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For the little gardener in all of us.
Tinplate, which is what tin cans are made of (tin-plated steel) is a great material for making all sorts of cool things. You'll first need to flatten out the can to get some useable tinplate for your project. Check out the videos on our website (http://tinplategirl.com) for instructions on how to do this, as well as information about the tools and techniques we use.
The Garden Cart a simple project that shouldn’t take you more than an evening or so to finish. You can strategically place the pattern on printed tinplate from cans, or use plain tinplate and even paint it when you're done!
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Harmonee.seal added Tinplate Garden Cart to Gardening Fun 24 Aug 23:25
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Step 4
Cut the pieces out with scissors. When cutting out the sides, cut the curved side on the dotted line on the plan, which will leave a little extra to be trimmed off later. Clean up the edges with a file. You can remove the paper from all the pieces at this point. If there is paint or a plastic coating on the tinplate, file or grind it back a little to create a line for the solder.
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Step 10
Tack solder the sides to the bin in three places. You can do this by carefully picking up the three pieces, like a sandwich, and touching the soldering iron (charged with solder) to each edge in three places. If you work quickly, the pieces will not get too hot. Tack the ends of each side, then tack the middle. Work from the outside of the cart.
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Step 13
Once the body of the cart is finished, you’ve done the hardest part. Now bend the leg to the shape shown on the plan.
Place the leg in position against the back side of the bin, right in the middle, as shown on the plan. With the point of your X-acto knife, mark the position of the leg on the bin by scratching the bin. (Lay the bin and the leg on the plan to help you determine the best position.)
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