How to Build a Decorative Driveway Marker

Lay out eight rough-cut balusters on your work surface, using spacers to set the distance between them—1½ inches in our case. Line up the angled ends against a board. At the other ends, measure and mark the outside edge of the tall baluster at 20 inches and the short one at 14 inches. Use a straightedge to connect the points, and mark a cutline across each baluster, as shown. Reset your miter saw to 90 degrees and cut each piece. Now you have eight balusters of declining length, each with an angle on top that lines up perfectly with its neighbor. Use the first set of balusters to trace cutlines on the second set, and cut them to match. Set all 16 aside.