Wednesday, October 12, 2005

DIY PVC Bonsai Stand

Materials required are two 4 inch couplings, plastic drip pan for pot, round paver stone, four 4" deck screws, eight 2 inch deck screws and cement glue.

The tools I used were a power drill to drill the holes, and to screw in the deck screws.

The longer the length of PVC pipe, the larger the plastic drip pan needs to be. It is leveled, then filled with cement. After the cement has set, turn the drip pan upside down. Place the coupler on top of the drip pan with the vertical screws sticking out of the drip pan into the bottom of the PVC coupler. The screws in the coupler should be in the bottom half of the coupler. Fill the bottom of the PVC coupler with cement and allow to set. The top PVC coupler is placed on a sheet of plastic and the bottom half with the deck screws is filled with cement.

After all of the cement has set up, insert the PVC pipe into the bottom coupler, then insert the PVC pipe into the top coupler. Center and glue the round paver onto the top PVC coupling.

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