[TheForge] Drawer pulls

[xlch58 at swbell.net]

And on a completely unrelated topic, anybody got any great projects that 
use just the pointy end of the spike ;')

As far as the question at hand,  here are some off the wall suggestions, 
the first of which is the most practical for me:

1) Cut them off and use a stud welder to weld a threaded stud to them.   
I have an old Omark stud welder I haven't used in ten years, but it was 
pretty fast when I used it last.  Don't know if oe of these cheap HF 
stud guns can handle a large enough diameter, but you may be able to 
rent one or job it out to someone that has one.

2) Take a pipe flange of appropriate size and bolt to your drill press 
table.   Take a short nipple and turn the threads off of one end. Screw 
it into the flange.  Turn the threads off of a pipe cap so it is a a 
sliding fit on nipple now mounted on drill press table.  Place it on the 
nipple and drill a hole in the center of the pipe cap, remove it and 
file hole square to fit spike shaft.  Weld a handle on it.  Fill nipple 
on drill press table with lead shot, or coarse sand.   Place cutoff 
spike in pipe cap and place on nipple.  Drill. If you have a tapping 
head, tap them in the same fixture.

3) Take several RTV molds and cast them in pewter with a threaded 
thimble in the mold.  Easier to take care of in the end for the homeowner.

4)  Chuck the pointy end in a four jaw on the lathe and turn a stud on 
them, thread the stud, would go pretty fast if you have the right tooling.


Charles