Some mailbox mounting repairs
![Some mailbox mounting repairs](/content/images/size/w2000/2023/04/IMG_0774.jpeg)
We got quite a big early-April snowstorm here in Utah, and I came outside to discover that something or someone—perhaps a plow—had hit my mailbox hard enough to snap the mounting board off of the post.
![A close-up of the post, with a piece of the plastic mounting board still screwed into place.](https://making.adamluptak.com/content/images/2023/04/IMG_0781-1.jpeg)
(As an aside, this is not the mailbox I want, but perhaps the mailbox I deserve. The mailbox I actually want is sitting in my workshop, an unfinished project that stalled out after ballooning in scope and then hitting significant setbacks. But that's a whole different post.)
Anyhow, this called for a quick repair, so that I could actually receive mail the next day.
Fortunately, I had a 4x4 bracket laying around that seemed like it could secure things nicely. I broke out the Dremel and started cutting away just enough of the surviving mounting board to fit the bracket.
![Plastic mounting board, modified to fit a metal 4x4 bracket. On work table next to hammer and Dremel.](https://making.adamluptak.com/content/images/2023/04/IMG_0776.jpeg)
From there, it was straightforward to drill some quick holes and secure the bracket into place with nuts and machine screws.
![Mounting board with bracket attached with machine screws and nuts](https://making.adamluptak.com/content/images/2023/04/IMG_0778.jpeg)
After removing the broken bit of mounting board that was still screwed into the post, it was a nice pressure-fit for the bracket onto the post, and secured with two screws.
![Mounting board and bracket secured onto the post](https://making.adamluptak.com/content/images/2023/04/IMG_0783.jpeg)
And that's it! A nice quick repair, but it's now feeling even more secure than it did before. Counting it as a win.
![Mailbox reinstalled and secured with the mounting board + bracket combination.](https://making.adamluptak.com/content/images/2023/04/IMG_0787.jpeg)