Acrylic and Wood Plant Pot
Project by
Antonio Hernandez Menchaca
General Information
In this project I'll show you how to make this simple plant pot, with 2 see through acrylic sides.
Project License
Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
Open in Easel®
Materials
The materials needed for this project are the following: - 8 x 12 inch piece of walnut, 20 mm thick - 8 x 12 inch piece of transparent acrylic, 1/8 inch thick - 150 grit Sandpaper - Glue
Estimated time: 5 minutes
Carving
Fasten your pieces to your X-Carve and start the carving process.
Estimated time: 30 minutes
Sanding
Once all 5 pieces are done carving, find any immperfections and sand them down with your 150 grit sand paper.
Estimated time: 5 minutes
Glue-up
Make sure the long wooden piece is on the bottom and glue both short pieces to the sides. Make sure the 1/8 grooves are on the inside of the piece. Place a litte bit of glue on the grooves, not too much because we don't want squeeze out and insert the acrylic cut outs into the grooves.
Estimated time: 5 minutes
Finish
Make sure to waterproof the wood so humidity doesn't damage it. In this case I'd go for tung oil.
Estimated time: 5 minutes
Having the grooves run the entire length of the bottom piece will result in holes on each side when assembled. This would cause a leak if it isn't sealed. I would recommend shortening the groves by 10 mm on either end of the bottom piece. That would eliminate the holes.
Garrett
Oh, that's true. Didn't even think of that, thank you very much Garrett, already fixed the design. :)
Antonio Hernandez Menchaca