I would like to mount a mailbox on the side of a column at my entryway. Every mount I have seen points the mailbox opening straight outward, away from the column center. However I would like my mailbox to be parallel to the column center.

Here is some ascii art to illustrate.

• Symbol for the column: []
• Symbol for the mailbox, with front/back at the ends: |

Standard mount, looking down from the top:

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What I’m looking for, also looking down from the top:

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Has anyone tried this before? Is there a set of hardware I can buy to achieve this?

EDIT

The column is plywood, with a slight taper reducing the width from ground toward ceiling.

The mailbox is a standard aluminum rounded-top mailbox.

I would like to mount a mailbox on the side of a column at my entryway. Every mount I have seen points the mailbox opening straight outward, away from the column center. However I would like my mailbox to be parallel to the column center.

Here is some ascii art to illustrate.

• Symbol for the column: []
• Symbol for the mailbox, with front/back at the ends: |

Standard mount, looking down from the top:

[]
|

What I’m looking for, also looking down from the top:

[]|

Has anyone tried this before? Is there a set of hardware I can buy to achieve this?

EDIT

The column is plywood, with a slight taper reducing the width from ground toward ceiling.

The mailbox is a standard aluminum rounded-top mailbox.

EDIT 2

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I would like to mount a mailbox on the side of a column at my entryway. Every mount I have seen points the mailbox opening straight outward, away from the column center. However I would like my mailbox to be parallel to the column center.

Here is some ascii art to illustrate.

• Symbol for the column: []
• Symbol for the mailbox, with front/back at the ends: |

Standard mount, looking down from the top:

[]
|

What I’m looking for, also looking down from the top:

[]|

Has anyone tried this before? Is there a set of hardware I can buy to achieve this?

I would like to mount a mailbox on the side of a column at my entryway. Every mount I have seen points the mailbox opening straight outward, away from the column center. However I would like my mailbox to be parallel to the column center.

Here is some ascii art to illustrate.

• Symbol for the column: []
• Symbol for the mailbox, with front/back at the ends: |

Standard mount, looking down from the top:

[]
|

What I’m looking for, also looking down from the top:

[]|

Has anyone tried this before? Is there a set of hardware I can buy to achieve this?

EDIT

The column is plywood, with a slight taper reducing the width from ground toward ceiling.

The mailbox is a standard aluminum rounded-top mailbox.