DIY & Home Improvement

If I had a real workshop/workshop like area I'd do just that (build it from scratch). I'd LOVE to have such a thing but I don't have the time to justify it (and haven't done any woodworking in ... 40 years? I got away with winging it with a circular saw and milk crates as saw horses (I wince when I think about it) at my old house but I don't have those milk crates anymore and I couldn't be comfortable doing something like that on a piece this long and narrow. I might be able to do something to make the 1 1/2" piece work better - I'm attaching something to it with a hinge and if I can get the right hinge, the extra 1/4" may not matter. But that's not my preference.

I agree about the lumber sizing - when we raised the soffit in my old house, it broke my contractors heart to cut the true 2 X 4's (although he kept them for another project!).