How to Build a Garden Arbor: Simple DIY Woodworking Project. The obvious way to define your yard is to put up a fence. The cool way is to forget the fence and just build a gateway -- a portal from here to there that implies a change of space without presenting a physical barrier. Materials are readily available -- 4 x 4s for the posts, 2 x 6s for the arches and braces, and 1 x 6 stock ripped to width for the remaining pieces. You can use pressure-treated lumber if you can find straight, dry stock -- warped wood will just leave you frustrated. We chose cedar as a carpenter-friendly alternative. You can paint it, or simply apply a sealer/stain. If you paint, first use a stain-killing primer/sealer designed for exterior use. When gluing up the arch, use a water-resistant glue and make sure the wood is dry.
While you're in the planning stage, decide whether you'll plant the posts in the ground, or use post brackets to secure them on concrete blocks, as we did. Model designed in Alibre Design Xpress. Making the Arches Assembling the Top. Homemade Vegetable Oil Lamp. Page created: 26 January 2008, updated: 20 February 2009 If you like candles, live without electricity, or like to have some lighting back-up, you might like this simple little DIY project. An oil lamp can have a number of advantages over candles and mineral oil lamps: very cheap to run - can even burn used cooking oilthe fumes are less toxic than those of paraffin candles or mineral oil lampsthe production of renewable vegetable oil is less harmful to the environment than petroleum based products (including paraffin candles)for the extreme survivalist, vegetable oil is easier to store in bulk, or can even be produced on the home farm due to the wider base, more stable than candles, and the flame of any burning wick falling into the oil will be extinguishedodour free when using olive oil Making an oil lamp is very easy, quick and cheap, and gives plenty of opportunity for a creative outlet.
You Will Need: Making the Wick Holder The Wick Most plant fibre twine should work. Container Oil Update. Woodworkers Guide: Easy to build Continuous Motion Treadle Lathe. Four Simple Woodworking Joints. Free Woodworking Plans. George Nakashima Woodworker, S.A. Make a 5-Board Bench with Charles Neil. Free Woodworking Plans, Furniture Plans - Over 200 Categories. Un banc de jardin à faire soi-même. ©Antoine Bosse-Platière Que ce soit pour le repos du jardinier ou celui de ses hôtes, pour une sieste digestive ou pour une conversation en tête à tête au milieu de la verdure, le banc de jardin se doit d’être confortable. Nul besoin de connaître les secrets du nombre d’or pour le réussir, mais rien ne vaut un bon modèle. Quel bois choisir ? Evitez le recours aux bois exotiques, bien sûr, malgré l'excellente durabilité de nombre d'entre eux.
Une essence locale, comme le mélèze, convient parfaitement, mais dans d'autres régions, vous pouvez choisir du châtaignier ou du douglas. Il faudra cependant rentrer votre banc à l'abri pendant la mauvaise saison. Assemblage des différentes pièces ©Christian Galinet Pour les fixations, vous pouvez faire des avant-trous (foret de 4), mais il est plus simple de rentrer les vis au marteau jusqu'à ce que la pointe traverse la première planche, puis de finir à la visseuse (pour les essences de bois pas trop denses). Votre banc est prêt. Willy van Landeghem. Free Woodworking Plans, Furniture Plans - Over 200 Categories.