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Bottom is just a piece of bronze bigger than the main pole. The top I cut off a slice, drilled a hole in the slice, then drilled and tapped the main pole. I turned down the shaft and made a piece of bronze fit, then put the cap on and bolted it in place.
If I remember right, I did everything myself on a lathe, mill and possibly a drill press, except for drilling the hole in the side of the bronze. Wire or zip ties go through the hole to hold the flag to the bronze.
Everything was leftovers from the shelf, cost and time was minimal on this.
Picture this mounted to a backrack. I made a pair of blocks, one top and bottom. I used a mill to waller out the hole, leaving it slightly proud. That way it clamps it tight to the backrack
One of the downfalls to stainless hardware is sometimes they gall and won’t come apart. The last time I took this off the truck one if the nuts did that and broke the bolt.
I had some free time yesterday and needed to go to a bolt store anyway...so....
I picked up a 3’ x 6’ Canada flag a couple weeks ago, it needs to get switched out.
I need to re-redneck this, the original designs of milling a hole in the side of the brass and using mechanics wire held fine for in town use. We discovered a design defect at prolonged highway excessive speeds, although the honks and thumbs up were encouraging to that point.
I’m wondering to chuck the brass up and make a 1/2” groove 1/8-1/4” deep, wide enough for a big zip tie. The big zip ties have a 120 lb tensile rating, I dunno how that translates to 75 mph