Email Q&A: Drinking Straw to Set Bolt Hole?
7/21/03: Hi Stephen, hope this finds you well. I don’t know if you remember me, I worte about making holds for my kids’ rock wall for the backyard. I have another question if I may. I bought ten holds t ouse as patterns for the molds, to save guessing how they should look. What If I made the holds out of Concrete instead of resin.. The cost would be way minimal, and they shoulld be pretty durable? If too rough, I could paint them with concrete stain or something. Question: Was thinking of adding a straw to allow for the bolt so I do not have to drill the holds after. Am making the molds now. What do you think? Have a wonderfully Blessed day!!! Fred Answer: Hey Fred, I do remember you email and am glad it is working out. For what you are doing it should work fine to just use the manufactured holds for prototypes, but they may tend to be a bit slick. They will not be as easy to hold onto as the manufactured holds. As far as the straw is concerned, I would recommend not doing that. The re
