I have often wondered how these multiple wood finials are done. Is it simply to glue end grain to end grain, or should they be connected by dowels? Or a metal rod through them?
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Multiple wood finial
- Thread starter JeffWimer
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I have always done that by drilling a hole through the piece for the bulb. Then make a tenon on both of the other pieces that fits in the hole to glue it up.