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newbie home made pressure flaker

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Tower:
I'm a little concerned about its durability. Is it made from a zebra pen? 

dmathis992:
No it actually came from one of my art sets pretty hard to bend even with pliers but getting some hickory soon to remake it and shape it to my hand.

Tower:
Get a 3/4 oak dowel rod at your local lumber store & use the same design.   It will work perfectly & cheap to build.

Chippintuff:
Here is the one I use most of the time notching. The wood is an oak dowel from the hardware store. The copper cap is the end off a plumbing device used as an air cushion in plumbing water lines. The nail is a horseshoe nail. The dowel and the copper cap are the same size, so I had to trim the dowell down to fit inside the copper. A piece of masking tape keeps it together. This thing is very durable.

dmathis992:
Sounds good on the oak.

@ chip those are nice I'm gonna try to get some points made today when it stops snowing.

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