Make a Wooden Garden Tote

A DIY garden tote makes a great Mother’s Day gift

Now here ’s a labor that ’s about my speed : A wooden garden tote you could make with your kids

I do n’t have small fry , but my mate says I have the strong-arm strength of a child . And I ’m more than a little substandard when it comes to completing projects that require coordination , precision , and physical strength . And that needs to change soon , because there ’s a draw I require to get done .

To help put together our garden tote , we ask for help from our baby cartridge clip , Fine Woodworking . We ’ll allow them take it away from here .

I designed this simple labor to introduce my daughter to woodworking , but it is a great one for father unseasoned and old . you’re able to make this handy garden tug from a single cedar tree deck board , a dowel pin , and a few screws from your local house heart , and the only tools you need are a drill and any variety of power or hand saw . meet it with new gloves and tools , and you ’ll make a nurseryman very glad . The decent thing about decking boards is that the corners are already assail . Ask for 1×6 deck of cards boards , which should actually measure 5 - 1/2 in . wide and about 3/4 in . thick . Since this blog was originally published on FineWoodworking.com , we update the design a morsel , and you ’ll get hold a plan here for the new - and - improved holdall . The master difference is that there are the few simple curves we added . Also , the holes for the handle go only partway through , hide out its remainder , though you could drill all the way through and it would still reckon great . We did some of the work on machine like a bandsaw and exercise pressure , but a hand - held drill and a reciprocating saw would run just as well . A handsaw can also deal the consecutive cut with a coping saw making the curved ones . The sides and bottom are attached with rust - resistive decking fuck . Make it easier on yourself by practise clearance hollow in the top board and pilot holes in the dining table below . Click the box at the top of this pageboy to download the plan . — Asa Christiana , FineWoodworking.com

How to Make a Garden Tote

Lay out the cuts : The original had straight lines and we repose them out with a ruler . For the new design , impress out the plan , thin out along the curves with a scissors , and then lay the paper right on the wood to check off the cuts .

edit out the parts : A fretsaw or handsaw would work exquisitely , but a band saw surely is fun , and it is safe enough that my daughter can utilize it , as long as I stay put just over her shoulder . It is her favorite tool in my shop , and she is very careful to keep her hands aside from the vane .

Drill pilot holes : She shift a act , but Lucy drilled the headway holes …

forgather the tote with screws : beat back all the screws . A 12V or smaller drill would have been better than my Milwaukee 14.4 , though .

Thanks to Asa and her daughter Lucy for their help with this project !

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What are you making for your garden this year ?

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