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How To Make A Flagpole Out Of Wood. The wood can be stained to give an old, crafted look. A coat of epoxy, then three coats of marine white paint.
Passersby who view your homemade flag pole displayed in your front yard will likely wonder if it was something you had custom made. Eye bolt, pulley, cap and reducer. I'm thinking it may still be done this way by the boy scouts.
Back in the day, flagpoles were made almost exclusively from wood. A place in new england has been making them out of doug fir for years. Passersby who view your homemade flag pole displayed in your front yard will likely wonder if it was something you had custom made.
I imagine a suitably straight tree was selected and felled from which a flagpole was fashioned. Another makes them out of solid cedar snags taken out of the woods. Fasten in place with lock washers and make sure the eye bolt is oriented as shown below, this will prevent the bolt from opening over time and.
I'm thinking it may still be done this way by the boy scouts. I than used the same jig to drill a 1/4 hole all the way thought the 1 1/2 pip at the very top mount the eye bolt to hold the pulley. A wooden flag pole can be more aesthetically pleasing than a metal one.
A coat of epoxy, then three coats of marine white paint. No laminations, just solid stock.
