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Build this clever garden sink
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Make outdoor cleanup easier with this clever garden sink
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By Paul Lewis, photos by Roger Yip, illlustration by Len Churchill
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Sweating the Small Stuff
To make the faucet for this project, you'll need to sweat a few plumbing joints using lead-free solder and a propane torch. Joining copper pipe is easy when you don't have to contend with any water in the pipes and you have control over the position of the pieces.
Start by cleaning all the mating surfaces of copper with a strip of emery cloth-that's the cloth-backed abrasive found in the plumbing aisle. Next, brush a coating of flux paste onto the mating surfaces of each joint and push the fittings together. Unroll a length of solid-core solder about 8" to 10" long and clean it with emery cloth too. Heat each connection with a propane torch until solder touched to the opposite side of the fitting flows easily around the entire joint. Wipe the joint immediately after you're done using a damp rag, while the solder is still molten, for best appearance. Before sweating the shut-off valve in place, take it apart. Remove the rubber washer inside the valve to prevent it from melting when heated.
Wear safety glasses when soldering pipes, and work far away from flammable materials.
Fill Up or Wash Up
A stainless-steel bucket doubles as the sink's basin-take water wherever a splash is needed or remove garden grime. The sink's plumbing makes it a breeze to fit to a garden hose. The project is made with cedar, a weather-hardy species that resists insects. Mount it to your wall with screws driven through the uprights.
| YOU WILL NEED | | PART | MATERIAL | SIZE (T x W x L*) | Qty. | | Slats | cedar | 1" x 2" x 48" | 10 | | Uprights | cedar | 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 30" | 4 | | Shelf supports | cedar | 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 12" | 8 | | Soap shelf | cedar | 3/4" x 3" x 48" | 1 | | Angled brackets | cedar | 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 9 5/8" | 8 | | Faucet | | Pipe | copper | 1/2" x 1 1/2" | 1 | | Pipe | copper | 1/2" x 3 1/4" | 1 | | Pipe | copper | 1/2" x 5" | 1 | | Pipe | copper | 1/2" x 22" | 1 | | Shut-off valve | copper, with drain | 1/2" | 1 | | Plumbing elbows | copper | 90° | 2 | | Hose coupling | brass, threaded | 1 | | Pail | stainless steel | 10" - tall | 1 | | *Length indicates grain direction |
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