Brackets and beam

The world upside down to get an idea of how the beam and brackets will look. You can imagine an opening with two pillars on either side and a curtain of wall that comes down from the ceiling to meet this beam. The view here shows how the beam and the bracket wrap around the pillar on this side so that they will be just proud of the plaster board that will cover the walls that surround the opening leaving this standing out like a lintle supported by brackets.
I got as far as cutting the troughs in the backs of the brackets yesterday and went on with shaping today. I drew a profile on the blank shape and then ran the circular saw through at different depths of cut and chopped out the material between the cuts. Then once I had that profile fairly clear I ran the circular saw into the wood stopping at another curved line to scallop out the sides. The bracket held down by the holdfast in the inset just has a few of the untouched cuts still visible, which were knocked off with the gouge just after this. I'll go on with shaping tomorrow and then move on to the next piece in the hope that Sammy will be free to scorch this one up and sand it back a bit.