Those driveway reflector rods ...

[Berggy]

When using the 1/4" driveway reflector rods .. $1.25 at xmas tree shops around here....
I assume you drill all the way down from top to bottom of where you wnat the rod to go and into the 7/16" cutting board?

Do you drill a bunch of holes in the board and use the one that is closest or only drill the hole you are going to use?

[crvz]

I didnt go through the cutting board, but I went through the rock.

[Berggy]

right ... down throught the rock and into the cutting board ...
into one hole drilled for the one rod ... or into one of the many holes drilled into the cutting board?

[gman0526]

No, crvz didn't drill any holes on the cutting board. In fact I don't remember ever seeing anybody doing that b4. You just drill the LR to place the rod and that's it.

[Berggy]

so the rod is just sitting on the board as it comes through the rock?

[crvz]

Originally Posted by Berggy

so the rod is just sitting on the board as it comes through the rock?

yup. but the rock has got to be relatively stable. I made sure, as I was building the stacks, to choose a very flat and large rock for the bottom, and then kind of balance them off from there (so if I decided to drill one off-centered, I'd have to do another one the same way and make it hang on the other side).

[DaveTheReefGeek]

I don`t get what the cutting board is for?
Am I missing something?

[crvz]

Originally Posted by DaveTheReefGeek

I don`t get what the cutting board is for?
Am I missing something?

it's just something to put between the glass and the rocks (also refered to as starboard) for protection and, as some feel, aesthetics. any inert plastic material that lays flat on the glass would work, and cutting boards usually fit the bill.