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post #1 of 14
9/27/12 at 3:40pm
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I saw this cake structure/support and my question is how the round wooden board is attached to the pole and what is holding it in its place? I have attached a picture.
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post #2 of 14
9/27/12 at 4:58pm
It could be done as in this tutorial:

http://sweeteatscakes.blogspot.com/2010/12/topsy-turvy-stand-tutorial.html

(where the board is actually resting on the angled cut of the PVC pipe, and the PVC pipe sections are slipped over the internal center metal pipe.)
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post #3 of 14
9/28/12 at 5:44pm
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thanks,,,any other suggestions? icon_biggrin.gif
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post #4 of 14
9/28/12 at 6:48pm
When hubby made me one, he used a nut looking thing. He says he thinks it was a female union? It all came back apart again- several times. Go to the hardware store and look around in the PVC/plumbing aisle.
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post #5 of 14
10/1/12 at 11:33am
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is this female union screwed to the wooden board? how does it attached to the wooden dowel?
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post #6 of 14
10/1/12 at 12:48pm
Here is a link to a topic that I saved from cake central for this stand and they show how to make it on the 2nd or 3rd page.

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-665328.html
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post #7 of 14
10/1/12 at 1:04pm
Meant she writes how her dad made it for her. HTH
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post #8 of 14
10/2/12 at 3:40pm
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Thanks for the link. but the pic that I posted, it is just a wooden pole and I can't see any pvc stopper.
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post #9 of 14
10/2/12 at 4:08pm
No... I'd be willing to bet money that is a PVC pipe. There is a wooden dowel inside though. I am thinking that it's angle cut PVC with the board sandwiched in between. The PVC acts as a spacer and gives the board support and holds it in place.

I have built cupcake towers like this (nice and level though... LOL) and it works perfectly.
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post #10 of 14
10/2/12 at 4:45pm
I assumed it was pvc, that's why I mentioned the union. If it's wood, then I dunno. icon_smile.gif
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post #11 of 14
10/2/12 at 7:09pm
This is how I imagine it... a central wooden dowel attached to the base. PVC piping cut that the angle of your tilt slipped over the dowel... a wooden circle with a hole drilled in it that is not bigger than teh diameter of the PVC pipe so it won't slip down to support the tilted tier... another piece of PVC slipped over the dowel cut at the same angle to keep the board in place and provide the angle for the next floating tilted tier.... and so on until you are done.

You would have to drill your holes in the wodden cake boards at the right angle too or they won't sit tilted... maybe if you made it a little bigger than the width of the wooden dowel though it would be able to sit crooked without the angle.
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post #12 of 14
10/3/12 at 6:32pm
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More I look at it, more I think it is PVC.. Thank you all for your help thumbs_up.gif
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post #13 of 14
10/3/12 at 6:33pm
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This is great! Thanks so much for the pic and explanation!!

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Originally Posted by lilmissbakesalot

This is how I imagine it... a central wooden dowel attached to the base. PVC piping cut that the angle of your tilt slipped over the dowel... a wooden circle with a hole drilled in it that is not bigger than teh diameter of the PVC pipe so it won't slip down to support the tilted tier... another piece of PVC slipped over the dowel cut at the same angle to keep the board in place and provide the angle for the next floating tilted tier.... and so on until you are done.

You would have to drill your holes in the wodden cake boards at the right angle too or they won't sit tilted... maybe if you made it a little bigger than the width of the wooden dowel though it would be able to sit crooked without the angle.
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post #14 of 14
10/11/12 at 8:52pm
No problem at all! icon_biggrin.gif
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