Watering Vessel
The swan-inspired look of this beautiful project makes it just as much a work of art as it is practical.
Organic shapes aren‘t always common in woodworking. Most tools are better suited to cutting straight lines and square corners, but this wooden watering vessel defies expectations in more ways than one. The shape of this project was inspired by the swan carvings done by our designer‘s grandfather. The swooping curves of the vessel are designed to evoke the look of such carvings. Templates and a router do a lot of the work here. They‘re used to create the interior channel and the stepped basin on two halves of the vessel. The halves are then glued together, and another template is used to form the rough profile of the exterior.
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- 12 pages of step-by-step instructions
- 30 full-color photos and illustrations and exploded views
- Hardware sources and materials list
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The United States Customary System of Units (USCS or USC), more commonly referred to as the English or Imperial system, is the standard set of units for our plans. It uses inches and feet for measurement. This is the one you probably want if you are in the United States, and it is the one we have traditionally offered on this website.
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The International System of Units (SI), more commonly referred to as the metric system, is the alternative set of units that we have available for some of our plans. It uses millimeters, centimeters, and meters for measurement. This is the one you probably want if you are outside the United States. These plans are provided by our business partner, Australian Woodsmith, and are based on the original Woodsmith plan. However, dimensions and other elements of the plan may vary between the metric and standard versions. Be sure to double-check the plan before building.
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All of the information that you need to build our plans can be found in the standard plan. However, if you want even more granular detail to make your job easier, you should consider our premium plans. These come with additional shop diagrams that we drew when creating the prototypes. Shop drawings are not available for every plan.