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Cedar Picket Compost Bin
A tidy slatted compost bin built from western red cedar fence pickets on pressure-treated 2x4 corner posts (the kind sold for ground contact).
Get to know the build.
8 steps with drawings. Materials: lumber, hinges, hooks and screws.
- Finished size · width × depth × height
- 35-3/4 × 36 × 35 in
- Stock used in the design
- 2x4 PT, 8 ft; Cedar fence picket, 6 ft; 3 in galvanized broad utility hinge; 3 in zinc-plated gate hook and eye; #8 x 1-5/8 in tan star flat-head deck screws
- Tools to check
- Tape measure, Speed square, Pencil, Level, Miter saw, Drill/driver, Drill bits (1/8 in and 5/32 in for pilot holes), T20 star driver bit, Bar clamps (at least 2, 36 in or longer), Safety glasses, Hearing protection and Work gloves.
Start with the plan.
Digital download. Materials, tools and the finished item are not included.
- Preparation packet PDF (shopping list, cut list, tools), 7 pages
- Build guide PDF, 21 pages
- Preparation packet PDF, metric (mm) (shopping list, cut list, tools), 7 pages
- Build guide PDF, metric (mm), 22 pages
- Offline animated 3D build guide (ZIP; open guide.html in a web browser; guide-metric.html for mm)