Easy cane making.

I hope this is of use to some ome one. I am not real good at telling other how I do things.

1-Cut handle out of a piece of wood equivalent to a 2”x 6” about 7” long.
From where the handle connects to the top of the cane shaft to the top handle should be about 3 ½.” (Picture A)
2- Drill a hole in the center of the bottom of the handle where it will meet the shaft using a 19/64” bit. Make the depth. 2 1/2 "
3-Using the same bit drill a hole about 3 ½” in depth in the center of a 1" by 36" long dowel or treelimb. I clamp the dowel on the saw table of the SS and use the horizontal drill. I also drill the handle that way.
4-Cut a piece of 5/16" all thread 6 “ long. The 5/16th all thread will fit snugly in the19/64th hole.
5-Using two nuts at one end of the all thread (one tightens against the other) you can screw the all thread in to the hole in the dowel.
6-Take of the nuts and screw the handle down on to the dowel. At this time you can see if you need to adjust the fit on the bottom of the handle so both the handle and the shaft fit flush.
7-Then remove the all thread from both dowel and handle. Put glue or epoxy on the bottom 3”s of the all thread and screw it back in the dowel. I use the gorilla Glue. Then put glue on the threads going into the handle and on the bottom of the handle.
Then screw the handle down tighten the shaft.
8- I use a pipe clamp to hold the glue joint tight over night .
Then shape the handle with a rasp, carving tools, or a sander of some type. I finish them with spar varnish.
Proper cane length is important here is a site that give that information. wupensticks.com/index14.html
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Shaping handle with rasp and 1 1/2" X 2" sanding drum on a drill.
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I changed my plan. I was going to carve a rope at the bottom of the zebrawood handle. But it did not look the way I hoped it would.
This is what I change to. Using a drum sander I sanded down the area that was to be the rope. Then with a round burr I textured that area. Then carved the eagle. I used an ebony stain on the area just below the handle that was textured. When it has the finishes applied it will help the colors of the zebrawood handle stand out.
Should post a picture of the finished came in a few days.
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Excellent work there CV3 and a good set of instructions to boot.:):):)

Wow, very cool:2tsup:

Thanks CV, nice work.

Terry

Thanks craw (sic). That's a keeper! The epoxy would work well as a protective coating for the metal in the wood I'd imagine. I had to repair something delicate with a dowel join lately. I used a broken 1/8th drill bit and filled the holes with araldite thinking it would preserve the metal better - water based glues in joins can overtime introduce moisture.

Excellent post. Nice looking work. I enjoyed your improvisation too! (I thought I was the only one who did that:U). Interesting that you attach your handles before you shape them. I do the opposite. I find the shaft gets in the way during the sanding process. I guess it shows there's more than one way to skin a cat! (or make a stick):U

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Originally Posted by Whittling

Excellent post. Nice looking work. I enjoyed your improvisation too! (I thought I was the only one who did that:U). Interesting that you attach your handles before you shape them. I do the opposite. I find the shaft gets in the way during the sanding process. I guess it shows there's more than one way to skin a cat! (or make a stick):U

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It was just the way I learned. I do like having them attached becouse it makes matching every thing up easy. Whats that old saying? " If we were all the same one of us would not be needed"

This one is done. I still have one more coat of spar varnish.

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That's a great looking cane CV3.:2tsup:

Thanks for the how-to :2tsup:

Great work and nothing wrong with the way you explain how you did it.