Phalearae on Standards

[Matthew Amt]

Oh, sorry, no! It's a metal loop, a piece of tube or a band formed into a tube that slides onto the pole. Actually, if you just solder on the middle of a band, you can wrap the ends around the pole and overlap them, meaning you don't have to worry about matching tube size to pole, or scraping the heck out of your (presumably nicely painted) pole to get the discs in place. Then just still a little nail or two through the overlap.

Of course, the *third* time the crescent on our signum popped off its band, I just nailed the darn thing to the pole... Make sure you do a GOOD soldering job!

Matthew