How to build a plant stand on wheels?

If you have tall indoor plants or if you bring in chilly shrub tubs in a veranda or greenhouse, you may be tired of breaking your back moving them to take them out on the terrace on sunny days. or simply to do the housework. The simplest solution is to put them on roller racks that you can easily make yourself, exactly to the dimensions you want, using reclaimed wood pallets, at minimal cost.

How to build a plant stand on pallet wood wheels

Materials and tools to build a plant holder on wooden pallet wheels

You need to start by picking up a wooden pallet, which you will find at the back of supermarkets, furniture stores, DIY stores, garden centers, etc. To choose the right one, take one that is raw: these pallets are untreated and are often made of Scots pine, spruce or Douglas wood, naturally rot-proof. Check that it is clean, without runs or stains meaning that indeterminate products have spilled on it. Set aside those that are colored (red, blue ...) or marked "EUR" and "EPAL" because their wood is treated, and above all they are consigned to be reused by carriers.

For a 38 x 38 cm plant holder:

1 pallet of salvaged wood allowing to cut 7 boards 8 cm wide x 38 cm long

12 x 25 mm Phillips wood screws

4 wheels

your toolbox and some additional tools: crowbar, hammer, pincers, screwdriver, square, saw ...

How to build a pallet planter?

You must start by disassembling the pallet using the crowbar, hammer, pincers, being careful not to damage or split the boards you want.

After tearing the pallet to pieces, it can be said that you have carried out the hardest and most thankless task.

Saw 7 boards 38 cm long. Spread a little sandpaper on each cut end. Either you want the wood to stay raw and you stop there, or you want a plant stand that's perfectly finished, then you have to sand the planks.

On the workbench or on the floor, vertically align 4 boards side by side, keeping 2cm between each one. Above, superimpose the 3 remaining boards horizontally, starting at 5cm from the edge formed by the vertical boards. Also keep 2 cm between the boards. You have thus placed the whole as the plant holder will be in the end.

use pallet wood planks

For fixing, use 4 screws per horizontal board allowing each to perforate a vertical board below. Do the same for the other 2 horizontal boards.

At each angle, fix a wheel with the appropriate screws (sold with or from your workshop) to make the plant holder removable.

If you've sanded the boards, want to stain or paint your creation, or just treat the wood with a mixture of linseed oil and turpentine, do so now.

When you are finished, all you have to do is get help, if necessary, to move a large pot on this plant holder that you can easily move to clean or shelter it for example.

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