This is a badge bit (
BB) that is part of the
PEM curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the
straw badge in
Dimensional Lumber Woodworking.
Perhaps your house came with a plastic mailbox that has seen one too many snowplows. Let's replace it with something pretty - a timber frame post!
Here's one way to do it:
Minimum requirements:
- Make a timber frame mailbox post
- No metal
- Includes at least one angle brace
- Includes at least one mortise and tenon joint
- Joints are tighter than the width of a
wood pencil
- Rot resistant wood
- Not assembling a kit
Provide proof of the following as pictures or
video (<2 min):
- The lumber you're going to use for this
project
- Midway through the construction process
- Completed mailbox post
- Show close-ups of joinery