Hello everyone and welcome to the Kellogg Garden Youtube Channel. I'm Bridget and this is Evan,
and today we're going to be talking about this corrugated wood metal bed. I know
that I've talked about it before and I told you guys I would show you how Evan built it
and give you some ideas on size and all of that. So, today we're going to talk about it, but first
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All right so, I think last year I told Evan that I really wanted some cool raised beds.
Evan's mom, my mother-in-law, had some of this corrugated metal from a project done at her house,
so if something's not being used I'll absolutely take it, all right. Somebody figured some extra
material on accident. Yeah, to our benefit, right? So, I asked him if he could make me some beds with
it. So, we'll go through that. Now, when working with corrugated metal, it's really flimsy, really
pliable so you need to frame it in a bit. So, he did that with redwood? This is redwood right?
Yep. So, it's redwood. And then, the other thing I wanted is, I wanted it completely enclosed,
and then I wanted it on wheels because I wanted to be able to move these beds around. So,
lots of tall orders and Evan came through no problem. So, first and foremost, you had to build
the frame right? Yeah. So, what did you use, like what are these, what did you use? So, the frame, I
used two by four, and then I also took some two by six; like the bottom piece is two by six ripped in
half, so it's like two and five eighths. But, that way I could drive screws through it. I mean, you
could get really, really long screws but I kind of just opted to rip the two by six in half, it
makes better use of the materials, you can stretch it a little bit, get a little more,
you know, cut down the costs a little. And that way I just drove screws up into these two by
fours, there's a piece of three-quarter plywood I used for the bottom. And then, I notch the back
side of this to kind of flush it all out so you don't see the plywood. Okay, so tell me about
these screws on the corner. They're just like a smaller head deck screw, and I put three of them
just to attach these two pieces together for the corner, to give it a little strength. What
are the dimensions of the bed? It's roughly two foot by five foot. Okay, two foot by five foot.
And, I made good use of the corrugated metal because most of it, I believe, I just
cut in half, and I was able to get two beds out of one piece.
Yeah, I mean so, it's got an overhang on it, but, you know, overall it's 28" and a half.
63", so five foot three. Okay, and then, what did you use for the legs?
The legs are four by four. I didn't use redwood. I had some cut offs from work that were,
just dug fur. But the dug fur is a little bit stronger. Redwood's pretty soft
and since that has like lag screws going up from the bottom holding the wheels on,
I kind of opted for dug fur anyways, because it would be a little stronger.
I did pre-drill those and I used some lag screws there. In construction they're strong drive screws
that I already had. So, there's four of those in each one. And you could probably get away with
just four legs, but because we have the pavers back here and I didn't know exactly how heavy
these are going to be, I opted to put a leg in the middle as well. And, that way if the wife's
a little rough on moving these things around, I'm not worried about the legs collapsing. And,
I did beef up, there is three quarter plywood on the bottom, but where the legs
screw on I actually put another piece of three quarters, so I actually have inch and a half
just in those locations. So, I used some of the scraps
and just put a piece in where I basically screwed down from the plywood into the 4x4 to attach it,
and then attached the casters on the bottom. And then, you framed out the top, up here.
Yeah, with the 2x4. And then, that's also screwed from the frame, which is you know, I stated it
was two and five eights. So, basically I got two pieces out of one two by six; One for the bottom,
one for the top. And, I believe I made, actually, the top one a little bit thinner so that was like
inch and three quarters inch, and seven eights. Something like that.
So, what was the hardest thing about this project?
Yeah, I mean you just want to make sure that you get the legs on there good,
that you got them. Like I said, I put another layer three quarters, and you know. I mean,
that dirt, it ended up getting pretty heavy and you know. So, making sure that it's strong enough,
that you don't break those legs off. If you do, it'd be hard to repair. You know,
making it durable. I mean, it's fairly simple. It just screws together. The top part,
I actually use like a craig jig to drive screws in the corners, to just kind of suck the corners
together. They used to be pretty tight, but this was pretty wet when you first get it, and after
some weather it'll expand and contract a bit. And you know, they opened up a little bit, but it
is just an outdoor garden bed, it's not furniture. So, I still think it looks
pretty good. What are the height of the metal pieces? What are the... the corrugated metal? No,
the corner, you've got the three pieces that frame it, what are the heights of those?
You mean just the corner here? Yeah, just those pieces. It's like, 10 inches. And,
you cut how many of those? Well, there's three on each side,
so you got six on the sides and then the other two, is an actual two by four. Well.
Yeah, there's six total, and then the four corners I have one that was ripped down. So this one's
actually ripped down, it's not just one piece. So, you know, this total is four inches and this side,
this is three and a half. Because the corners look so seamless, so this is actually two pieces
of wood right here? Yeah, it's just because if this piece was ripped down, it didn't have the
eased edge. So, you know and they're from, I try to keep the same pieces of material together.
And then, they're also glued and then that's what the three screws are doing there,
is attaching that nice and tight. And, there's been no bowing at all.
I mean, I've had this two seasons and it doesn't bow at all, which is nice. Yeah, I tried to
build it like that. It was like, the key thing is making sure it's strong enough that it you know,
and build well enough that it's gonna last. And then, like all the corrugated metals screwed on.
These are just truss screws, we usually use those in construction to install windows. I
think they're just like a zinc screw, but they hold up to weather. Will they rust?
I don't believe so, I mean zinc is pretty durable. I mean, it's not as good as galvanized but
it's definitely fine for this application. It's not like it's sitting under water.
What did you use to cut the corrugated metal? I used an angle grinder.
So, that was a little fun, like marking it with a sharpie, and then you know. It didn't have to
be perfect because you know, where I cut at the bottom, and you know fewer might be at the top.
I sanded it lightly, just so it's not a real sharp edge. But,
it's kind of tucked underneath. This has a slight overhang of like a half inch on the inside.
So you know, it kind of gets buried in there. I mean, you don't see it a whole lot,
it's not like it's something you're going to rub your hand on or anything.
I also did that to kind of give it a little bit of leeway,
so things don't have to be absolutely perfect.
You know, there's no reason you have to make everything flush. It's always nice to have
a little overhang on everything. I think on the outside I gave it an inch and a half, and on the
inside it has a half inch. And then, these are 45s, right? Yeah, it's a 45. Why do you do your
corners with 45 angle? It just looks cleaner, I mean that's how you would do any kind of you know,
picture frame, piece of furniture. Butt joints aren't going to come out as clean not not going
to look as professional. And, he did it down here too, right? Yeah, and that one, you know, you just
don't want to see the end grain on any piece of wood. Like these, I could have cut out a 45 that's
a little excessive, it's easier you know, this is butted together but you don't see the end grain.
So, what did you use to cut your 45? Sliding compound miter saw. Okay.
So, you've built three of these, is there anything you did different
on the third one? Anything you'd do different building anymore?
I think the first one, I don't think I used the craig jig to screw the corners together,
and it might have been this one. The other ones I did, so they sucked a little bit tighter.
I wasn't relying on just screwing it to the frame. So, I did that to try to tighten, you
know ,tighten up the corners a little bit. I mean, I've done that with furniture stuff before, but
never with a garden. I just didn't really think it initially to do with the garden bed, I figured
it would come out good enough without it, but i think that helped.
But no, I mean. I basically built them all the same. I think it just obviously gets easier the
more you do something. But yeah. They're a little time consuming. How long do you think it takes to
build one of these beds? It's hard because I've built all three of them at different times,
and never in an entire, I didn't spend the whole day ever on, you know just did you know, a little
bit here and a little bit there, but I mean it's easily probably eight hours worth of work.
Now, if I were to build a whole bunch of them together, then you could cut that down, you know.
Cut all the pieces for if you're going to build several of them, like three or four at a time.
It would go faster because all the pieces are the same, so you can just go ahead and set up
cut all your pieces kind of production style. But, all these were mostly just one at a time.
Okay, so now you've got to see the bed, hear how Evan built it, and I have kept him busy. I've kept
him really busy in the garden. He's built me three of these beds, they are my favorite bed. If you've
watched any of my other videos, I say it all the time. They're sturdy. I actually like the size,
five feet by two feet. I like it, I can move it around. This one was actually in the front yard
and I moved it to the backyard. Yeah, they move around a lot. I moved two from back here into
the front yard, so these wheels, where did we get these wheels? Were these like home depot or
something? Those ones are from Home Depot, I mean they're kind of the best ones they have there.
They do have locks on them, but they're going to be more expensive. You can find them on
amazon. You can probably find something real similar for cheaper. I don't know,
I mean they were like 10 bucks a piece. It adds up, you know, for three of these things.
I like them, I think that they work really well. Now, the only thing. Now, it's untreated wood
he did say we're using on the bottom, we're using, what were we using? Plywood. So,
now on the plywood, you can get plywood that doesn't use, so the thing that makes plywood
something most people don't want to use in an organic garden, is that it they use formaldehyde
in their glue, right? So, the glue that puts all those layers together, there's formaldehyde in
it. Now, I wasn't as worried about it because it is on the bottom, and we lined the bed a bit with
some landscaping cloth, and since that's way down there I wasn't as worried about it. You can find
plywood that doesn't have the formaldehyde glue. It's going to be a little more expensive and I
don't know a lot about that product, but you can find that. But, it does save you money,
I didn't want to use really nice wood on the bottom, so that's what we put down there.
So, that's the only thing to consider if you want to make this completely organic and not have any
sort of any voc type material on there. So, other than that I love this bed. I have not sealed it,
I should and I haven't. I do have some linseed oil, and I haven't done it yet. But,
possibly I will. Either this season or next. So, if you have any questions, go ahead and leave
them in the comments below, and I'll do my best to answer them, or I'll have Evan answer them for me.
I appreciate you guys joining us again, and thank you for those of you who reminded me
that I promised to get this video out. I use these beds all the time. Evan's a busy guy, so I have to
grab them when I can to come in and help me uh explain how he built these beds. All right so,
I will talk to you guys again really soon. Happy gardening! Say bye, Evan. Bye. See you later!