[Woodcarver] How do you weight bookends?

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you could dill hole in the duck and fill epoxy with steel balls or pellets in the hole(s)..... just an idea.... good lucks

Mike G.



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Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] How do you weight bookends?


              Traditional bookends I've seen have a metal base extending under the    books.  As Sally surmises, the weight of the books holds the ends in    place.  Felt or cork under would protect the item supporting the    books and bookends.  The metal piece extends about 6" under the    books.
    
On 3/18/2013 8:15 PM, Sally Nye wrote:
    
    
            Hi Denny,       

      
      
Is it possible to glue a very thin board under the ducks with        an extension that the books would sit on? In that manner the        weight of the books will help to stabilize the entire piece. 
      

      
      
Just a thought,
      
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On Mar 18, 2013, at 7:49 PM, denny at cedarstump.us            wrote:
          
          
I have carved several busts of            different ducks, male/female sets, to be used as bookends.             Although the base is usually rather large, the darn things            sliiiiiiiiiide across the shelf when the books are but            between them.  I have tried weighing them down with lumps of            lead, but that didn't work.  I have tried putting "non-skid"            rubber under them, but that didn't work.
            
            I have looked at the ones in bookstores and cannot see what            magic they use to make them work, but nothing made the light            go on in my head.  ANY SUGGESTIONS?
            
            Denny
            
            
          
        
        
      
    
    
  
 
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