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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 #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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Restoration of an 1897 railroad car. #6: Picking up where I left off and an excuse!
Old Flatulent Individual
Needed a better picture for the first pic, the next one maybe not the best intro :-) [IMG_2989.jpeg] I have been extremely distracted of late. I g...
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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 #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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My Shop(s)
littlecope
My Wife and I moved into our own Home 10 years ago last February... In the Apartment we had just left, my Shop was located in the Cellar... a Ce...
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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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Roll the dice
TheWoodGuy
I been rolling the dice to see if my projects would come up and they never did. ☹️ When I looked at it today this came up. Under member spotlight...
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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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