Do not use the pressure treated wood
1. It is full of nasty chemicals
2. Pine is a bad wood to turn to soft
3. The pith is always in the center of the 4X4
4. PT wood is not dried before or after treatment.

I would raid a fire wood pile and find some maple.


Walt A


On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:32:32 -0500, Troy
wrote:

Ok, I know this sounds nuts, but I'm seriously thinking about making
oversized pens ( no innards ) as "legs" for my lathe bench and possibly
to hang outside my shop. they would need to be 22¼" long. I thought
about making them dimensional proportianiate to a real pen. This gives
a rough example of what I'm thinking about.
http://www.treeturner.com/WOODEN%20PEN%20LEGS.JPG
The main problem I'm having is the fact that the 1014vs only goes to 12"
which doesn't seem like a large problem until I start trying to figure
out how to hold the whole mess together. I've got some tin I can use to
make a clip and some silver paint. As far as the wood goes I've got
Pressure Treated 4"x4" posts that are around 48" long so that is not a
problem either. I'm not sure what size "blank" to start with but if a
regular blank is 3/4"x3/4" x 5" then I would assume I need a 3" x 3" blank.
What do you guys think about this crazy idea? NOW I wish I had bought
the extension bed for the lathe... *sigh* well next time I get to go
tool shopping I will get it.

Troy