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   DavidR8 | Feb 02, 2003 08:33pm | #1

   I have never attached them to the post only to the floor and ceiling.

   David

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   CAGIV | Feb 02, 2003 09:08pm | #2

   Painted or stained?

   Like the last poster, attach at the top and bottom, for the bottom attach blocking the the concrete floor and attach the outside of the posts to the blocking, then trim around the bottom of the posts and top.

   If you can bevel all the edges of the box so you dont have end grain to stain, it looks like crap.

   At least thats they way I do it

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   bd342 | Feb 02, 2003 09:35pm | #3

   make your box around the post then drill a1/4" hole at top and bottom.

   if you want to ,put one in the middle.

   get a can of that expandable foam and inject in the holes... works great.

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   patrickofm | Feb 02, 2003 09:37pm | #4

   If you must install to a pole use a few u clamps (like muffler clamps but cheaper) and attach a board  plumb etc to the pole, then use this flat surface for a starting point for the rest of your project.

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   calvin | Feb 02, 2003 11:00pm | #5

   On this basement I ripped 3/4  primed mdo ply about 1/2" bigger inside dimension than the O D of the pole, glued and pinned 3 sides together.  Sanded (roughed up) 4 places on the pole, applied adhesive at these spots slipped the u shaped box around it, adding the 4th side gluing an pinning it together.  Mooshed the box into the adhesive, plumbed it and shimmed it tight.  End of the day the pole, the wood and the glue were as one.  At this pt you could drill 1/8" through the box and pole and add self-tapping finish screws if you wanted.__________________________________________

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   swdd | Feb 02, 2003 11:39pm | #6

   If you don't mind them round, I found this oak veneered pipe wrap for about $35 a pole and I can do a pole in 5  minutes. Just cut the material to the circ. of the pole and height, silicone the pole and put the material on. I use velco straps to hold it in place for the night. Paint it or stain. It came out of a catalogue, if interested I'll find out the name.

   Scott

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   Piffin | Feb 03, 2003 02:58am | #7

   I've used Benny's way. It's good and it's easy.

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   Excellence is its own reward!

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   locallabor | Feb 04, 2003 12:09am | #8

   very good info from all THANKS

   ps when using the foam at the top of box wont it jst fall down inside did you make a lil "shelf" for the foam?

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   toolnut | Feb 04, 2003 01:48am | #10

   You could probably staple some wadded up newspaper inside before you close up the box.   Should hold enough of the weight until it sets up,   and still give enough so you don't blow out the box from expansion.

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   bd342 | Feb 04, 2003 02:39am | #11

   If you frame your box real loose ,it might, but if you frame it anywhere near 41/2" i.d. for 31/2" steel lolly then you have no problems .

   That stuff is beyond sticky!!

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   BungalowJeff | Feb 05, 2003 07:39am | #12

   In the late 80's an artist was rampant throughout the East Village in Manhattan gluing mozaics made out of trash to liven up boring lamp poles and other public items. Some were quite snazzy. Think of broken plates as new deign elements....that's not a mistake, it's rustic

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   MikeInSwampeastMO | Feb 04, 2003 01:09am | #9

   Wrap it in natural rope?  This was actually quite popular in the 1970s (maybe before) and looks surprisingly good in an informal setting.