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Elevated Cedar Planter Box
A cedar planter on four legs with its rim at 36 in, so you can plant and pick without bending.
Get to know the build.
7 steps with drawings. Materials: lumber and screws.
- Finished size · width × depth × height
- 48 × 24 × 36 in
- Stock used in the design
- 1x6 CEDAR, 8 ft; 2x4 CEDAR, 8 ft; 4x4 CEDAR, 8 ft; #8 x 1-5/8 in tan star flat-head deck screws; #9 x 3 in tan star flat-head deck screws; Easy Gardener WeedBlock landscape fabric; and more in the shopping list
- Tools to check
- Tape measure, Speed square, Pencil, 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, 24 in or longer), Safety glasses and Hearing protection.
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, 20 pages
- Preparation packet PDF, metric (mm) (shopping list, cut list, tools), 7 pages
- Build guide PDF, metric (mm), 21 pages
- Offline animated 3D build guide (ZIP; open guide.html in a web browser; guide-metric.html for mm)