Pivoting mailbox build

[fourjeepin]

There is about a 1” gap between the square post and the inner pole, so I ended up using this T handle type plunger. Plus it was only $10. From Grainger, INNOVATIVE COMPONENTS, part number GI5/16-1.5-BTR6, item 3CRP3.

And because it would be difficult to get my 240 volt welder to the curb, I decided to cut a circular plate and I’m thinking I will rivet the plate to the mailbox post with a bit of silicone. The handle sleeve will be welded to the plate tomorrow. It is just a friction fit at the moment.

I had to cut down the sleeve, shown in the picture is the piece which was cutoff.

 

[Torque&Recoil]

I wouldn't worry too much about liability. A couple of years ago, somebody came down the hill, dead of winter, snowy/slippery road, slid off into the 3' deep ditch, car leaped (leaped !! ) out of the ditch in front of my house, hit a 1x2x4 foot sandstone, miscellaneous old American car trim parts scattering everywhere, back into ditch, somehow out ... on his way home. Probably a drunk at midnight.

 

[tarbellb]

There is about a 1” gap between the square post and the inner pole, so I ended up using this T handle type plunger. Plus it was only $10.

And because it would be difficult to get my 240 volt welder to the curb, I decided to cut a circular plate and I’m thinking I will rivet the plate to the mailbox post with a bit of silicone. The handle sleeve will be welded to the plate tomorrow. It is just a friction fit at the moment.

I had to cut down the sleeve, shown in the picture is the piece which was cutoff.

Would that make the plunger down low by the bearing plate?

Maybe consider running a cable or rod and locate the plunger up at hand height and put the locking plate down low?
Personally i would hate to bend over every time I need to grab the mail

Nice build and update btw!

 

[fourjeepin]

Would that make the plunger down low by the bearing plate?

Maybe consider running a cable or rod and locate the plunger up at hand height and put the locking plate down low?
Personally i would hate to bend over every time I need to grab the mail

Nice build and update btw!

I 100% agree that bending over to pull the pin would not work, but the bearing plate is at the top. I am installing the pin right in the middle of the t in the post. It should be a convenient height.

Yesterday I drilled a 5/8 hole in the post and 21/64 hole in the inner post. At this point, I realized my plan wasn’t going to work as the gap between the two was only about a half inch. It was also apparent that I need the sleeve to go into the post vs. mount to the surface i believe this will also help keep the pin from getting damaged/bent as easily.

so tomorrow I get to stop by my local Grainger on the way home from work to grab another T-handle sleeve pin thingy. Thankfully, they are only $10.25 with tax. I‘ll drill out the post hole to 1”, test fit, then weld the sleeve to the circle plate, then spray paint. Wednesday it might get installed.

postmaster gave a July 5th deadline, but I’m not worried they will cut me off plus I should be done before then. Worst case, I could drive some stakes in the ground to secure the post

 

[slowtwitch73]

You need a double ended (door on each end) box.

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[Beerhippie]

You need a double ended (door on each end) box.

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A bit late, eh?

 

[slowtwitch73]

A bit late, eh?

Like the mail.

 

[fourjeepin]

You need a double ended (door on each end) box.

if my masonry skills were even halfway decent, I would have built a brick enclosure for a double ended box. Several of my neighbors have them and I considered one.

 

[slowtwitch73]

Another option coulda woulda been regular box on a chair swivel with a plunger to lock it. No masonry needed.

 

[fourjeepin]

Finished it up and it works great, though it does look strange to have a handle on a mailbox post…

 

[NUTTSGT]

Tha'ts kind of a cool update and really didn't need updated until you probably got a new/temp mail person.

 

[jives]

No pics, but I salvaged and repurposed an old rotating clothes pole (the kind that looks like a patio umbrella) for a rotating mailbox. It is friction held, but spins well enough to spin with plow spray. I have had to straighten it up a few times.