Post #399511 by TikiTres on Wed, Aug 6, 2008 8:41 PM

Thanks Surf! I went to Lowe's today to attempt to order some 2x redwood and cedar, and much to my surprise they had 2x8 cedar in stock so I picked up a couple of 8' lengths and will try some fully carved fish with it. The redwood ain't gonna be that easy though, they didn't even know if they could order it.

On another note, my order of Bosko goodies arrived today! Woohoo! Bosko and Truus were a pleasure to buy from, they gave me a schedule which they met to the day and they did an excellent job on everything! I'm excited to get this patio remodel project underway, all I need is some relief from the 100+ weather we've been getting :o Here are some pics:

There are two of these columns, both 6" round and 8' tall (that's a tall 7' fence it's leaning against). They are not carved all the way to the top because they will lag bolt behind an existing beam, so there's some overlap.

The columns have 3 stacked tikis, here's a closeup of #1:

#2:

#3:

This is a custom carved 4x beam that Bosko did to my spec's, this will be my A-frame beam with the bird-mouth pointing out. I LOVE how it turned out!!

This trim (2 pieces like this) will be installed over the existing horizontal cedar beam:

And finally this will go in the center of the existing beam under the A frame and will have lights in the eyes: