On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:09:23 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Tim Downie wrote:
Andy Dingley wrote:
On 4 July, 01:02, Roger Dewhurst wrote:

Get a stainless steel bowl of the right size and hammer into into the
shape that you want.

Not the easiest job, to work stainless like that!

In the end, I got some roofing lead and have battered it into shape.
Apart freom needing a little trimming up, it doesn't look too bad. Now
I need to make sure that it stays there on top of the post. (It will be
accessible to the public). Any suggestions as to what kind of glue
would be best?

Tim
no glue at all. Nail the side with galv roof nails or similar.

Very few glues work in regimes of vastly variable humidity. Those posts
will MOVE.

Something rubbery and gap filling is possible, but that's about all.

Hot glue maybe.

Most glues don't work with lead. The metal forms a layer of oxide which
is not strongly bonded to the underlying metal. It may stick for a
short time, but in due course it will come loose. Then you've got
differential expansion - the metal will expand/contract due to temperature
differences, more than the wood does. That puts more strain on the
joint and will cause the glue to crack.