Environment friendly two pin plugs

Very nice Sharad, & really unique.

I’ve never seen that type of plug before. Was that used for electrical appliances?

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that’s an interesting little project.
Are you going to try and put them to work or are they just for show?

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Dick, & Barb Cain, darryl thanks for your comments. The plugs can offcourse be used as any other plug and I am going to replace two of my plugs with these. They can be used for any appliances drawing less than 5 Amps. For show I will make a couple of them more.
Sharad

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Those are very unique, I’ve never seen wood plugs before. Let us know how well they work. Thanks for posting!!

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Hmmm, I suspect these, while very good looking, are not too safe to use. Might there be fire/insurance related issues in using wooden coverings for the plugs? I know 5 amps is not a lot of current but I would be a bit leary of using these. They are very nicely done though, I can’t decide if I like the grain running perpendicular to the pins or parallel with the pins.

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Thoise look like the 220v plugs in Europe. I assume Pune also uses the same electrical system. If true, that 5 amps would be cut in half. I will have to ask my SIL if they used those when he grew up. I know that his grandparents house is over 200 years old. I have been there but did not pay any attention to the plugs other than notice they were just like these. He uses a converter for the appliances they brought here.

Nice job with the hand tools.

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Ok this is from the heart, please, please do not use these plugs. If you have a fire your insurance company will not I repeat will not cover your lost. Wood will as we all know absorbes water. And will short out. If you don’t beleive this the insurance company will and thats what counts. The higher the voltage (220) the more likely this will happen. Once the arc is formed there a carbon path for the short. Plastic will not absorb water and it cheap. The main reason for plastic is that it will not absorb water not that its cheap.
Just put these on a shelf and look at them….

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Thank you Mark and Dominic very much for your comments and caution in using them. I do understand that wood absorbs water and cannot be used outdoors. I thought inside the house if it is used for appliances that do not draw heavy current it should be OK. Still I will take your advice and not use it but keep it for display.
John please let me know if they were used earlier and whether they were declared unsafe.
Sharad

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Mark, you are really smart. The first plug- oak yellow- was accidently made with the grains parallel to pins. I realised the mistake and made the second plug with grains perpendicular to the pins and I feel that is how it should be. Thanks for your observation.
Sharad

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Neat project Sharad.

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This is a very nice idea to add to furniture with lighting. It would make a beautiful addition to a fine wooden electric lamp project. Kind of like the finial on the top of a lamp shade

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Sharad, what a novel idea!!! To have created these using only hand tools is a wonderful display of your craftsmanship.

Nice project!!

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Here is one more picture showing the Magic Saw and Points files which I used in the project

http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq99/Sharad_011/6.jpg

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I think they’re sharp, but I also don’t think I’d use them under power.

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Sharad, Very nice project. As a history buff I would be very intersted to know if these type were used at some point.
Very cool that you were able to do them entirely by hand.

CtL

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