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02-22-2008, 12:17 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
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Originally Posted by mikecc
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Mike, any chance of carrying brass through wire too? Some times it would be nice when making reproductions and restoring older plugs to have a source, especially in a one stop supply shop like yours as far as plug stuff goes. |
Why even try......... 
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02-22-2008, 12:19 PM
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Plug Builder in Training
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: wareham MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flaptail
Mike, any chance of carrying brass through wire too? Some times it would be nice when making reproductions and restoring older plugs to have a source, especially in a one stop supply shop like yours as far as plug stuff goes.
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I'll see what I can do. |
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02-22-2008, 01:02 PM
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Master of Ceremonies
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Rhodie
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Funny, here's a coincidence for you.
I picked up some screw eyes at Plug Fest for a couple of patterns I make that can't get through wired. I decided to see how strong they would be on some White cedar. With no adhesive of any kind in the screw hole, The plug is still hanging in my barn from a piece of wire with 60 lbs of scuba weight attached with wire at the tail screw. It's been there since Sunday night.
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"Cause you can't starve us out, and you can't make us run" Hank Jr.
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02-22-2008, 01:57 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mikecc
I'll see what I can do.
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Thanks!  |
Why even try.........
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02-22-2008, 04:03 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flaptail
Mike, any chance of carrying brass through wire too? Some times it would be nice when making reproductions and restoring older plugs to have a source, especially in a one stop supply shop like yours as far as plug stuff goes.
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1/16" Bronze uncoated brazing rod from a welding shop is pretty available and my guess is it's authentic also. |
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02-22-2008, 04:47 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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thanks Salty
400 Pounds plus eh?
well we have no worries then about breaking wire
unless the torque of a big mofo of a striper
or bluefish can crank out more than that
which i seriously doubt and then the line would snap
first...
and before you run naked thru town
i want advanced notice
so i can get a good seat under a shade tree....  |
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02-24-2008, 09:36 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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If you want to try through drilling with a little more success you can try this. It might not look like much, but for a good number of years I used this drilling jig to make lots of through drilled dowel, broomstick and rake handle plugs. Works even better with square stock, but I had no lathe at the time and was not about to start whittlin'. This was used with a hand drill only untill I finally added a drill press with dowel center to the mini cave. It only takes 3 pieces of pine. Place the stock into the corner and clamp in place. Drill about 1/2 way and flip being sure to keep the same sides of the stock in the same position. You can add a strip to the botton so that you can clamp it into a vise. It is not fool proof, but I made lots of through drilled 6 and 7 inch plugs (5 inch plugs were easy 8 inch impossible) as well as some back breaking rakes and brooms...they'd have been great for the 7 dwarfs 
Last edited by Dr.fish; 02-24-2008 at 09:43 AM..
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