[TheForge] Decorative heads

Tue Jul 23 00:15:01 2002

I like that idea, but if I forge them out a bit the thread would probably
get distorted, even if I had it on a stud when I forged it, or mabey not,
have you tried forging these?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Miller" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: 23 July, 2002 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Decorative heads

> 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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