Yin-Yang Zen garden

Here is an instructable for creating a Yin-Yang Zen garden.  For a while I've wanted to do something with a Yin-Yang but couldn't think of something that I would like to have displayed.  That was until I was searching through other instructables and came across a few zen gardens.  I decided to put them both together to make something I could keep on my desk.  This project took about 3 hours to complete so it's a nice thing to do if you have some spare time on a weekend.

The one criteria I set for this was to use only things I have on had (except for the sand and dowels for the rake since I knew I needed specific things for those that I didn't have).

Step 1: Tools and materials.
Step 2: Marking the wood for the yin yang
Step 3: Cutting to shape
Step 4: Building the rake
Step 5: Putting it all together

Step 1 Tools and materials.

You will need some specific tools for this.  Here is the list of tools that I used. 

Tools:

Pencil
Jigsaw
Handsaw/tablesaw
Compass
Router
Clamp with scrap wood
Ruler
Drill with 3/16" wood bit
Sandpaper

Material:

1" thick wood (It is best to use a solid piece of wood instead of some sort of ply wood
     since you will see the sides)
Dowels, 3/16" and 1/2" thick
White and black sand (I pick some up at my local arts and crafts store, you could also find
   it at a fish shop or Petco)

Comments

[tinker234]

this is so beautifully crafted i want to make one for my mum

[crapflinger]

FYI, its Yin and Yang. a Ying Yang is a mythical location from which copious amounts of "something" come from "he had money out the ying yang"

[oi2342001]

Thanks for the info.