Search the Community
Showing results for tags 'stick'.
Found 5 results
-
One of the vendors at the Farmers market is having a rough week. The farm has a pumpkin patch and corn maze each year. As a side thing the farm wife goes around the area during the season and gives deserving people pumpkins as the "pumpkin fairy". So, to cheer her up I made her a pumpkin wand:
-
Several years ago, WOOD magazine did a project, a "wood turned walking stick". It didn't happen very often but this particular project just spoke to me and I had to make it. That's kind of funny because at the time, if I'm being honest, I couldn't really call myself a wood turner. My lathe was a shopsmith and I turned a spindle if I just had to. Anyway, I ended up making several of those walking sticks for gifts or personal use. I have decided to revisit the project and hit the highlights of it for the May demo for our club. It's a very straight forward thing to make except for the handle. I have a handle on the lathe, have turned it and done some shaping. Still a little more to do but it's coming along. Two things are different this time around. In the article, a compass is let into the handle with a cavity under it for matches, a map, or whatever. Those compasses are no longer available and I haven't been able to find a substitute so I'll just round the top. The other thing that's different is the EWT negative rake insert I now have in my arsenal. They are perfect for shaping the finger slots. Here's a WIP picture. Still some tweaking to do on this one but I'm happy with it to this point. The neat thing about this walking stick is, it's made in four pieces so a person doesn't need a real long bed to do it. One of the best WOOD projects ever IMO. Steve
- 12 replies
-
- 4
-
-
- wood turning
- walnut
- (and 6 more)
-
Our resident YouTube super star has posted videos of his walking stick creation. This 3 part epic shows us how he turned the handle as well as all the other parts. Thanks @Steve Krumanaker for making this available!
- 4 replies
-
- 7
-
-
-
- video
- krumanaker
- (and 4 more)
-
I need to build a fairing stick to put a gracefull arc on a board. They say use tempered hard board but i cannot find it anywhere. What else can I use or where can I find tempered hard board?
-
My son's Cross Country team asked if I would take an attempt at making a new spirit stick for the team. What I have learned about spirit sticks at cross country meets is that the teams carry these to receive their awards post-run. I do not know much else about the history of this and believe it just something that the teams do for fun. I agreed to give it a shot as the old one was in a bad state of repair. I have a Powermatic PM90 with VFD but have not had many excuses to run it. I am really a "nooby" in the turning world. I also took a first attempt at inlay on this project. While I do not consider this my best work, I am pleased with how it turned out and what I learned as well. This will be attached to pool cue that is candy striped in two tone blue school colors. I did not have it ready at the time I took the pictures. For many of the folks here, I know that this is pretty rudimentary turning so I apologize for the fledgling work. Hopefully it meets the team expectations!. Go Storm!
