Seems you have this under control, all should come out great. Working wood in 64's of an inch, your eyes are much better than mine, I can't focus down to that resolution. I'm happy to be accurate within an 8th of an inch.

My eyes are kinda horrible, but nearsighted. With my glasses off, I could probably work to 1/128 in metal. Have to get about 6 inches away from the workpiece, but I’ve had people ask if I want to get eye surgery, and I always say heck no. I like being able to see close.

As for having it under control, I remembered most of my lessons from my first cane, which were almost all of the “do as much as you can with square stock, or stock with at least one square side to measure from” flavor. I’m going to start rounding the shafts tomorrow, which will be interesting. Drawknife or spokeshave work uses back muscles (though I’ll see what I can do with just arms), so I’m going to have to approach it slow and easy, rather than trying to hog off big chunks of wood at once.

Nice progress.  

I usually use a small block plane to round square stock.  You can work with one hand and even hold the stock by hand.  Just a thought.  

We’ll see, Nathan. I’ve got a jig for octagonalizing square stock that holds it at a 45 degree angle, and that plus a bench plane is often my first step for rounding things, but I also have three projects sitting on things in my shop, many of which are above my 10# lifting limit, so I may just clamp an end in the carving vise and go after it with a spokeshave, because the carving vise is one of the few things that isn’t buried in other stuff.

I finally got caught up. Interesting build Dave!

Thanks, Steve. Going pretty slow, but hopefully I’ll get some good time in is week.

Nice work Dave. Looking forward to seeing the next steps.
BTW, I'm kinda like you, to see things up close, I have to take my glasses off.

Dave,
I used to be nearsighted, had cataract surgery, and the surgeon asked what type of lenses I wanted - near or far. I picked far sighted because I've had to wear glasses since I was 8 and thought going without them would be nice. I wish I hadn't.
Prior glasses were on all time & only removed for up close - which worked great for me. Now, have to carry reading glasses everywhere, and it has become an inconvenience. 
Food for thought.

My sweetie used to be nearsighted, but got LASIK surgery a couple decades ago. She has a pair of “cheaters” in every room. If I ever need cataract surgery, I’m going to have them leave me nearsighted.

Not sure what’ll happen today, as the irrigation guy is coming out soon because the pump that pulls water from our cistern crapped out. And also our wireless internet is down again, so I may spend some time working on a cellular failover network, because there are too many things in our house that start yelling at me when the network goes away.

But if I get some time in the shop, rounding the cane shafts is next.