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Unfortunately, I don't have a template. The best I have are the dimensions I specify in the video at 1:07. Sorry.

Since I just used regular framing lumber, it was very inexpensive. The lumber ended up only costing about $80 USD.

@@814creative insane. Looks awesome . Thx for

@@Monkiesuncle Thanks. The funny thing is that I saw this comment notification as my daughter and I were walking into the store to get supplies for another Halloween build. She’s both my encouragement and my excuse to do things like this 🙂

Thanks, and yes, there was an awful lot of planing. After while it became almost meditative sending the boards through one after another and I love seeing the finished boards come out the other side. Using the fence boards did save an absolute ton of money over any other option I looked at, so I think all the board sorting and planing was well worth it.

@@vintagelady1 I’m making decorations, memories and scars. Don’t forget the scars. 🙂 It is kind of nice to have a sort of blank canvas to work up from.

@@JustineKC-g1y That’s what’s so nice about making them so each column breaks down into two pieces. Each column section is about 3 feet tall after I take them apart, which makes them a good size to slide into a garage storage loft. I would post a picture but I already have them down and ready for adding more details.

No worries. If I remember correctly, the final cost was right around $190 USD.

@@814creative not bad at all! Thank you!

Was interested but had to leave early because of the music

I'm actually pretty new to video production and I'm still refining my approach. I will keep the music variety in mind for future videos. Thanks for the insight.

Thanks for the compliment and I totally hear you on designing for storage. No matter how much room you think you have, it's never enough. I know people that actually rent storage space just for their holiday decorations.

Thank you for the kind words.

Since I made the columns so each one breaks down into two pieces, I can actually tuck them up on a storage loft in my garage. I can just lay them on their side and slide them in. Since they're also hollow, I can fill them with a bunch of my other decorations. That way, everything takes up a lot less space. I kind of treat them like storage totes.

Trees are on my short list of future decorations. I've seen some really amazing ones I'd like to model mine after and making them modular is a great idea. Unfortunately, I just keep running out of time.

@@814creative Being able to break down the decorations is always a good thing. One channel was making tree trunks by rolling up anti fatigue matts to make the tree trunk. I like the idea of being able to unroll them to store them but fear they might be to flimsy in the wind. I made mine with some old school concrete footing forms. They are thick cardboard tubes. I cut them at an angle, rotated them and re-attached them. I put wood in them, same as your columns, to align and hold the 2 halves together. I had to round one edge of the 2x4s to match the curve of the tube. I like most of the branches I've seen using Locktite foam. I'm thinking of putting a block of wood at the end to attach it to the trunk. Put a key hole slot in the tree, and put a hex bolt and big washer in the block of wood to go into the key hole slot. It's end of season so it might be time to stock up on pool noodles

The wood will probably hold up better in the long run but that's only about half the reason I didn't go with foam. Something about the feel and sound of the foam is like nails on a chalk board for me. It kind of freaks me out. 🙂 Plus, the foam was surprisingly expensive compared to the wood.

That's a very good suggestion. I use EMT conduit a lot. So much, that I actually keep a stock pile of it at my house. I'm not sure why it never crossed my mind to use it, especially since I previously used conduit and a bender to make an arched curtain rod for a radius window in my house. It may be time for an upgrade soon. 🙂

@@814creative I'm glad it was helpful!

I'm glad you like the columns. I've been looking at the digital decorations for a long time. I just haven't come up with a good place to use it yet, since something about every window in my house makes it a difficult setup. Maybe someday.

@@TheFunTheWeirdTheMysterious Thank you for the kind words. I’m hoping to have some more videos soon. I have several projects I’m working on right now. I just need to actually finish one so I can put a video together. 🙂

@@GregPackard Thanks. I had a grand plan to keep building around this. Hopefully, I still have time to do at least some of what I wanted to do this year.

@@prsstephenvessell Thanks. I still have so much I want to do to it but it’s hard to remind myself that Halloween is just around the corner when it still feels like summer outside.

@@benproctor1006 Thanks. If you live around me then you will totally understand all my comments about the weather. 🙂

@@drewdatification A CNC machine would have made the letters a lot easier. I have a friend who has a CNC and carves things like decorative corbels to sell. Maybe someday I will be able to justify getting one. 🙂

@@gueramercado The color is actually a two step process. The first step is to whitewash the wood with watered down, off white paint. This whitewash base coat helps hide the yellow color of the pine. I used a 1:1 ratio of water to paint. I wiped the paint/water mixture on, let it dry for about 30 - 60 seconds and wiped off any excess paint. Once the whole thing was dry to the touch, I moved on to the second step. The second step was just wiping on Minwax Aged Oak Gel Stain and almost immediately wiping it off. How long you leave the stain on completely depends on how dark you want the color. The longer you leave the stain on, the darker the final color is.

@@Kernowwoods Thanks for the compliment. I do like how this technique turned out. I definitely plan on using a similar approach for a handful of other projects on my list.

@@TheBandit5001 It’s actually really stable since the legs are so wide and the dovetail won’t let the top move back and forth much at all. Once you get it set, it doesn’t move unless you grab a leg by the bottom and pull. Even then, it barely moves out of square and that’s only because I left a little bit of wiggle room around the dovetail to make assembly easier. If it did become a problem, it could easily be solved with a couple of hidden angle brackets underneath the top beam and some screws to attach it to the inside of the legs. If you look closely, you can see that RH actually does something similar with theirs.

Thanks. I’m happy with how it turned out.