Posted 6 years ago
fortapache
(3290 items)
I have been wanting something like this for displaying insulators for a bit. So this crossbar with mountings for 5 insulators seemed to be the thing. Plus it came with 5 Hemingray Model 42 insulators aka CD 154. These are very common but not a problem as I have many more insulators to display on it.
To back up a bit these insulators were made from 1921-1960s. so this piece of wood comes from somewhere from this period. It's been outside for at least 50 years which is a nice way to get that distressed look. It starts getting a lot more distressed after 100 years. Some of the insulators on it suffered a bit too much distress although a couple are nice and clear. As I mentioned before I have some others so I switched out a few.
I have bolted it to the railing of my deck in the spot that gets the most light. Note that I would not hire me as a handy man. Took me 3 trips to the hardware store. Yes I know measure twice cut once. But anyway do not hire me as a handy man.
![CD 162 [240] Hemingray Patent May 2 1893 cobalt blue glass insulator, sharp drip](https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/n48AAOSw7OFmGRrU/s-l225.jpg)
The insulators look beautiful in the daylight, nice pix fort
Great way to display them
Thank you very much Newfld.
Thank you very much Thomas. It is indeed my deck and the scenery is nice.
And thank you very much elanski.
Thank you
brunswick
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officialfuel
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SEAN68
You could have put some Xmas lighte on the top of you deck flat rail, and stapled those down ......Then put an insulator over each Xmas light, and TA-DUM .... you have your OWN SPECIAL kind of Patio lights, done in a Vintage tone...and wasy way to display more
LOL
Thank you very much antiquerose. It is a fine idea!
Thank you buckethead.
Perdy cool Brian I have several displays of insulators as you know I like the darn things
Thank you very much OLECODY. I have an extra large insulator on there now but the peg is too small. Need to get the right size peg.
Thank you very much WesternPA-Collector. I will give that a shot.
Thank you oktreedude.