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etc92guy · Post by **etc92guy** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:40 pm

Put a clear coat on it. I've sprayed a coat on brass house numbers and had them exposed to the weather and haven't had a problem for years.

heathicus · Post by **heathicus** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:58 pm

This WoodWhisperer video shows him making and installing the square plugs (from 9:05 to 12:01 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/68-gadget-station-pt-11/). In an earlier episode, he made the holes using a hollow chisel mortiser - something I don't have. I think I can handle making square plugs, it's the square holes that intimidate me.

Just had a thought... Couldn't I skip the hole and just glue the fake "plug" to the face of the sides?

mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:17 pm

heathicus wrote:This WoodWhisperer video .....

Just had a thought... Couldn't I skip the hole and just glue the fake "plug" to the face of the sides?

GREAT idea!!! You'll be the only one that knows (if you don't count all of us)!!

mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:27 pm

heathicus wrote:This WoodWhisperer video shows him making and installing the square plugs (from 9:05 to 12:01 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/68-gadget-station-pt-11/).......

A video watching tip if you don't know......instead of waiting for the video to play OR even buffer to reach 9:05, as soon as the video begins, just hover your cursor over the play bar area (or whatever it's called) and you'll notice a timer pop up. Slide to the right while hovering and when you see 9:00 appear, just click on the bar and the video will go to that point without waiting for it to either buffer or play to get there.

This doesn't work on all video formats but it does for this one.

mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:30 pm

heathicus wrote:I've watched that .....

But bluekayak brings up a good question about how the metal would age. Would it tarnish (relatively) quickly? What could be done to prevent that?

Clear coat (lacquer or enamel) prevents oxidation /tarnish. (Guess heath didn't want to listen to ya gutterman!!:D )

mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:38 pm

heathicus wrote:This WoodWhisperer video shows him making and installing the square plugs (from 9:05 to 12:01 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/68-gadget-station-pt-11/). In an earlier episode, he made the holes using a hollow chisel mortiser - something I don't have. I think I can handle making square plugs, it's the square holes that intimidate me.

Just had a thought... Couldn't I skip the hole and just glue the fake "plug" to the face of the sides?

This link gets out to raised panels when I go to it, not square plugs

. It brings me to http://thewoodwhisperer.com/episode-29-raising-arizona/

heathicus · Post by **heathicus** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 2:02 pm

mickyd wrote:This link gets out to raised panels when I go to it, not square plugs . It brings me to http://thewoodwhisperer.com/episode-29-raising-arizona/

Weird. The link looks right, but it happens for me too... I navigated to the video and double checked the address, and I don't see a problem. Let's try it again:

http://thewoodwhisperer.com/68-gadget-station-pt-11/

If that still goes to the wrong video, as you might can guess from the link, it's episode #68, and is Part 11 of the "Gadget Station" series.

reible · Post by **reible** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 2:05 pm

Hi,

How about this, you put it together with dowels that you put "hats" on. See sketch below:

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You can make the top square or buy square dowels to cut to length. Drill them to match the dowel size you plan to use. Glue them together if you wish or put the round dowel in place and glue them on after. Lots of glue surface and the placement is taken care of, thus a little easier then just trying to glue to a flat surface... If you put the tops on first you then have a holder in the round dowel to shape the tops as bevels or rounds on the sander.

Ed

Edit:

Added a couple more sketches below

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bluekayak · Post by **bluekayak** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 2:08 pm

Using brass will look really nice.

I was curious about the dowel steady rest, so I built one this morning and tried it out. This is a really simple way to turn a small item starting from a dowel.

Just screw a short 2 X 3 or 2 X4 to some plywood or other wood scrap. I used a 2 X 3. Then drill through the 2 X 3 with a drill bit having a slightly larger diameter than the dowel you want to turn.

Add a rest for the chisel. The book recommends a bolt, which I did not have. I just screwed in the leftover from a hole saw. Something longer would be better. Wax the dowel and put it in the drill chuck. Use the quill to extend the dowel an inch or so past the 2 X 3.

I just used a regular wood chisel for this peg. BTW, this chisel was a rusty and chipped mess just a couple of days ago. I certainly learned about rust removal on this forum.

Now I need to go back down and turn that peg into a locomotive smokestack.

Jerry Floren
St. Peter, MN

mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 3:10 pm

heathicus wrote:Weird. The link looks right, but it happens for me too... I navigated to the video and double checked the address, and I don't see a problem. Let's try it again:

http://thewoodwhisperer.com/68-gadget-station-pt-11/

If that still goes to the wrong video, as you might can guess from the link, it's episode #68, and is Part 11 of the "Gadget Station" series.

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