[TheForge] Decorative heads

Tue Jul 23 09:15:00 2002

I have welded them and they were fine. I have not forged them. If you 
keep them on a stud that should hold the thread shape, or you might have 
to run a tap through it just to clean the threads up.

Ray Miller
Cincinnati

Shannell Sugrue wrote:

>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?
>
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>From: "Ray Miller" <[email protected]>
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>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Decorative heads
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>>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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