Large concrete pot design.....

[Wee]

Yep.... They were turned but you should see the size of the copper wire it took to bend the handrails around to fit....LOL

Brian

 

[Poink88]

Yep.... They were turned but you should see the size of the copper wire it took to bend the handrails around to fit....LOL

Brian

LOL. I bet aluminum won't work on those.

 

[jkd2572]

That pot is going to weigh 60lbs.......................

 

[Cadillactaste]

One thing for certain...wind won't blow it off no table. So how long before you take it out of the form?

 

[Wee]

It will be Friday when I pop it out of the form....I'm sure I'll have some smoothing out to do but I'll post pics just how it comes our of the form....I might even shoot a video.

60 lbs will be empty....I may turn the monkey pole it sits on into a turn-table.....I need another project to figure out.

Brian

 

[Vin]

It will be Friday when I pop it out of the form....I'm sure I'll have some smoothing out to do but I'll post pics just how it comes our of the form....I might even shoot a video.

60 lbs will be empty....I may turn the monkey pole it sits on into a turn-table.....I need another project to figure out.

Brian

Looking forward to the finished product.

 

[Wee]

It turned out great, if I say so myself....

I just couldn't wait till tomorrow....I figured from what I have read 3 1/2 days was enough cure time....I do have it sitting in the shade covered with wet towels. So here it is fresh out of the form. The inside form was a little tuff to get out but overall it came out nice....I think I will smooth it out some and maybe stain it a dark charcoal grey.

[video=youtube;MfEK8XHDblg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfEK8XHDblg&feature=youtu.be[/video]

Brian

 

[Poink88]

Nice.

3.5 days is enough to strip the forms but not nearly cured yet. You need a month almost to hit optimal curing. Keep it hydrated until then!

 

[Vin]

Drain holes seem a bit large but great job. Keep the updates coming!

 

[Vin]

Is leaching a concern?

 

[RustyNail]

glad you did it today the suspense was getting to me lol , good job looks good .

 

[Wee]

I'll coat the inside so leaching should not be a problem. I will wait a week before slip potting the juniper into it. Still got to figure out how to make the monkey pole it sits on into a turn-table.

Brian

 

[Wee]

I'll pull out the karting scales and see what it weighs this weekend.

Brian

 

[bonsairxmd]

Finally a pot my bullmastiff can't knock over! Very cool. Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

[jkd2572]

Do you plan on staining it?

 

[monza]

Cool, looks nice and thanks for sharing you made it look easy.

 

[808an]

Great job!!! Looking forward to seeing your tree in it.

 

[Wee]

I think I will stain it a darker grey.

Brian

 

[Cadillactaste]

Is leaching a concern?

I was anticipating it's reveal as well...looks to have turned out quite nicely!

 

[Wee]

I finally got around to finishing the pot....I stained the outside and sprayed the inside with plastic-dip...Now I just got to get the juniper into it's new home.

Brian