How to build an obelisk

Materials list

• One 4 x 4 fence post with finial, cut about 14" long
• Four 8' 2 x 2s for 93½" legs
• One 8' 2 x 4 for four 22" spreaders
• Four 4' pieces of ¼" x 1½" lath, perhaps rip-cut from a 2 x 4, for: four 171⁄2" lower crosspieces, four 14" middle crosspieces, and four 10½" upper crosspieces
• Four 7' pieces of ¼" x 1" lath, perhaps rip-cut from 5⁄4 decking, for four long verticals
• Eight 5' pieces of ¼" x 1" lath for eight shorter verticals
• 1¼" and 2" decking or stainless-steel screws