Grundsau Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I've been searching through IFI and google but not really coming up with anything and trying to increase my skills in a different direction from what I've been doing. How do you attach something like a crane and cattails or other sculpture to a wood or stone base? I saw in a couple of threads how a collar joins different pieces together where it meets the wood which seems to act as a shoulder for the sculpture to rest on. I've got some rustic heavy timbers in various sizes to function as a base and plenty of rocks to choose. Another thing that has me stumped. Has anyone made a table with stone top and had part of the frame work pass up through the stone tabletop and then pass back down through it? I can't figure out how you get a snug fit on the stone to metal pass-through and do it while the metal is hot enough to bend with out damaging the stone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stash Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I usually drill a hole and epoxy it in place. Roto-hammer makes a quick hole in any rock. I put painter tape around the hole so the epoxy doesn't splurb all over things. For wood the same, or you can make a longer tenon and thread it for a nut. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron woodrow Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 old picket-in-stone fences i have restored had lead "caulked" into the holes in the stone, to set the iron in place. -not a suggestion- just a historical technique Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01tundra Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 On items such as my driftwood centerpieces with stone bases, I typically weld a small steel dowel on the bottom of the forged steel and drill a small hole in the stone to receive the dowel, the same could be done with wood bases. This also makes the parts where I can separate them for shipping/transport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grundsau Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 All of this info is starting to make things clearer. Thanks. 01tundra, neat sculpture. Is that a threaded dowl like all-rod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01tundra Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 All of this info is starting to make things clearer. Thanks. 01tundra, neat sculpture. Is that a threaded dowl like all-rod? No, I just welded a piece of 1/8" smooth round stock to the vine on that one. Made the peg about 1" long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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