This is the best, most professional looking DIY obelisk tutorial on youtube. Excellent job!

@Smallbarnworkshop

8 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks! Regards JP

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..

@Smallbarnworkshop

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Awesome presentation. Thank you! I’ve always wanted one in our garden, and now I’ll build one.

@Smallbarnworkshop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Regards JP

Must be one of the most simplistic of videos out there on making your own obelisk. 👍

@Smallbarnworkshop

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Muffin! 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.

@Smallbarnworkshop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind comments. I hope you enjoy your own build

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!

@Smallbarnworkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind feed back.

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!

Nice work mate. One of these has been on my list of things to do for ages.

Nice work!

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.

@Smallbarnworkshop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your view and kind comments Carolina. Regards JP

Helpful. Thank you.

@Smallbarnworkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching 👍

It’s beautiful! I love it!

@Smallbarnworkshop

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊 Regards JP

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.

@Smallbarnworkshop

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! regards JP

Yhanks for posting - I'm making mine differently.

@Smallbarnworkshop

Жыл бұрын

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.👍

@Smallbarnworkshop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you David. Regards JP

Love the straightforward explanation and the template idea - can be used again and again

@Smallbarnworkshop

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I've made another 3 using the template since. All the family wanted one!

@TheScotsmanabroad

2 жыл бұрын

@@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 !

@Smallbarnworkshop

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Lining paper comes in very handy for setting items out. the person you have made it for will be very happy.

awesome 👌

@Smallbarnworkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏻

Just the job I’ve been looking for, well explained,new subscriber

@Smallbarnworkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

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

@Smallbarnworkshop

3 жыл бұрын

I’m really pleased you found it helpful. Good luck with your project.

@jenniewilliams1668

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

@Smallbarnworkshop

3 жыл бұрын

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

Very nicely designed. A PDF set of plans would be first rate.

Very helpful video - for me it confirmed the method for attaching the cross members. One question (perhaps I missed the answer): how did you avoid having the screws run into each other? That is, did you offset the screws on opposite sides of each leg so that they didn't collide when you attached the second screw? ps - Another method to secure the pieces for assembly would be to cut angled pads so as to allow use of horizontal clamps, instead of clamping sides to workbench. I use carpet tape in these situations to prevent pads from slipping.

@Smallbarnworkshop

Ай бұрын

HI. Yes the screws are placed to cross over and miss each other. With this width timber there is plenty room. Regards JP

@fgriffintx

Ай бұрын

Thanks for quick reply/answer. I like your design better than the ones with "skirts" around the outsides of the 4 legs. Down where I live we need to use treated wood (pine) for any outside project. That will require pilot holes to avoid splitting, but the rest should work.

@Smallbarnworkshop

Ай бұрын

@@fgriffintx yes pilot holes. I didn’t use treated pine and it’s doing well outside. The reason for not using treated timber was I build this during lockdown in 21 and I couldn’t find any anywhere. Regards JP

You look like Karl pilkington. Great looking obelisk 👍

@Smallbarnworkshop

2 жыл бұрын

Karl Pilkington 🤣 someone said in a comment I look like Paul McCartney 🤔 know who's money I'd have though. Regards JP

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

@Smallbarnworkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. I’m using Movavi.

Good tutorial and that Obelisk is looking nice. It looks much better, then those made without cutting angles. Before I sou this, I started to calculate , but now I will take paper and measure, as you did. I don't have workshop and I will be makin it on the floor. How you fix obelisc to the ground, so wind don't turn it down and brake young clematis?

@Smallbarnworkshop

Ай бұрын

Thank you. it’s tied to some rebar hammered into the ground and extends to the first rung. 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.

@Smallbarnworkshop

2 жыл бұрын

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 👍

@Smallbarnworkshop

3 жыл бұрын

I actually included a scene that said "the obligatory cup of tea" but it didn't survive the edit. Thanks for watching 👍

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!!!

@Smallbarnworkshop

2 жыл бұрын

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

@jarmstrong2843

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Smallbarnworkshop

2 жыл бұрын

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

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...

@Smallbarnworkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. 😊

@richardmccann4815

2 жыл бұрын

14 degrees total from both angles.?

@richardmccann4815

2 жыл бұрын

I'm going out to build one now, in hardwood. We shall soon try to figure this out!

@richardmccann4815

2 жыл бұрын

@@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!

@Smallbarnworkshop

2 жыл бұрын

Yep that how I measured it. If you make a template bit doesn’t matter

How do you not hit vertical screws placed before?

@Smallbarnworkshop

2 ай бұрын

With this thickness timber you have plenty on zonal area for screws to cross. Regards JP

Excellent video!. Thanks!. How did you secure it in the ground please?

@Smallbarnworkshop

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@graham961

3 жыл бұрын

@@Smallbarnworkshop Many thanks!.will let you know what works best here (quite windy...)

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!

@Smallbarnworkshop

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@Smallbarnworkshop

3 жыл бұрын

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

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?

@Smallbarnworkshop

2 жыл бұрын

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

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?

@Smallbarnworkshop

2 жыл бұрын

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

@Smallbarnworkshop

2 жыл бұрын

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

@Smallbarnworkshop

2 жыл бұрын

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?