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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on April 29, 2015 at 5:52pm

Here's some more pics

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on April 29, 2015 at 6:36pm

Wayfinder, i'll check into that aluminum tape. Sounds real good. I've seen some around but it looked very thin..almost tin foil like. There's got to be a stronger version....like duct tape strength.

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on April 30, 2015 at 2:05am

I've seen that thin copper or brass...comes in thin strips...how would you afix it though to join the two pieces? Bend it?

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on April 29, 2015 at 9:12pm

drill a hole  in the center  of the  hub  and  get a  long  screw  to   reach  and screw into  the neck  inside  . this will   pull    them  together    to  hold in place  . 

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on April 29, 2015 at 10:17pm

Think your saying draw the hubcap closerto the neck by screw thereby closing the gap ... NOT penetrating the front stove top? If so I'm thinking maybe keep away from the Dodge logo and drill to either side of it and use 2 screws/holes
Both great replies

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on April 29, 2015 at 10:39pm

yup  .   and   2  on the side  works too ,  ;-)

you  could also  hot  glue a chunk of wood  inside  the  hubcap   with a   threaded collar  in  it  .. and  have a    bolt    stemming  from  the  neck  ..  then  you  could     just  spin it  on .  even  open   or  close  it a    bit as  desired  ..  like  a  wooden    banjo  reso  .  while  keeping the     outer  hub  clean  lookin. . 

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on April 29, 2015 at 11:26pm

Excellent!!!
I'll let you know how it goes. Great ideas.thank you!!

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on May 1, 2015 at 8:02am

Blind nuts are easy to find. Good call.

You could jb-weld a blind nut to the hubcap, the only drawback would be the need to have somewhat precise screw lengths.

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on May 1, 2015 at 9:19am

Yes. I'm already not going ahead as this is not easy to measure without it actually screwing on. Not sure...

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on May 1, 2015 at 9:20am

Kinda eyeballing it for now...

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on May 1, 2015 at 2:19pm

we  have  faith  jon .   you  can  do  it  ;-)

 

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on May 1, 2015 at 3:13pm

Ditched the hub too thick for my drill...at least for now. Going with a bowl...
The hubs are intimidating mainly for finding a way to get the neck groove cut out...I'll keep studying what u guys have written...in the meantime I need a long screw with a large flat top or washer to hold down the bowl..into a glued piece on the back of the neck

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