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Post construction

6x6 is pretty much the norm for all but the NST which started out narrower but in it's latest incarnation (and the refit just before) were widened to about 5.5 which is actually the width of a 2x6 or 1x6
 
It also looks like I might wind up building the Tardis around the door design hence it might wind up being slightly bigger
 
A few years ago Glen Walker assembled a fantastic manual (in PDF) for building your own TARDIS, and it covers several methods for building the corner posts. You can download his manual through a link on Scarfwearer's site:

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~trekker/policeboxes/download.html

The above link is not Scarfwearer's site directly, but at Glen's request he would prefer people to access Scarfwearer's site (at least for downloading the manual) through his site, which is the above link.

I would also suggest checking out Scarfwearer's site, which is crammed full of helpful information on all aspects of building TARDIS replicas, especially consoles:

http://relative-dimensions.net/v2/home/index.htm

(Also, I hear that Glen has a revised edition of his TARDIS Builders' Manual in the works: no completion date set yet, but I'm anxious to see it!)

Dino.
 
It should be noted that as fantastic as that tutorial is (it really is the perfect way to do those posts) if you are considering an NST (2005-2010) the posts have no bevel (is that the word? It's late over here, for me at least) - they are essentailly square blocks (or a perfect L shape) - this is a problem I'm trying to overcome with my build - you would have thought the old style corners would be way harder with their fancy corners, but no. At the moment, a block of wood is all I can think of.
 
I think isomorphic is referring to the "quarter round" molding on the edges of the Classic TARDISes' corner posts when he refers to the "bevel", and that the "TARDIS Builder's Guide" doesn't cover the New Series TARDIS' corner posts, which look like simple square posts.

It shouldn't be too hard to adapt the post construction from the "Guide" to suit the NST (operative word being "shouldn't"), but I haven't tried building any posts yet. (It's enough these days just for me to move about the house, much less start building a TARDIS.)

I guess it would come down to adjusting the measurements of the boards' width to compensate for the space where the quarter round would go.

Dino.
 
This is how they are built as just a hollow box of 4 equal sized boards and then the depressions you can see in the posts are routed out.

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sorry, the black background on the forum didn't work well with that sketch. it's a top view of the column. 4 long boards attached into a post and an indication of the part that's routed out.
 
Actually, on the wooden TV Props, it's only 2-sided, not 4.  They are just the two outside faces only.
Bill "the Doctor" Rudloff

philipw said:
This is how they are built as just a hollow box of 4 equal sized boards and then the depressions you can see in the posts are routed out.

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Actually, when you look at the reference photos of the 2005 box in this thread (http://tardisbuilders.com/index.php?topic=1577.0) under the TARDIS Exterior board (2005 sub-board), you'll see that the posts do have four sides. In the first photo in that post you get an overhead shot of the box and the posts don't have their tops yet, showing they are hollow, and you can see that they do have four sides. From the way the box appears to be assembled in that photo it only shows the two outer sides of the posts.

Dino.
 
I have to agree, Dino. In fact, I have to go so far as to say that there have been many pictures to prove this, such as this one on set, courtesy of Glen at the very good Tardis Library, found at
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~trekker/policeboxes/home.html:
 

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I emailed Bill after his post about the 2-sided post (yeah, kind of funny to say that), as I have yet to see anything that indicated they were built with two boards only, so I'll let him speak for himself on the topic, but I have so far only seen 4-sided posts and can't work out a construction method with only two boards that would be better than just the version seen above.

If there are photos of a 2-board construction method I'd love to see it before I commit to my final build plans.
 
I forgot the Series 1 prop had the hollow 4-sided corner posts.  I'm just not sure all the newer wooden props built after the initial two hero props followed the same structure.

I do know that many people who have built their corner posts on their own boxes have done the 2 corner method and they have been sturdy.
Bill "the Doctor" Rudloff
 
DoctorWho8 said:
I do know that many people who have built their corner posts on their own boxes have done the 2 corner method and they have been sturdy.
Bill "the Doctor" Rudloff
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Though I haven't seen any detailed builds using this method, I don't doubt it's sturdy, but I don't think it would be sturdy and lighter than the 4 board post method, and at least at this point I have yet to see any photos that indicates this is how any of the NST were built.

At least for my build, I'd like to use the same methods of build as the show props unless there's a really strong reason to deviate.

For example, I do plan to have a socket in the base for an extension of the posts to stick into to make it easier to assemble.
 
My memory has been offset this week due to starting a new job and my body is getting back into a normal work schedule.  What I meant by the 2 boards, is actually 4 boards stacked into groups of 2, giving the appearance of two thick boards.  Sorry for the confusion.
Bill "the Doctor" Rudloff
 
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