Step 1
The planter has two
panels that are three
boards each and two
panels that are four
boards each. After you
slide the boards together
to form the panels you’ll
notice that on each end
of the panels you still
have either a tongue or a
groove left. In order for
us to connect the panels
together we need to rip off the tongue and grooves that are on the end of
our panels.
Here’s how we ripped off the unnecessary tongue or groove and cut the
panels to final width. To avoid confusion only work on one panel at a
time so you’re only working on two boards at a time. Take one of the
end boards on a long panel (one that has four boards) and set your
combinationsquaretothelengthfromtheedgetojustremovethe
tongue or groove. With a pencil and your set combination square, slide
the two together down the length of the board to form a cut line to
follow. Clamp the board to you workbench and remove the tongue or
groove with your handsaw.
Now, take the piece you just cut and re-attach it to the long panel. The
final width of the long panels are 19”, so measure over from the board
you just cut to the other edge and place a mark at 19”. Again, set your
combination square to this mark and with a pencil mark this length
down the entire edge. Cut these pieces to width just as before. The other
long panel is done the exact same way.
For the short panels (one that has three boards) the only difference is the
final width is 14 ¼”. Cut all four sides to final width.