Planter Scrap (Version 2)

From same scrap material with a twist.  

This planter will drain. But it will need a drainage "pan" (in this case a discarded jar for some unknown food or condiment...

..like so .. below.  End of story; but wait.  No woodworking involved?

This project will have made a straight forward fully functioning planter idea into a more elaborate project that started with a sketch.  Again, back to my favorite geometric shape - the hexagon.  

Drilling the circle within the hexagon

Three legs

Cutting the slots at three corners of the hexagon to match with the slots on the legs

One other way to make a hexagon is to cut six equilateral triangles ..

Then glue them up together, like so. 

Drill a shallow 1.0 inch hole into the base but not all the way through

Cut a 1.0 inch rod ...

Glue it to the bottom of the jar ..

Special adhesives

Many ways I could think of to insure the jar will not move around, yet removable to throw the drained water.  I settled on attaching a section of a 1.0 inch rod to the bottom of the jar that will fit into a 1.0 inch hole at the base.

From this slow-growing plant (in a non-draining planter) I made cuttings two weeks ago ...

..and let them root in water

This small planter will drain into the jar below.

As always with woodworking, it is the small projects that are more challenging but excellent at drawing the imagination and lots of patience.