My approach to DIY: Plan, but don't drive yourself crazy.
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Follow along with me through my process of creating a simple weekend DIY project. We all seem to have a list of home improvement projects that we need to get done around the house: In this video I'll show you how I approach these kinds of "Not exactly fine woodworking" projects. Making these uber-simple planter boxes is a fun way to spend a weekend in the shop.
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I love wearing MicroJig in the sun!
Fashionable too!
A safe way to apply the sunscreen with a mult-use tool!
I really liked this project . Flowers and woodworking seems like the perfect combination together with the simplicity of the construction. Very nice work !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
to me, mounting something I built to a wall or something like that is the most satisfying part of it all. I used to work on construction sites doing all things metal and mounting a railing I built on a balcony to finish that job and seeing that everything works out fine was always a moment that made me very happy.
Nice plant choice. Suculents are easy to care and grows quickly. I always loose myself calculating angles. Thank you for sharing. Thanks to MicroJig for sponsoring the show.
Thank you all who joined in this week's WWMM live show! Watch the replay here: ua-cam.com/video/CBlB_ve0VqE/v-deo.html
Steve Ramsey Will you be uploading the livestream, or no? I wish I could make it, but I'm afraid I can't, at least not today. Would still love to see it, though. =)
Yes! It will post immediately after!
Steve Ramsey Great project, Steve. For your DIY projects, do you set a limit on how much you're going to spend? Thanks!
Steve...have to say you are my favorite "DIY woodworking" UA-cam instructor. Really enjoy your videos a lot and yes i have done some of your work and really appreciate your tips on how to and most of all tools, Great job and thank you again!!
I’ve been watching your videos all day today. I have certainly learned a lot that I didn’t know. Thank you so much.
I always giggle at the microjig ad, so good!
Greetings from Brazil! =D
Excellent project!
I used to build decks. No idea how many times I came home after working all day and built planter boxes to go on the railings. One big job had a largish herb garden around the top railing and built in planters for tomatoes and onions. Those people just loved to cook with really fresh ingredients.
Planning is important and you are right, don't over plan it. Keep it flexible enough to change as you go (as you did). The sketch it program is nice, but I still like a pad of paper and a sharp pencil.
I need to watch this video over and over until it sinks in. Thanks for posting this.
I like the simplicity of the design. Using succulents was a good idea, because most other plants might dry out too fast at the top of the angled boxes (especially in sunny California!)
I really enjoyed the change in format, providing a bit more of the whole project process from concept to design to build and finally install. I would love to see more of this going forward, even with the videos being a bit longer. Excellent work Steve!
Completely with you, Steve, with the wall thing. For me it's the stress of making it right the first time to keep from having multiple holes marring my wall.
Well done Steve!
Great video Steve the planters are excellent for brightening up a space many thanks, Bill
i like the focal point being the suculants instead of the boxes. nice additiin to the porch.
I tried Sketchup but the rotation tool drove me insane. I'm going to keep trying it. Hopefully one day it will click! I love watching all of your videos. As a new woodworker, I've learned so much! Thanks!
nicely done Steve. simple, practical, elegant.
Looks great, I think the design of the boxes fit in very well with the staircase, nice one! - Clint
Thanks Clint!
definitely would like to see an end-of-summer shot to see what it all looks like.
Really enjoy watching your videos, very helpful to, and I like the fact that you offer your plans for free to, unlike others on like DIY Creators etc.
Haha that's my most stressful part too - I hate putting holes in the wall!
Alice MacKay just remember, you can always fill holes.
Hehe true!
I know, right?
Since you only showed the woodworking part, for those making these themselves: Screen or weed fabric over the hole to prevent the dirt from falling through. If planting succulents, Cactus soil so it drains very well - adding perlite to regular soil will do in a pinch. Now I have to close this video quickly before my wife sees it or she will ask me to make them.
As an avid woodworker, and a guy with ADHD, precision projects are my enemy. I'm a 2x4 kinda guy and I like it that way. And, just like you and countless other woodworkers, I work in my garage AND my driveway.
Thanks Steve - you have confirmed that using bright colored left-over paint and not having a meltdown if your cut is 1/64" off make the whole Idea of woodworking a total blast!!
Thanks for making great content. Some good tips in this video... such as how-to not take yourself too seriously.
Just a quick note. If you are using sketchup to design these kinds of projects I highly recommend the Builder plugin. It takes some getting used to but you can use it to not only lay out a project but also get a cut list with required materials and cost.
I completely agree with the screwing things into the wall comment! I'm always afraid I miss a stud, or it's not perfectly level etc.
Nice project Steve!!! It's an easy build and looks great and your choice of plants will be low maintenance.
Thank you so much Steve! Your use of sketchup and your take on woodworking has really inspired me to try it out myself. Just last month I sat down and learned sketchup and made myself a new work desk with multiple shelves. I have never even touched a circular saw or hand plane in my life, but I gave it a shot anyways. Having everything planned out the way I wanted with measurements to follow and a clear idea of what the product would look like really motivated me and helped me along the way. Thank you so much man! You are my woodworking idol, you are one of the great persons I look up to in life. I hope you have a great summer this year.
Showed this idea to my wife and I might have to make myself something similar next year. We have a really hot back deck because of the dark brick exterior and all afternoon sun.
With the landscaping around the house these will look even better! Great job Steve!
I'd like to see a picture of the end of summer look after the plants are nicely grown
a year from now you are going to be so happy you put screws in those boxes period boxes... you will have no problems with them opening any seams up from warpage or swelling or shrinkage that goes on in an exterior wood fixture like that. nice video. 😀
YES!!!!! Wall Hole Stress Syndrome!! I've been postponing a few projects for that very reason :)
Nice little simple planters!
Love your videos Steve ,keep them coming my friend
I love them at the bottom of the railing!
Your sketch up video helped me the most
GREAT VID! love how you showed more of the planning process rather than the execution. The planters look great!
I'm disappointed you didn't go with your Purple and other fun colors you normally use. ;) I appreciate you mentioning that things don't have to be perfect and there can be imperfections and and be a bit less that perfectly pretty. I keep telling my wife the same thing about me.
G'day Steve, I agree that the bottom rung was the best choice to hang the planters as what you plant may grow taller than expected, great video mate 👍
Looks good. One thing no one seems to talk about is creating a cut list. I was baffled for a while on how to figure out what to buy without over spending. There are (as I'm sure you know) free cut list web sites and different cut list programs. When I built my work bench, the free cut list web sites made it much easier. Thanks!
Talk about a timely project. I was just planning the idea of a planter box to hang on our deck rail to grow some herbs. I even downloaded Sketchup, but needless to say I'm still in the figuring out part of using it.
Hi Steve,
What scares me when trying to put things on a wall, is when I'm drilling the holes in the wall itself.
I mean, my walls are concrete ones with tons of rocks from different sizes and hardness inside.
Even if I take great care not applying too much pressure one the dirllbit, I often get an exploded looklike hole... and of course it need to be repaired before doing anything more.
So, 1 day to drill, the next to refill exploded holes and repaint, the 3rd day I can put my stuff on the wall... kind of horror story.. lol
Nevermind.
Keep going on. It's always a pleasure to watch and learn with your videos.
Regards from France ;-)
Your video title made my evening (in Romania now it 23:15 when i'm seeing your video) because i have a blog with the title you choose. I know that i haven't wrote on that blog in a while... because i started a new project but that's a different story... anyway i like your title and the stuff that you do, keep up the good work and greetings from Romania.
Re: the slanted boxes. Should the slanted boxes be baffled to account for soil shift?
I was thinking the same. Maybe he doesn't get enough rain to wash the soil down the incline?
Haf Adalar perhaps baffles just barely below the grade level might suffice?
So that the look doesn't change.
I agree, where I am they would go bad....
I'm going to guess that I'm the only one that had no idea what you meant by 'Succulents'. I will have my wife educate me. In my world plants come in 2 forms, with flowers and without flowers.
Allen Brosowsky It's a good thing you didn't grow up in England! There if you learn about plants you expected to know the Latin name. Hence I never did and moved to Australia where they're a lot more lay back about these things like America. NSW in Oz
Ferns do not and are a plant.
that's better than my understanding of thorn-less, and weeds
I assumed it was some form of vampire.
Josh Denny Don't forget about rose water. That stuffs delicious
Great choice on location. They look great.
Man, watching these videos really illustrates how much of a difference a nice table saw makes. When your fence stays straight, your miter sled doesn't wobble, and the surface itself is big enough handle larger pieces of wood... wow.
Hi Steve. Great project, but you're going to want to put some dividers in those slanted boxes otherwise you will lose most of your soil and plants on the first rain.
Looks good Steve! Like the new paint on your house too.
We love it! Those guys prepped and painted the whole house in a day. Amazing!
Try using the photo match feature of sketchup. Its really fast to set up and is really nice to draw in 3d with the right focal lenght and perspective directly (instead of exporting to photohop and fiddle around).
Binge watching your videos because of the intros 😂 they are amazing ! And the projects and videos too !
Great project! I just made a couple of those for our herbs and mounted them to our deck
Looks great Steve, but the first good rain a lot of the soil in the slanted boxes is going to wash out.
awesome Looking Steve, the design of the boxes fit in awesomely on the staircase, great job I think I will build some of my house.
Cool video, thanks! Waiting for the next.
Bravo Steve! Simplicity is key sometimes....
Very good and a little different video. I like it!
They look nice already!
You can increase the size of your porch by about 6 feet. That way you could place a couple of chairs out there for a place to relax or enjoy your morning coffee! I would increase the size if it was my place! However I hope your project goes well anyway!
Another great vid Steve, you surprised me on the color though. I thought you would have chosen, oh I don't know maybe purple hehe.
nice project. i really enjoy watching your videos. i cant wait to start woodworking, i dont have much space as a student haha
Great video, i enjoyed watching it.
Great video Steve! Do you think if I put French cleats on the back the 2x2s could support the boxes to make changing them out easier?
Searching for the best place to drill a hole in a house wall in the UK can be somewhat dodgy. First you have an electrical supply of 240v ! Which if you short one it's certainly enough to severely rotate your eyeballs, ( or worse ) . Second, there is a multiplicity of plumbing pipes, which may or may not be where they are supposed to be. So to be wise in a British house, it's best to use a devise which finds the location of such pipes and wires.
So yes, it makes me nervous too when drilling walls, your not on your own mate !
The angled boxes _are_ longer than the square ones, as long as you're measuring along the long side, rather than the short diagonal.
If you did want them to last could you use cheap plastic containers on the inside and leave the bottoms open for drainage, any way they look very nice, Leicester England.
Hey Steve any thoughts on you doing Sketchup Tutorial(s)?
I question the idea of a sloped flower box. It seems to me that water would run to the low end, thus those plants at the high end will not get as much moisture.
I was thinking the same thing, but even if succulents don't need much water, what about soil washing out the lower end when they do get watered?
You have inspired to start wood working and I am 14 it is my birthday today
Do you think the soil will be prone to run out of the lower side of the angled boxes? I guess the idea is that the roots of the plants will prevent that?
instead of Sketchup, I use Catia V5 as I work with it at my job. but yeah, saves sooooo much time.
I found the measuring system in Sketchup to be completely counter intuitive, so I'm using Tinkercad which is normally meant for 3D printing.
Steve, love your videos. Your personality makes the projects seem fun and very doable. I am older than you and have hesitated to learn Sketchup. Any words of advice?
I love Sketchup... I make most of my mistakes there and work out the how before I touch a piece of wood. My work flow is to build the project at least twice in Sketchup then go to the shop.
S E Lightfritz, Do you have a link for sketchup. Watching Steve use it in a practical DIY situation sold me, but now I cannot seem to find it. Thanks for your help
Google Sketchup and download the maker version for free.
Thank you, I really appreciate you taking the time to help
Looks good .
looks good nice idea
Nice job
Great vid! You wouldn’t happen to have plans for the deck. Would fit perfect over my brick step. Deck looks about the same height.
It would be a god sent. Thank you
Rain barrel for your downspout perhaps? Succulent Grrrippper.
Excellent philosophy about a "good enough for who it's for" kind of mindset. Maybe it's not a big deal, but when you said you were only going to keep those planters around for a couple of years and then screwed them into the deck stiles it kind of bummed me out. If you want to change them what will you do about the big holes you drilled? Cross that bridge when you get to it eh?
add some asparagus to the succulent garden and you can snack on them. :D
well done 👍
I like the design aesthetic of the planters along the bottom edge of the balusters but think that plain pine boards were not the best choice. I would have used some 5/4 X 6 PT deck boards at the very least and, if I could have gotten some damaged pieces at a discount, composite material (Trex etc.). The longevity of either of those materials would be much longer.
Steve, thank you for another great education video. I especially enjoyed the project and questions you asked yourself during the concept stage. The software you showed and mentioned (I believe you said it is freeware and was called Sketchup). I could see a BIG benefit for this software however all I find on the internet is something called Sketchup Pro and it sells for $695.00. Which is very expensive to a DIY guy like myself. Can you provide me with a link to the FREE version you spoke about? It would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
blees you steve nice jobs ...from Chiapas mexico
You could always use your angle finder to find the degree from the sliding bevel tool instead of your table saw mitre, least it works for me.
The lag screws are a bit of an overkill. The same screws that you assembled the planters with are plenty strong enough to hold them to the rails and they would have blended in better. They still look very nice.
+YoderTexas okay.
they look cool
That tool is called a sliding bevel
they look very good! :D
I would love to see a tutorial on using sketch up for woodworking!
"I'm not going to bother clamping".... Brings another quote to mind... "Oh the horror"
:p
I'm right there with you...I'm worried about the hole in the wall or hitting the wrong spot ;p
cool i think i may have to make some
Has gravity been taken into account for the inclined boxes? Watering those might bring up a challenge.
Yes drilling holes in walls is a nightmare.
You really should have hidden those front screws. Get a 1/4" countersink that you use to predrill and countersink at the same time, then a 1/4" dowel that you cut and glue a piece in. It takes 5 extra minutes and it looks soo much better than having exposed screws.