[TheForge] Decorative heads

[Ray Miller]

Why not start with a covered nut or acorn nut? I have gotten them from 
my fastener supplier.
The brass ones are very attractive.
Ray Miller
Cincinnati

Shannell Sugrue wrote:

>Does anyone have a method for making decorative heads to fit over the top of
>a nut on a stud? I was thinking of just making a die from the nut shape and
>pounding it into a blank and rounding off the top, but then how to attach
>it? epoxy mabey. Anyone ever use the epoxy "knead it" (the 2 pak clay like
>stuff) and mold some of that over the head and paint it? Seems too much like
>cheating :)
>
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