Copper Plaques & Cap on a Wooden Post
A lot of bang for the money
The tradition is posts with text on them. The habit is posts that are too small, probably because of how much it costs to ship large posts. Perhaps also because when just looking at photos, people don't really have a sense of the size of what they are ordering. But size is important. Size equals stature equals presence. The message is better served with enough size to give it presence. This is a kit designed to give you the size that your peace pole should be without the expense of shipping the large, heavy post. Get the post locally, a large one for only $30 to $60 depending on the wood you choose, and screw these plaques to it yourself.
The
time it takes to make plaques is the same for large plaques as it is for small
plaques. So they cost the same. So you might as well go large.
Click the photo at right to see the difference between a 4 by 4 and a 6 by 6.
I custom make the plaques for each peace pole. So whatever size wood you choose, the plaques will be made to fit. For a 6 by 6 post I make the plaques 4 inches wide and 3 feet long.
At left are plaques on a rough cut cedar 6 by 6.
How to save money on a larger peace pole
A larger piece of wood is not that much different in price than the smaller one. A treated 6 by 6 is about $30. A rough cut cedar 6 by 6 is about $60. Shipping a timber that size adds about $200. If you buy the piece of wood locally, you save that. And you save by attaching the plaques and cap yourself.
Anyone with an electric drill can attach the plaques to a post in half an hour. They come predrilled with holes for screws. The screws are included. Everything you need is included.
For more information about buying the piece of wood yourself, click Wooden Peace Pole.
Dedication Plaques
At right is a close-up photo of the text on a copper peace pole plaque.
In addition to language plaques, I make dedication plaques, which are smaller. Sometimes there are two or three dedication plaques on a peace pole. For instance, one dedication plaque might say "September 21, 2010" on one line and then "The International Day of Peace" on the next line. And then another dedication plaque might say "Dedicated to Peacemaker" on one line and then "Heather Longineau" on the next line.
Caps
I
also make caps to fit your peace pole. Usually just telling me the
size of your peace pole is all I need.
"The Pyramid", at right, is $100.
100% copper, not plating.
"The Steeple," at left, is $250.
It is copper repoussé with glass melted on the bright spot.
The next one will be embellished a bit more.
Your pole doesn't have to be four-sided. And it doesn't
have to be symmetrical. Once someone cut a four-sided 8" by 8" into a
six-sided pole, but when it was finished the sides varied in size by as much as
an inch and were not parallel. I had him saw half an inch off the top and send
it to me so that I could make a cap
to fit exactly on its asymmetrical shape. Most of my caps can be made to fit poles
of different sizes and with different numbers of sides.
"The Multi-Sided Cap" at right, made for an 8-sided peace pole, is $300.
The "Copper & Brass Cap" sitting on the grass below right is $250.
If you are not buying a cap from me, don't buy one of those mass produced fence post caps from a building supply. They look too awful. And they are only steel with some plating on them. They start rusting in a couple of years. You'd be better off hand sawing a point in the top of your peace pole.
Price and Shipping
Shipping plaques alone is $25. Shipping plaques and a cap together
is $40. The cap arrives in a separate box.
Cost of plaques and cap for a four-sided pole:
4 plaques ................. $400
The Pyramid Cap...... $100 (Add $150 for The Steeple cap)
Shipping ................... $40 (USA, lower 48 states)
Total ......................... $540.00
Dedication plaques are $50 each. Additional language plaques are $100 each. There is room for a total of 8 language plaques on a 4-sided peace pole.
To ask questions or place an order, call me at 513-348-4744. Or send an email.
I accept credit cards, purchase orders and checks.
To have me put the plaques on a cedar 6x6 and ship it to you, add $400 for the wood and labor and crating and shipping.
At left is a treated pine peace pole after four years in the weather.
International Shipping: As an example of what it costs to ship internationally, Australia is the furthest nation from me and it cost $250 to ship the plaques and cap to an airport there at which it was picked up. Shipping to other nations could be less.