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A garden obelisk made mainly from hardwood garden stakes.
Thanks for joining in the discussion @Keithw. Let me tag @Bundaboy for you so he is alerted to your questions. I'm sure he'll get back to you as soon as possible.
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Jason
Galv screws (can't afford SS ;-)), the usual ratio of the depth of the top member + 2/3rds of that - but in truth I would have just eyeballed this such the screw didn't protrude through the bottom member.
I should add that I would have definitely pre-drilled the top members, even those away from the ends.
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