How to make an Outdoor planter ( with LED )

this video is sponsored by filter body to me being creative is making the most of what you have and today I want to show you how to take some of the most basic building materials and add some style in your home or an area outside your home and I'm talking about making one of the freshest planners you will see you may ask but why and for a second you might mean you think but to me the real question is why not like most projects this one started off with a trip to my local home center and this projects gonna be made of 2x4 cedar in Cedar tends to hold up very well in an outdoor elements its insect resistance and known to be a good option for planter boxes with a lot of repeating cuts coming up here's a quick tip keeping use for your miter saw all you need here is a piece of lumber that extend beyond your longest cut attach that to your miter saw then from the blade out mark all your measurements and just like that all the measurements is out the window all you have to do is focus on how many you need to cut and now that I have everything cut to size I temporarily stacked them up in the form of how the box would look in the end result then I marked the locations that I wanted to add pocket hole screws and since I'm working with two by fours I need to adjust a bit and also to jig itself to accommodate for the 2x4 thickness and once you have all that adjusted you'll need to drill a bunch of holes and if I can give you a tip do not put all the two by fours in one big pile and then drill all your holes or you might end up with a bunch of extra holes like I did I'll show you what I mean in a second now that I have all the holes drilled it's time to put it all together if you see where my thumb is that's a hole that will not get used and this is what I meant by keep track of the board that you're drilling I was zoned out drilling a bunch of holes in because they had a line on it I drilled it so if you drill one side of the planner at a time it's easier to keep track of what piece needs to be drilled and not so the boss just showed up and I got to make sure I'm on my best behavior and I'm going in the right direction all I could tell you is don't judge her she wants to wear what she wants to wear and this is how she dress up the pocket hole screws is a quick and easy way to join these boards together you can also use wood glue if you like but I think my co-host cues is strong enough to hold the box together I kept a design really simple and it should be approachable for just about anyone now that I have all the panels built I can begin to form out the box and this is pretty self-explanatory I'm just gonna start from one location and work my way around the entire box till I close off the last opening and as I do that here's a little bit about today's sponsor companies like fair to buy allow me to do what I love and shared experience with you guys so I know someone has to have it if you're the one that have the a/c changing duty at your house you know how 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complete the next step is to add a bottom and I'll do that with some reclaimed lumber this way I can keep the cost down you may not have access to reclaimed lumber but you can always use pressure-treated lumber or just use cedar as well for the bottom for the bottom I cut some pressure-treated 2x4 but this could easily be cedar as well the cedar will be a bit lighter but it will also cost more if I were to drive a screw through the pallet as is it would more than likely split so pre-drilling is the way to go to avoid wasting a lot of screws I use wood glue in addition to the one screw [Music] now this may be the most complicated part to the project so far which is cutting miters you can keep it simple and use butt joints here but I think no miter just come off a whole lot cleaner and it's just more attractive to the eye when you look at it and of course the same could be said about the side but I think we can kind of get away with that one I laid the trim out as it would be attached to the planter box then I marked the line across both parts and switching gears for a second i trimmed a 2x4 down so as you can see I don't have the material to use the pocket hole jig on this but I still want to use pocket hole screws on this so we're going to make it work and I think two should be plenty and I think with this setup and some wood glue we homey rocket so I'm pretty happy with that and now that I got this all figured out I can go ahead and put the entire trim together now I had this leftover piece of pond liner which I had from a project I did a long time ago glad I held on to it because it's finally coming to use I am using a cedar lumber for this project so in theory I could put some dirt directly in here and it should be good for there a long time but I think adding the liner should help protect dirty water from pouring out of some of the cracks this planner will have an LED strip in it and I'll use this cable strap to hold it down this strip of LED I'm putting on is the very first piece of LED strip I ever had an old co-worker of mine gave it to me to experiment with back in 2014 yep before I even thought about creating a YouTube channel so I don't know if that's the reason why they look yellow but they still work so I'm planning to use this bracket to help secure the trim going around the top and I anticipate the LED will sit in this little section here the LEDs I have are specially coated and they're meant to be used indoor or outdoor and since I'm making an outdoor connection I need some outdoor wire nuts and inside the wire not there's some kind of gel in there that will prevent the water from getting to the connection the idea behind this is you put the planner wherever you want you can then run a wire to it and then open up a world of possibilities or you can use the battery pack like this and since I mentioned running wires to this planner I need to run a sleeve from the bottom up to the LED splice adding the LEDs is a nice touch on a final product but of course it may not be something everyone is into adding the zip tie on the pipe that I'm using for a sleeve will prevent the pipe from falling through the planner you could also add hot glue around it to hold it in place I also added some small holes in it for drainage the inside is prepped to where I need it to be so all I have to do now is add wood glue around the top lip and then attach the trim so I was to just do a dry fit before you apply the wood glue just to make sure things line up that way when this part come around it's a little easier and to make sure the glue do its job I'm gonna put some clamps on and let that sit for 24 hours [Music] after letting the glue set up overnight I'm not gonna attach these little brackets to the trim so if you lift the planner by the lip these should also take off some of the stress with nothing inside the planter box this should give you a general idea on how much this way as you can see this is in pounds and if I switch to units then it's in kilograms it is on the heavy side but just consider the scale of it if you want to fill it first use straps to move it my suggestion is put it in the location you want it to be then fill it otherwise you have a hard time like I did relocating it I also added a few blocks to the bottom of the planner to give it a raised look I started off by sending this down with my orbital sander even with 80 grits I wasn't seeing much progress but really felt like I was spending my wheels and I was planning to be out here for many hours and then I remembered I had this thing I believe this was 60 grits and man this was not sanding this thing was eating the wood I mean sandesh was everywhere and this was probably the most excited I was to see sanding dust initially I wanted to leave the raw look because I couldn't envision what it would look like but the finish on it and even trying it on the test piece I still didn't see enough to make me feel comfortable I know cedar usually turn to this silverish gray look after a certain period of time especially when it's being exposed to the Sun so after doing some research and I have no proof of this I learned that if you put a finishing oil in it it can help reserve the brown look I don't know if this is an ongoing maintenance but if you guys know the answer to that I would love to hear your thoughts on this so all I'm using is tung oil and after adding it to one side I absolutely hated it and then I just continue to do the entire thing because at that point I didn't want to turn back so I powered through it until it got done and it really grew on me and now it was the Battle of the irises I didn't know which one to pick up so I picked them both up I ended up going with the one that was a bit more contained I felt like it carried the modern looking and I'm really happy with that choice I kept the plants in the pot I just cut the bottom off this way everything can stay contained and to put the finishing touches on I added a weed barrier to cover up the dirt and then place the rocks on top of that and as far as the LED goes I'm gonna power this one from a battery pack so this will be completely mobile but if you want to run wires to it I got you this is what you do remember that pipe I'll put it in a planner make sure you don't cover it up now you'll want to pass a wire through the pipe preferably to power wire then connect it to your power source and your power source can still be a battery pack just at a remote location and I'm pretty sure you can find solar powered LED strips but I'm not sure about the RGB version if you enjoyed this video and you'd like to see more builds like this be sure to subscribe [Music] [Music] [Music] you

Channel: DIY Creators

Views: 1,279,694

Rating: 4.9561014 out of 5

Keywords: Planter boxes, planter box, indoor planters with stand, outdoor planters, standing outdoor planters, DIY, How to make a planter, Outdoor corner planter, DIY planter box, Diy corner planter, Cedar planter, diy outdoor planters, flower planter, wood planter, flower planters, cedar planter plans, garden box, how to build a planter box

Id: P3c1nayCOsM

Length: 12min 33sec (753 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 04 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/vinc3l3]

Love your channel on youtube. This look nice, great build.

[u/TheNewJasonBourne]

Just watched this video last night. I'm a big fan of your videos, both the project topic and the quality of the video projection. Nice job...

BTW, for the record I like April Wilkerson's videos a lot also.

[u/junkman21]

Anyone judging your daughter for her outfit needs a reality check. She's a boss!

My 4-year-old sometimes goes to preschool dressed like Elsa. It's cool. She gets along great with the girls dressed like Anna and Belle. And sometimes, she dresses like daddy and wears her "work clothes" which is a boy's collared shirt, a tie, a belt, and her "work pants" with cowboy boots.

Also, this planter is great. I'm going to be making two of these for my deck.

[u/GetSecure]

Having made my own planter I liked some basic things you did. Using the metal brackets to support the lip and wood glue. I didn't do this , I just screwed this straight into the top of the planter, but the pocket screw edges started to separate and the mitre edges are no longer flush. I think the expansion and contractions of the wood was too much for a few screws to hold.

Drilling holes through the lining with a piece of wood on top. Why didn't I think of this? Stupid lining kept getting stuck on the drill.

I'm not sure on your choice of keeping the plants in the pots, but I guess this is more of an artwork than garden work, it certainly looks nice.

[u/fuzzynavelsniffer]

I remember watching your channel when you only had 30,000 subscribers. I kept wondering why you weren't more popular. Looks like you are now! Great as always!

[u/djambid]

just stumbled upon your post somehow. first of all, great work with that project! now I'm stuck on your channel, currently devouring your "woodworking for beginners" videos since I always wanted to get into it. although I'm very limited because I life in a small city apartment with no cellar or room to properly work, I still want to get into woodworking (first project will be a simple wall-mounted "adventure-landscape" for my cats). thanks for giving me the motivation and knowledge I was looking for a long time to tackle this project and keep up the great work! (you also got a new subscriber :)

[u/csonju]

You make stuff look so easy and achievable. Thank you!

[u/johnwillaryahoocom]

That is really nice!!!

[u/Dickheadfromgermany]

„I put a corner planter in the middle of a flat area. Because f*ck logic.“

I like that way of thinking.