Since my second year with PMs, 2004, I've used an S&K Fountain rack with 3/8" square, steel arms. The arms arch upward and the gourds hang from an L-bend at the end of the arm.
However, if you put Super Gourds, Excluders, or large naturals on the top tier, they bump into the high arched arms on the lower tier. That's why I have the bottom arms turned around with the "L" into the rack and the gourds wired on to the now flat, but swirled, lower arms. In order for the gourds to not slip off this end of the swirl, Wes had to drill a holes in the very end to wrap the wire around.
My problem - I cannot hang the horizontal gourd on the top tier. With these arms it would sit sideways between two vertical gourds. There's not enough space for that.
I ordered an AAO arm. It is also arched, but instead of an "L" the attachment end points forward and would be just fine to hold the horizontal gourd on the top tier.
It arrived today and now I realize it is 3/8" square, and my Troyer gourd has a round channel to hang the arm through.
I really do not want to take a drill to this lovely gourd.
How will I hang this gourd on my rack?
Do you know where I can find an arm that will fit in the 3/8" square mounting bracket on the rack, extend out far enough to hang the gourd, and fit snugly in the 3/8" round channel on the gourd?
The first photo shows my fountain rack as it's set up now. The top tiers' arms are hung properly. For the second tier I turn them around, putting the L into the rack bracket.
The second photo shows the square arm I have that won't work. I need this, or something similar, in 3/8" round.
- Show both tiers, one upright, one backwards
