Country-Style Stakes
Simple skills and materials turn
copper sheeting into charming
garden stakes.
Modeled after antique weather vanes, these designs are first cut out, then hammered to achieve a distressed look. Finished size of the rooster is 13-1/2 x 15 inches; the pig is 10 x 15 inches; the arrow is 14 x 4 inches; and the sandpiper is 9 x 15 inches.
What You Need:(For each figure)
- 18 x 20-inch piece of heavy copper sheeting (for stakes)
- 30-inch length of 1-1/2-inch-wide wood lath
- Three 3/4-inch-long brass bolts with corresponding nuts
- 9 inches of 3/8-inch-diameter jute rope (for pig's tail)
- Scrap of a 3/4-inch-diameter dowel
- Sandpaper
- Tin snips
- Saw
- Drill and bits
- Tracing paper
- Screwdriver
- Wrench
- Hammer
- Polyurethane (optional)
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