The construction adhesive serves two purposes it glues the tapered cover in place and completely seals the lower edge of the plywood against moisture.
Build tapered craftsman porch columns.
Then layout the taper at the top.
Start by ripping a blank the width of the outside board at the bottom of the column.
This is exterior grade plywood with waterproof glue but you still need to take ever step possible to protect it from the elements.
Making the tapered column covers for the front porch.
Attach top 1 6 trim.
Like any butt jointed box the column is made of two wide outside boards and two narrower inside boards.
Measure height of your porch columns and cut 4 1x6s to that size.
This front gabled porch features craftsman characteristics like exposed rafter tails square tapered columns a roof vent and stucco pedestals.
Creating a tapered porch column using a track saw by mike sloggatt.
Diy craftsman style porch columns step 1.
Cut 4 pieces of 1 6 7 1 2 on the short side and 9 inches on the long side with mitered.
The column base is a simple plywood box that fits under the cap.