[Ansteorra] pavilion stakes

[David J. Hughes]

Get washers that are just a bit too small, and hammer the stakes though the washers. Sometimes the solution is to get a bigger hammer <Grin>.


Benjamin Franklin never wrote or said "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." 
Dr. Franklin was, however, a wine drinker, and he wrote--

   " We hear of the conversion of water into wine at the marriage in Cana as of a miracle. But this conversion is, through the goodness of God, made every day before our eyes. Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy. The miracle in question was only performed to hasten the operation, under circumstances of present necessity, which required it". --Letter to Abb� Morellet (1779) 

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
To: "Inc. Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA" <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>, Barony of Bryn Gwlad <bryn-gwlad at lists.ansteorra.org>
Subject: [Ansteorra] pavilion stakes
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:16:22 -0600

I found some 12 inch stakes at Lowe'x yesterday. Previously I've only  
been able to find 10 inch stakes. These look like large nails. So I  
thought I'd buy some of beef up the stakes I've been using on our  
pavilion.

I also bought some fender washers with the idea of fastening these to  
the underside the tops of the nails to give a better anchorage for guy  
ropes.

Previously I've used loose washers but they end up getting lost.

Unfortunately, the glues I've tried haven't been acceptable. I've  
tried one of the two part epoxies which come in a form where you break  
off a section and use your fingers to mix the inner and outer layers  
and a silicon sealant called GOOP. The washer and the nail don't fit  
snuggly together, so the adhesive has to fill in some gaps, yet still  
not easily break or come apart.

If I had a welder, I could probably tack weld the washer to the nail,  
with a loss of the galvanizing on both the washer and the nail, but I  
don't have a welder.

Anyone made pavilion stakes this way? If so, how did you fasten the  
washer to the nail?

Thanks,
   Stefan

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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
    Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas          StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
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