~
Thanks James! Yea there is a ton of money in smalls. But I am thinking of doing a small garden shed.... I think they would sell great. Thanks for watching!
What type of paint and sprayer do you use? Water based or oil based? HVLP Gravity Feed Air Spray Gun?
I tried using cans of spray paint but 5 cans later and it looks like I only used half a can. The wood absolutely soaks up the paint. Need help!
Matt awesome channel brother....perhaps you could get a little more Dex in the videos :) I like the awesome builds and the family friendly deal God Bless
Very nice, any recommendations on white or black paint. I have a 3/4 sheet of 1/2 pvc, do you think it would work?
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Making bird houses out of fence pickets. One picket per house, equals one house. Selling for $35.00 dollars each. Huge profit. Making $1000 a week.
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Hey Matt! Thanks for the videos. @12:30 you say to start with Leg B and that it is the smaller of the two legs and that Leg A will overlap Leg B, but the cut list has Leg B as the bigger leg. So which one actually overlaps the other?
The bigger one obviously overlaps the smaller one !! ... c'mon Josh, put yer thinkin cap on !! 🙄😂
Your channel is awesome! Are you going to make any birdhouses?
Thanks! Probably not unless its a huge martin house as decor. I've built those before and sold them for $300 each.
Love your site - I purchased the plans for the tall planter and with using the measurements in the plan my boxes did not come out all square. The 3rd box was off and yes double and triple checked my measurements and cuts . Any thoughts?
I bought your planter plan package. I followed the cut list for this planter and my boxes don't seem to stack well. I can send a picture to you if you respond to this comment. Thanks you for putting out this amazing content for us beginners.
your timber is so cheap in America. In New Zealand, well, lets just say, a fence picket is something you save up for
Hi Matthew my name is Caleb I've been doing a lot of these projects and I've messed up alot trying to quick cut the cut list. I know that the video says it all but after I watch a video I go to the cut list. Is there anyway that you can include the angle to the cut list. I know I'm asking alot but I love your work and I love cut lists for mass producing. Thank you for the videos.
Ok, to the saw now :) Thank you, I like this one. Thank you again for sharing your videos.
I wish there were fence pickets in stock at my local lumber yard :/ everywhere is sold out 🤔
If each stage is angled by 3°, each of the five stages need to be sized differently. But you describe them as identical.
The fern needs to sit on a platform within the planter, otherwise it will drop to the bottom. But you do not show any interior ledge or interior platform in the planter. What gives?
Being both a woodworker and a gardener - my question is how you actually utilize it as a planter? I love the design, but it doesn't seem to be setup for any particular planter insert? Also anyone who's used outdoor planters knows that drainage is essential for a plant (and you usually water them until the water is draining from the bottom of them). I've watched the video several times and I don't see you installing a bottom, but this does sit flush to the ground. So the water just runs down from the planter and collects on the ground inside? Seems like it would be more effective to use as a planter if at least if the 4 corners were setup at least an inch off the ground?
My boards are closer to 5.25 wide. I'm guessing that the building process still works the same? But the finished product is just a tad bid shorter? Is that correct? The more important thing would be that all of the boards are the same width?
Solid idea of creating the TH-cam video and then offering the plans on Etsy. Unfortunately, you really need to revise your costs because today its only gotten worse. Wishing you the best.
I have built quite a few, I bought the treated pickets and stacked with wood between each for 2-3 weeks to dry, but the last ones I built, the boxes seem to pull apart, there were no gaps between the sides when I attached the legs, but after sitting for a week or so, they are separating. Any idea what's causing this?
Man.... your camera focus be hurtin'! I still subbed though.
In terms of Patreon, I think Black Pants Legion does it best. its a tip jar, that's it. no frills no specials, just a tip jar, You like what you see? drop a dollar as a thank you. keep it nice and simple for the audience and for yourself. plenty of people have gotten wrapped up in the issues of patreon and fullfillment etc.
I dig it.
How do I get the plans to your build
Primitivemillworks on Etsy or I have a link in the description
A great build and video...keep them coming...enjoy your projects and info !!
I don't understand why you attached the side panels with screws. Dried wood glue is stronger than wood and held in place with some brad nails and you don't have all of that metal showing.
Where can I purchase the plans for just this tall planter? I didn't see it on your Etsy page. Thanks
That shirt is looking sharp. Where are you selling them? I can’t find it.
Starts building at 7:31
I did all my cuts per the plans purchased, love the way you set up the pdf. I assembled all my boxes, one out one in style. Went to stack them and boxes D and E are too large to be cohesive, the overhang on the sides doesnt allow the trim to be added. The first planter I used critical thinkkng and leveled the vertical edge sticking out, then removed some of backing from the wider Leg so it would fit. It works for now but the rest of the board is over hung, so will be facing away from the street and not visible to most. I will to experiement with shorten measurements for D and E.
The 2nd planter i will try this on, hopefully get it all even out. I am also going to add a shelf so pots will sit instead of hang for dear life by their plastic edging. Dont need a traumatized plant 😂
Great news to share, I took apart the D and E boxes, picked 2 pieces and started trimming small amounts off keeping that wonderful 3 degree off 90.
Successfully got rid of the jut out.
I kept the 1st tower as is and decided to add stain to specific areas to create illusion of evenness.
Excited to continue forward now.
If you don't experience challenges in life, then you can't grow.
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Great directions, easy to build and looks great.
You are very inspirational Mathew!!! Keep up the good work!!!
Were you finding pine fence pickets all I'm seeing is the nasty green pressure treated pine
Those are great looking and I especially like the look of the cedar. Unfortunately, all the big box stores near me show zero availability (both in-store AND for shipping) on the cedar : (
I guess I'll be making them out of PT pine.
Nothing within 250 miles for me too.
you're only 5'10??? I pictured you like 6'4 or something, must be the camera angles. lol
Lol.
Any recommendations on making rip cuts without a table saw?
Wait! Your dust collector? It looks like it would be perfect for me. Can you send where you got the parts? Especially the filter. Thanks!
Hey! Thats my portable collector that I use mostly for sanding. It's from rockler. It comes with the filter. The rest of it I rigged up to make it portable and overhead for the cords and piping. I'll have to do a video going over how to set it up. comes in really handy.
twisty trees and snowballs - called "topiary"
Thanks for the tips and ideas. Love your four-legged boy "Dex". Have a good week. I will get some of my stuff on the email.
No worries! Yea... Dex is a bit of a spaz...lol. Yes shoot me over some builds!
Third one is ALSO a charm - just like the first two !! Matthew you rock !
I have one question - these picket boards you mention are they 60 inches or 72? I believe the one I found are all 60 inches. Thanks for your help. And keep up the great work of inspiring us.
they are 72" dog ear. Thanks for watching!!!
In California the fence pickets are 3.47 each!!!🤬
I'm overwhelmed with slats (literally 100's) from breaking down all the pallets I accumulated. Going to use them for all your plans. Thx
Yes! That will work! Use what you have and will cut the overhead down!
I've built a few of the items from your videos. Was hoping to sell some but not having any luck. I'll keep trying. But hey, they look good in my yard.
Hey! So think about why they may not be selling... is it price, location, competition? Do a lil homework... find the issue and be fluid. Change things up a bit!
Looks amazing. The plans you have on Etsy. Is it in metric too?
Best regards from Sweden
Hey! Unfortunately not. Yet at least. Sorry! You can plug them into cutlistoptimizer.com (free) and it will convert everything and even give you the layout of the boards. Thanks for watching all the way from Sweden!
Make it to fit a common size container like 5 gal bucket or the 2 1/2 gal mop bucket from Wally World something that can be found in your area . Just a thought
Oh yea! The good thing about this design is you can add to the height and opening by adding 9/16" to the box size below. Im not sure but it may fit a 2.5 gallon as is. I tried all of the traditional planters and most worked just fine with the current size. Nice idea!
Another great video. Thank you very much.
Thanks Joe!
Haha love that you had 2 tape measures on, I'm always forgetting that I have my ear muffs or masks on my head, actually went into town with my ear muffs on top of my head the other day lol was wondering why people were looking at me....
bahahaha... Yea... and pencils are always in my hat... always.
Another nice project and video. Well done as usual. 👍
Thanks Philip!
Get my hat blown off my head a bunch of times... 😎
is anyone know where to get cheap pine pickets in canada? where I live they are selling 5 or more for a single one.