How to build a DIY Garden Obelisk for under £20
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 มี.ค. 2021
- Wooden Obelisk for Spring Garden. Woodworking for beginners. Simple had tools made with using tenon saw and DeWalt screwdriver, setting out instruction for a simple build. Step by step instructions. Screwed together. Filled and sanded and stained .
Fantastic Easter Project for beginners gardeners and weekend warriors. Made in Mancave.
Project used 6 number 1.8m lengths of planed 34 x 34mm prime which cost £15.60
Ball cap from Wickes which cost £3.60
Timber is pine.
Made in small workshop and finished in garden. Total build under £20 or approximately $30
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This is the best, most professional looking DIY obelisk tutorial on youtube. Excellent job!
Wow, thanks! Regards JP
Great explanation but sadly, having tried, using tantalised timber that isn't straight, the geometry has been impossible and I've wasted a morning, trying but failing, to make this nice piece of garden architecture, without horizontal supports. Oh well back to the drawing board!
Very nice, easy to make. Much better than the angles and bevels cut for dropping the rings onto the outside. There are very neat. Thank you for sharing..
Thank you very much!
Awesome presentation. Thank you! I’ve always wanted one in our garden, and now I’ll build one.
Thank you. Regards JP
Must be one of the most simplistic of videos out there on making your own obelisk. 👍
Thank you Muffin! Regards JP
Nice work mate. One of these has been on my list of things to do for ages.
Nice work!
Thank you. I've been wanting to try my hand at an obelisk for some time but, until now, had not been able to find a good tutorial. This was an excellent one. It is a pleasure to watch and learn from such a skilled and meticulous craftsman. The finished product looks wonderful. So do es the glimpse of your garden by the way!
Thank you for your kind feed back.
Helpful. Thank you.
Thank you for watching 👍
It’s beautiful! I love it!
Thank you! 😊 Regards JP
This is by far the best tutorial on how to make an obelisk without a lot of special equipment and complicated math! I now feel like I can tackle this project.
Thank you for your kind comments. I hope you enjoy your own build
Just the job I’ve been looking for, well explained,new subscriber
Thank you
Yhanks for posting - I'm making mine differently.
What is your method Stephen? Regards JP
Great tutorial. I've always shyed away from the obelisk now I have the confidence to have a bash. Great job.👍
Thank you David. Regards JP
awesome 👌
Thank you 🙏🏻
Excellent video with great use of a template to get your measurements. I've built one using another plan, but I'm going to build my next one using your plans because it is much simpler. Thanks for passing on the knowledge.
Thank you for your view and kind comments Carolina. Regards JP
Love the straightforward explanation and the template idea - can be used again and again
Thank you. I've made another 3 using the template since. All the family wanted one!
@@Smallbarnworkshop Well I drew my template on lining paper and I made one today and have the paper rolled up for the next time - probably a 60th Birthday present !
Brilliant. Lining paper comes in very handy for setting items out. the person you have made it for will be very happy.
Many thanks. Your video was a great inspiration and helped me figure out how to construct an obelisk for my garden. I ended up using 45x45mm pressure treated timber, but used the same principle. Really pleased with the result too.
Glad it was helpful! regards JP
This is the 2nd time I've watched your demo - just about to make the obelisk. Thanks so much for your great design, execution and teaching!
Warm regards Jennie
I’m really pleased you found it helpful. Good luck with your project.
@@Smallbarnworkshop I finished it and it is really great! I used 8foot 2x2s - I had already bought a few pineapple finials - I spent some time doing some beveling (with my chop saw) of layers of wood into almost a little tower on top, then the finial. Then stained the same color as my house. Its "planted" now over the clematis and rose grouping that will climb it - and looks like its meant to be there - sharp! This was my third woodworking project of my life - the first fully successful one. I have to thank you for such a dy-no-mite presentation and design.
Yours with warm regards from the US
Jennie
Brilliant well done Jennie. Mine is off on a road trip tomorrow to it’s final destination. I will post on my IG account when installed and planted
Love the beautiful mind reference. Details are great, something im working on with mine, you can cut the sound in the clips u speed up and add a music piece etc.. not sure which editor your using. But I think I will build this for my beans to trellis up! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching. I’m using Movavi.
Very nicely designed. A PDF set of plans would be first rate.
You look like Karl pilkington. Great looking obelisk 👍
Karl Pilkington 🤣 someone said in a comment I look like Paul McCartney 🤔 know who's money I'd have though. Regards JP
Nice video. Looking to make something similar. Crazy that the price has gone from close to £20 to near £30 now! And I'm a tradepro member.
Thanks. I was lucky with this build regarding prices, although I could not source any tanalised timber at the time. A few weeks later the prices really kicked it. I made an OSB desk in the summer and a 18mm sheet was a fortune. Regards JP
You did not include the cup of tea in the tools you will need! :) Nice project, and very well explained 👍
I actually included a scene that said "the obligatory cup of tea" but it didn't survive the edit. Thanks for watching 👍
Very good, thank you, made one from our local hardwood called Jarrah (a eucalyptus), slightly different dimensions to yours, but could not get the 14 degree angle to work, 7 degrees did the job though...cheers from Fremantle, Western Australia...
Thank you for watching. 😊
14 degrees total from both angles.?
I'm going out to build one now, in hardwood. We shall soon try to figure this out!
@@Smallbarnworkshop Great video, the cramped space you have is very cozy! The lumber mill here gets beautiful stuff, I buy the culls when I can. Thank you, great explanation and design as you go!
Yep that how I measured it. If you make a template bit doesn’t matter
Excellent video!. Thanks!. How did you secure it in the ground please?
Graham. It's just sat there under its own weight. I have seen them secured in other gardens with canes pushed in the bed and then the Obelisk feet tied to the canes . Thanks for watching.
@@Smallbarnworkshop Many thanks!.will let you know what works best here (quite windy...)
I have built several of these. Suggest painting or staining wood prior to putting together. It will make things go much quicker. Nice job though!!!
I would have liked to have used pre treated timbers but at the time of making supply shortages meant I couldn’t buy any. Thank you for watching and taking time to comment. regards JP
@@Smallbarnworkshop If you can find reclaimed lumber from old buildings, the wood makes nice things and will be much cheaper than new lumber and availability better. I use reclaimed lumber in most of my projects and things turn out nicely. However, I am not sure whether you possess a table saw, jointer/planer in your small attic work space to prepare the wood; making the purchase of new dimensional necessary.
Hi. Yes I have all those in the loft. When I made this in March 2021 things were still locked down in the UK. Shops were closed so finding so finding materials were really hard. I appreciate your advice though 👍 Regards JP
How do you not hit vertical screws placed before?
With this thickness timber you have plenty on zonal area for screws to cross. Regards JP
Agree with others, a great tutorial. Can I ask, did you cut the bottom of the 4 frames at an angle? I didn't see that. If so was it 14 degrees?
Hi. Thank you. I actually left them square. Now it is in situ I hammered some rebar into the ground and tied the legs to them. I stood the legs on some old pieces of roof tile so they don’t soak up the water. Regards JP
what size is the top of this obelisk and what is it called ?! I wondered if it was a curtain pole end? great vid btw
Thanks for watching. I bought it from wickes an outlet in the UK www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Deck-Post-Ball---Green-77-x-77-x-128mm/p/543261
Really helpful video and Ive now built 2 of them. However I keep mucking up the bit where you level the top and I end up needing some creative tool handling and sanding to get it level. What's the secret? I cant quite see in the vid as the camera is at the furthest away point? Any help appreciated as the missus has asked for a third!
hi. it’s basically a scribe. set your top cap on and use a small piece of wood wider than any gap, just set it under the top cap making a line underneath the piece. then cut to that line. regards JP
Nice project, when did you actually make the videos as I don’t think I could buy the timber for £20 with prices as they are in 2021?
February 21. It’s made from 1 1/2 x 3 cut down to 1 1/2 square. - 3 x 6ft plus the ball from Wickes for around £3
Just checked I paid £2.36 per lin metre for 1 1/2 x 3
you should title your videos correctly you ment 30$ worth of wood. What about the screws paint saw blades paint brush sand paper glue finsh coat
I'm probably about right the timber was just over £16 (about $22) so that leaves $8 for screws, sandpaper and finish. I didn't use glue and I didn't factor in the cost of tools. Not sure how to factor in tool depreciation. Is there a factor?