Wheelbarrow Planter

Hi Everyone,

First I’d like to say Thank You to all those who have welcomed me to LumberJocks. I’ve been lurking for several months now and finally decided to sign up when I saw some of the ‘frugal’ postings.

Almost everything I make uses recycled wood or, in the case of this planter, firewood. The handles are Oak from an old futon frame that a friend had in her “to burn” pile. The remainder is made from several pieces of Siberian Elm off one of the firewood piles I have around on the property.

The Elm was first split with a froe then roughly flattened using a router and sled and finally brought to 1/2” thickness with a thickness planer.

I am really happy with the way the wheel turned out – 1/16” laminations for the rim and then I made the hub/spokes. Backwards I know, but it worked.

The axle and axle pins were “hand made” from some of the scrap Elm.

I hope you like it.

-- Dragonsrite, Minnesota