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My daughter asked me to make her a couple new flower boxes after the supports on the old ones rotted out and this winter's snows caused them to fall off the house.
These two boxes are 11"x16 1/2" x52" and are made out of treated 5/4 material with tongue and groove cedar bottoms.
The sides and ends are put together with glue, 1/2" dowels and pocket screws. The bottoms were made from some old and some new T&G cedar that I had in the wood room.

The supports are made from pine and are put together with mortice and tenons, glue and screws. The two outer halves each have a half mortice in them on the mill ( last shot). They were doweled and screwed to the boards that fit in between the siding on the house.

The boxes will be painted in a year when the treated wood has time to weather and dry out. I left it sit stickered for a month and it is still wet. The supports have 2 coats of primer and two coats of paint on them.

I hope they last her a while!!.................cheers, Jim

Well she got it filled up and here it is at work:

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Looks great Jim. That looks like one serious overhead router.
 

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Fantastic Jim !!!
 

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Looks great and very nicely done-they should last a while.
 

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COOL Planter boxes!

She will like them very much!
 

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Good looking planter boxes Jim. I like the supports they are mounted on too.
 

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Well done dad I am sure she will be happy and they should last .
 

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Thank you all for the nice comments. She is filling them with dirt tonight and had a flowers already to plant.

..........Jim
 

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You are a good Dad Jim. Those boxes ought to last her for years to come.
 

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Pleased to see you are also a "please Dad can you ….." just love it Mate, and of course Dads always say YES
Pete
 

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really nice boxes jim, i love the joinery you used on the brackets…they will hold up into the millennium…i like what i can see of your home, it looks like true michigan colors and cedar shakes…
 

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Looks really nice.
You have a lucky daughter in law. ;-)
Best thoughts my friend,
Mads
 

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Oh, I think they will last awhile. The supports are neat and should outlast us. Good Dad job.
 

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Once again Jim….very nice work sir. The things we do for our families….lol
 

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Look great Jim, nice work and your still No.1 family man.
 

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Having a Milling Machine around has got to come in handy from time to time! Ever use End Mills for Woodworking?

Great Job on the Flower Boxes Dad, they will be there for a while!
(I'm seeing a "Growing Things" pattern here Jim, must be that time of year…)
 

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Lucky daughter with such father who fullfill all wishes!
 

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Thanks guys. I like making things for people who appreciate the work and Cori always does

Hi Mike, yes I use end mills and fly cutters for wood working quite a bit. I bought a few 5/8 and 3/4×5" end mills at flea markets and they get into those hard to reach places to make all kinds of goofy cuts. It is especially handy for cutting round pieces that are almost impossible to hold on a router table without make a special jig.

Hi Grizz, that house you see in the picture is my daughter 3 story house. She bough it with a college room mate and the the other girl got married and my daughter now owns the whole thing- with 2 furnaces and 2 water heaters etc. A lot of house. Plenty of opportunities for me to so wood working!!

Cheers, Jim
 

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Very nice Jim, the build looks awesome.
 
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