With senior technical editor Mark Powers, This Old House magazine
2 days
$150, not including the lantern.
Difficulty: Easy
About This Video
In this video, senior technical editor Mark Powers builds a lamppost for a garden pathway.
Steps: 1. Size the 2x4 pieces. 2. Prep the post for wiring (optional). 3. Cut the cladding. 4. Assemble the lamppost. 5. Install the dowels. 6. Make the decorative base. 7. Set the lamppost.
24 common cedar board. Get one 8-footer to make the center post and lantern arm. 16 clear cedar boards. Get two 8-foot lengths to clad the post. 210 clear cedar board. Get one 6-footer to wrap the base of the post. construction adhesive 2- and 2½-inch-long finishing nails for a pneumatic nailer ⅜-inch hardwood dowel ⅜-inch-diameter spade bit waterproof carpenter's glue to glue dowel rods in place polyurethane glue for mitered joints on the decorative base 100-grit disks for the random-orbit sander 1-inch screw hook for hanging the lantern or light fixture copper candle lantern low-voltage land-scape light fixture (optional) transformer (optional) 12-volt cable (optional) cable staples (optional)
Tools You Will Need:
1. sliding-compound miter saw
2. drill/driver
3. circular saw to cut wiring channel
4. ¾-inch chisel to clear waste wood from wiring channel
5. hammer
6. combination square
7. caulking gun
8. pneumatic finishing nailer
9. flush-cutting handsaw to trim dowel rods
10. 3-pound sledgehammer to set lamppost
11. 2-foot level
12. random-orbit sander