Project lights path to home port
Project lights path to home port

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By Don and Dave Runyan

Published: July 3, 2008

This fun and easy lighthouse project does more than add nautical flair to your home port; it provides light. A perfect beacon for a porch or walkway, it's designed to be topped with a solar-powered path light, so there are no wires to install or energy bills to pay.

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The lighthouse also is inexpensive to build. Required materials include a single sheet of plywood, wooden pegs, paint and a solar-powered outdoor light (available at most home and garden centers).

The project includes full-size traceable patterns (for curves and angles) and uses modular construction for simplicity. To build, assemble the base, tower and top separately, then paint. When the paint's dry, stack the components and fasten together with screws. To finish, place the solar-powered light in a hole on top and secure with screws.

The lighthouse stands about 5 feet tall and is 22 inches in diameter at the base.

The Lighthouse plan, No. 860, is $9.95 and includes step-by-step directions with photos, full-size traceable patterns, construction diagrams, a materials list, cutting schedule and a toll-free telephone number to call with project questions. The plan also includes a color chart and painting key for the color scheme pictured, or the paint can be customized to suit the builder.

A package of lighthouse plans, No. C159, is $24.95 and includes this project plus plans for two other lighthouses. Please include $4 for postage and handling. Allow about two weeks for delivery.

To order by mail, clip this article and send with a check or money order to U-Bild Features, c/o The Oklahoman, 3800 Oceanic Drive, Suite 107, Oceanside, CA 92056. To order by credit card, call (800) 828-2453.