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Step 4Main Construction
Now you've got your pieces cut, you've made the edges look fancy and it's all lying there ready for construction...
A. Get your clamps ready, then lay out the first corner and leg. Take a long side, a short side and a leg and place them together as shown in the image below. This is upside down to the way it will finally sit. The small offcut under the leg is to set the leg slightly below the top of the planter so you can't see it from the side. See image 1.
B. Clamp the parts together so that you can still get two screws into both decking parts. See image 2 and 3.
C. Screw the corners of the decking to the legs. There should be a screw in each corner of the decking planks. See image 4 for approximate screw positions.
D. Move on to the next corner - don't forget to offset the leg with the offcut. See Image 5.
E. Finish all four corners in the same manner - see Image 6.
F. Screw down all the side pieces - fit them up first to see which order they should go depending on any warped pieces. See Image 7 for approximate screw positions and Image 8 showing all side pieces attached and the planter turned right side up.
G. Turn the planter upside down again - legs in the air. Measure the space between the corner legs on the long side, in our case this was 1240mm. Half this number and measure and mark on the bottom of the bottom side piece on both sides. This is the centre point at which you want to attach the middle legs. Remember to offset these using the offcut and attach using six screws. See image 9 for a shot of the planter with middle legs attached.
H. Cut the thin pieces of timber to make the slat supports by measureing the distance between each of the legs. You'll need two end pieces and then four side pieces for between a corner leg, the middle leg and the other corner leg; on each side. Much simpler than that sentence makes it sound! See Images 10-14 for shots of the slat supports in place. We had a piece left over which was long enough to span the planter, so we added an extra support across the middle - it's not necessary and serves no structural purpose, but you might as well use the wood if it's left over.
A. Get your clamps ready, then lay out the first corner and leg. Take a long side, a short side and a leg and place them together as shown in the image below. This is upside down to the way it will finally sit. The small offcut under the leg is to set the leg slightly below the top of the planter so you can't see it from the side. See image 1.
B. Clamp the parts together so that you can still get two screws into both decking parts. See image 2 and 3.
C. Screw the corners of the decking to the legs. There should be a screw in each corner of the decking planks. See image 4 for approximate screw positions.
D. Move on to the next corner - don't forget to offset the leg with the offcut. See Image 5.
E. Finish all four corners in the same manner - see Image 6.
F. Screw down all the side pieces - fit them up first to see which order they should go depending on any warped pieces. See Image 7 for approximate screw positions and Image 8 showing all side pieces attached and the planter turned right side up.
G. Turn the planter upside down again - legs in the air. Measure the space between the corner legs on the long side, in our case this was 1240mm. Half this number and measure and mark on the bottom of the bottom side piece on both sides. This is the centre point at which you want to attach the middle legs. Remember to offset these using the offcut and attach using six screws. See image 9 for a shot of the planter with middle legs attached.
H. Cut the thin pieces of timber to make the slat supports by measureing the distance between each of the legs. You'll need two end pieces and then four side pieces for between a corner leg, the middle leg and the other corner leg; on each side. Much simpler than that sentence makes it sound! See Images 10-14 for shots of the slat supports in place. We had a piece left over which was long enough to span the planter, so we added an extra support across the middle - it's not necessary and serves no structural purpose, but you might as well use the wood if it's left over.
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