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Title: Making The Walking Stick
Post by: Tim Crosby on July 20, 2019, 10:07:10 PM

 First Two show the stick after it was tapered on a jointer. The top was left Octagonal to make it easer to hold. The numbers are so I know where I am working, the line is at the cutoff length. At the bottom of the second you can see where a Hole saw was used to make the step for the tip, a Pic farther down shows it trimmed up. The Brass tip is threaded 5/16-24 as is the hole and the tip was screwed in. The psrt that goes into the handle was done the same way but is pinned instead of a bolt.


(https://i.ibb.co/fGL1BWX/009.jpg) (https://ibb.co/84tKTwm)

(https://i.ibb.co/hYYvM6m/010.jpg) (https://ibb.co/GHHjJ65)


 The next Two show the holes that were drilled in the antler and the screws that were put in to anchor the Pewter.


(https://i.ibb.co/w43pHt4/007.jpg) (https://ibb.co/RcZQn8c)

(https://i.ibb.co/4VV0Hfp/011.jpg) (https://ibb.co/YLLVxWh)


 This one shows how the dams were made that the Pewter was poured into.


(https://i.ibb.co/DLKHvN1/014.jpg) (https://ibb.co/QXm3TZJ)


 After the pour.


(https://i.ibb.co/4FQnB83/013.jpg) (https://ibb.co/7S9d7nL)


 Next Two show all Three poured and roughed out.


(https://i.ibb.co/Cv6Sk05/015.jpg) (https://ibb.co/DkYjxKD)

(https://i.ibb.co/Dzf0fC4/016.jpg) (https://ibb.co/k52N28K)


 This is the piece the tip was turned from.


(https://i.ibb.co/cyQvRCR/017.jpg) (https://ibb.co/x26swfw)


 The shaft trimmed up some, at the bottom you can see the area where the tip will go.


(https://i.ibb.co/S6kG3XG/018.jpg) (https://ibb.co/VLF5qW5)


 The last show my Jack-leg set-up for truing up the shaft. And my helpers



(https://i.ibb.co/7GsrqGF/001.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xMxzNMQ)

(https://i.ibb.co/s1VX25Z/002.jpg) (https://ibb.co/VCqktHs)

(https://i.ibb.co/vd4tPSk/003.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xgq4jN6)

(https://i.ibb.co/ngYccYS/004.jpg) (https://ibb.co/HFbzzbQ)

Title: Re: Making The Walking Stick
Post by: Mick C on July 21, 2019, 12:37:05 AM

Wow, neat post.  Thanks for showing your process, Tim.

Title: Re: Making The Walking Stick
Post by: Marcruger on July 21, 2019, 03:43:59 PM

Good gracious that is a complicated project.  I am not brave enough to try something like that.  I look forward to seeing the finished stick at CLA.   :-) 

Title: Re: Making The Walking Stick
Post by: Greg Pennell on July 21, 2019, 04:44:27 PM

Neat-o!  Tim, that's a heckuva project for sure...I especially like that red-neck lathe to turn that shaft round...ingenious!

Greg

Title: Re: Making The Walking Stick
Post by: hanshi on July 21, 2019, 10:53:58 PM

Yes, quite complicated.  Anxious to see the finished stick.

Title: Re: Making The Walking Stick
Post by: Nessmuck on August 09, 2019, 10:00:09 PM

Very nice....but I just grab my walking stick off a beaver dam....all the bark is already chewed off,with some nice markings...and it hardwood too....and Free !

Title: Re: Making The Walking Stick
Post by: webradbury on August 10, 2019, 05:42:11 PM

Beavers do make some nice walking sticks.  I must admit I once blew up their woodworking shop, though.