Lampost-quick, easy and inexpensive

Looks great!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

I bet she is really pleased. Very nice.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Looks like a real clean job. Is the post now an octogon?

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It looks great.

-- Jesus is Lord!

it’s beautiful—like a beacon saying “here’s home”.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Great looking idea – I have to upgrade mine sometime in the future – I’ll keep this one in mind

-- Tony - All things are possible, just some things are more difficult than others! - SKYPE: Heron2005 (http://www.poydatjatuolit.fi)

Quick, easy, inexpensive, yet a really useful and tastefully done project. That’s great, Bob!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

The post is still square. It looks somewhat octagonal in the picture because on the upper 1/2 I screwed on 2” wide strips of cedar. It cover up the dado I routed for the wire and provides some detail. I saw a very similar (but not nearly as nice IMHO) lampost (no mailbox) on sale at a local fence company for $350.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Here is a link to the Sketchup model for those that might be interested.
http://www.stoneaxe.biz/Sketchup/lamppost.skp

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

that’s a great plan!! Thank you

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Does she have the problem we have around here of kids playing mailbox baseball? It really gets old. Nice job. jockmike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

That happens around here too occasionally. I’ve replaced a couple of my own over the years. Fortunately she lives at the end of a cul-de-sac so it’s unlikely.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

I was shocked when I heard that teens had a term for knocking down mailboxes. Here they call it “mailboxing”.
I guess they spend their enjoyment hours “mailboxing” and “cow-tipping”.
I have given a lecture or two to friends of my kids when they were younger.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

LOL…Deb, I grew up on the streets of Boston. You have no idea how funny that sounds. I won’t even begin to list some of the stupid things I did as a teenager.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

I had a neighbor who got his mailbox wiped out with either a snowplow or mailbox baseball.

He made a new box out of 1/4” stainless steel and welded it to a base that swivels if it is hit. The pole is 6” stainless. I used my tractor to dig the hole to set it in.

15 years later the box is still as good as new.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Every winter when we get a good storm I put out a temporary mailbox. I have it mounted on a 2×6 that I just jam into the snow bank. That way I don’t need to worry about shoveling out the box every storm.

I have neighbors around here that have plastic mailboxes that are filled with concrete….some kid swings at that at 40 mph…..can you say forearm shiver?

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org