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Wallmount Cowl Display - How To & Pics


Here is a simple cowl display I whipped up at work today. It was amazingly simple, and very easy to do. I work for a blind manufacturer, so I have access to all kinds of raw materials.

I used a piece of 1" thick lumber cut 7" by 7". Drilled a hole directly in the middle of it. The rod is a solid piece of 1/4" thick aluminum, and the ball is a wood ball finial for the end of a drapery rod with the base cut off.

Once the rod is hammered in the ball, and the wood just bend the rod to your liking, and paint. The base is attached to the wall by drilling a hole in the back at an angle and hanging it on a screw.

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if you work for a blind manufacterer, does that mean he didnt see you using those materials? :rollin


im sorry, its late and im tired but i cant fall asleep. :sick

that is very creative and nice. looks really professional mounted up like that. i may try this.



oh, you said rod, wood, and ball all in one post. heh heh. heh. heh.
im going to bed now. :p

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Very nice, and innovative job my friend.
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That's my weekends homework! Great job!!

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Those look AWESOME Dave! I've had a few ideas on doing wall-mounted ones myself, but had not yet tried anything. Well, my friend, you've taken the guess-work out of it. Those are beautifully done. Thanks for posting those - I'll be trying my hand at one very soon.

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oh, you said rod, wood, and ball all in one post. heh heh. heh. heh.
im going to bed now.



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Excellent idea and nice execution. I have to warn you though latex especially has a long term memory and I believe urethane does too. If you do not want to be a permanent cone head Batman one day replace that small ball with a full size ball soon. The ears will stick up straighter immediately and the whole thing will keep it's shape better through time. The bigger ball you can get in there the better. You want to be close to the natural curvature of the inside of the cowl roof itself.

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That's good info. to know Paul... Thanks for that advice. I've been displaying most of my cowls on a 6" styrofoam ball. The small-headed cowls (the ones that fit me) do fine on those, but the larger ones tend to have the "conehead" shape to them when on those stands. I did not realize that they would take that shape permanently. I'm going to change those to the 8" ball ASAP! Thanks for that little bit of insight...
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Great idea, and I like that smaller cowl on the right in the pics.

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