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If ya had to have exposed bolts on side of oak cab what would you use?

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rackoon:
I am building a cocktail cab and have all the parts cut and laying on the floor and I'm ready to glue it all together. I was going to use dowels and even bought them and a doweling jig but now I'm having second thoughts because my cab isn't square (its on purpose, trust me).

Long story short- using dowels would be really tricky due to the shape so I thought that I could screw it all together, make sure it all lines up, then take it apart, add glue, then screw it all back. "Piece of cake!"

Problems:

It is all oak plywood and need to look good (its not like I can paint it)

Screws and those little oak plugs stick out but might look OK.

Lag bolts and washers might look good if I could find antique brass or black(maybe crome, but my web searches have turned up nothing. Its would be hard to stain cab with these in. I suppose I could stain first.

I saw some awsome crome caps for bolt covers but they are heck of spendy.

Anybody got some Ideas or just want to add your two cents?

Jeff AMN:
How dark is your stain? Are you going natural, or a deep tint? Brass would look pretty nice on natural, but if you're going to stain it something darker I'd see if you could get a pewter looking bolt from the Home Depot.

SavannahLion:
Yonkers ago, I remember seeing this product that you could cap over bolts. Kind of like those ---smurfy--- plugs you're describing, but they weren't meant to blend in. I think they were intended to refinish things without actually replacing the bolts. They also came in funky "fun" colors like red, blue, whatever.

I tried to Google for them under "Bolt Caps" with various materials, such as pewter, but all I got were automotive related stuff. Then I tried "Bolt Covers"  with the same and I found stuff that were just plate covers and others that are closer to what I remember but not quite and something similar but for an insane price. But nothing so far in Brass or Black :(

Oh well, I tried. Maybe those will direct you in the right direction. Or maybe someone remembers the product I'm talking about and give us a link.

rackoon:
Im going with a dark walnut.

rackoon:
I have a chrome colored diamond plate kick plate going three inches high around bottom of cab. Chrome bolt covers might look cool. soooooo spendy though.

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