I love this. I'm about to make my first walking stick after watching one of my fellow carvers at our carving club working on his cane top. I'm busy researching techniques.
Hi Tim, what does the copper sleeve do - is it necessary...does it make the connection stronger? Is it ok to put the handle right on the stick - with a hanger bolt and apoxy?
I use the copper fitting to basically cover my failure to make a good clean connection, and it does make it a bit stronger. You can connect topper straight to stick, but you'll want a spacer in between.
Tim! Are you just knife carving the top to fit the reducer? How are you measuring the fit before you start carving? Lastly, are you sanding up to 240, then torching, then sanding at 240 again?
Yes, I knife carve it, there's a lot of luck and not much skill involved! 😊 I like to leave a gap between the topper and the top of the stick for the epoxy to grab hold, so it doesn't have to be perfect. I like using a tubing cutter for plumbing to get my line straight and make a stop cut, then I cut back to it, then turn and carve up. I sand it all the way til I'm happy with it, no fuzzies at all, then I torch it, you'll be surprised how that finishes it off!
I've just got interested in making walking sticks so this was a great video to watch 👏🏻👍thankyou ....what's the price tag on one of those sir just to give a ballpark THANKYOU
@@timpevey868 stick looks great and time and passion there to be seen but correct me if I'm wrong is the marketing the hardest part I've no experience in this but imagine it would be .....thanks all the best
You are exactly right, marketing is everything, and I'm horrible at it! That's for online sales, but I absolutely love my in person sales, shows are my favorite!
The gap space for epoxy is important. Avoid being too meticulous in the fit. Epoxy needs to bond not only to the surface you are glueing, but it also needs its own thickness to really become as strong as it can be - which is impressive. Use enough epoxy to cause it to squish out. Wipe the excess off with denatured alcohol or acetone.
I add a lot of toppers to bamboo, so I'll either carve a peg on the bottom of the topper to fit the hollow, or I'll take a dowel that will fit the hollow then carve a peg to fit the topper. Hope that makes sense.
@@timpevey868 I was thinking the same in just wasnt sure. Its my first attempt and this is large diameter hole. So before I filled it or decided to put screws in it figured I ask someone with experience
I should have been clearer on that, most of those tools are home made. If you could imagine a large forstner bit wit a hole in the center to slip over the stick and cut a neck.
