Measure and Cut Beam to Length

first things first let's cut off the ends to see how much material i need to be working with and to do that let's see where the thing is going so we'll know where how much we need this is our section that we're working with by the way this video is coming out after this video this was the other side of my exterior wall we just had an ugly vent for the fireplace the gas fireplaces underside i had a tv here hang in here and i wanted something fancy so we popped the sucker out about 14 inches and then this way we gave it a 16 inch bench and we're gonna create this to be a fake fireplace and a mounted recessed tv with a whole lot of stonework and obviously a mantle so make sure you tune in next week to see that video in the meantime i love symmetry so we're gonna have overhang 79 inches is gonna go on top here that way this all matches together 79 is the number let's start chopping [Music] let's roll [Applause] [Music] so it looks like we got ourselves a salvageable piece it's not rotten all the way through this was pressure treated so we're gonna wear ppe and try to cut up as much of that pressure-treated layer as possible so we get down to the rough what looks like possibly douglas fir or something guys really quick i want to share with you