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Dave Polaschek
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Building a cane #13: Finished the carving, finishing
Dave Polaschek
I finished up the carving on the shaft. Going to keep it simple, with just a single set of lines, rather than full checkering. Sanded with 220 grit...
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Building a cane #12: Finishing the handle, carving on the shaft
Dave Polaschek
It’s getting into the home stretch, I think. I sanded off (using 220 grit) the excess white grain-filler, then hit the handle with a coat of Tru-Oi...
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Building a cane #11: Shaping the handle more, grain filling, and fitting the tip on the shaft
Dave Polaschek
90 minutes in the shop this morning, but quite a bit of progress. First, I shaped the handle a bit more. When Greg tried it on Friday, we made mar...
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Building a cane #10: Shaping the handle
Dave Polaschek
About two hours more work (for two handles) mostly with a spokeshave and a knife, but also with some rasp work and a pencil to mark what I want to ...
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Building a cane #9: Hole for the peg, shaping begins
Dave Polaschek
This morning’s progress was marking the position for the hole in the tenon, [IMG_9240.jpeg] [IMG_9241.jpeg] [IMG_9247.jpeg] Then offsetting it b...
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Building a cane #8: Rounding the shafts
Dave Polaschek
Another hour, some more progress. I started rounding the shafts with my homemade spokeshave, but that’s set for a pretty rough cut, and I was getti...
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Building a cane #7: Fine tuning tenons & octagonalizing the shafts
Dave Polaschek
Next up, making the shafts rounder, but first, done quick fine-tuning of the tenons with a float. I had aimed to make the mortises slightly larger ...
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Building a cane #6: Cutting tenons on the shafts
Dave Polaschek
Had another half-hour in the shop this morning. Got the tenons double-checked and cut, and they’re each just a hair too big for their respective ha...
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Building a cane #5: Mortise cleanup and Trimming the trim
Dave Polaschek
Another hour in the shop this morning. Trimmed the layer of granadillo after marking the rough diameter I plan to finish it to. Not perfect, but cl...
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Building a cane #4: Making trenails
Dave Polaschek
I got a little more time this evening, and spent a half hour making two trenails out of four ⅜ inch square scraps of live oak I got from Nathan. Sp...
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Building a cane #3: Finishing the mortises, drilling drawbore holes
Dave Polaschek
Not much progress today, but even slow progress is progress. I finished chopping the mortise on the second handle. Went pretty smoothly except for...
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Building a cane #2: Mortising the handle
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I grabbed another 45 minutes in the shop this afternoon, and got one handle mortised. Started by drilling a pair of ¼ inch holes through the morti...
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