I couldn't help myself...made another cane

[mranum]

I couldn't help myself

I kept moving this little piece of figured Walnut around and every time I picked it up thinking it would make a nice cane handle, so I wore myself down until I gave in and made another. I already made my folks 2 and have no idea what I'm gonna do with it. But I was right, it makes a nice handle. Its hard to make out in the pics but in the second one there is a grain pattern that works as a spear point aiming straight at the handle. My pictures don't really do it justice.

Between turning pens and canes I don't know when I'm ever gonna try out my new bowl gouges I got for Christmas.

 

[Rifleman1776]

I see the grain, very attractive.
Do you turn your canes?
I have tried without success, even using a center steady. Just too long and whippy.

 

[mranum]

Yes I turn them. For me I found that using a skew worked the best. Very sharp and light cuts. I tend to work the ends first so as to leave the center with the most mass for last. I start out with a 1" skew and when I get to final size I switch to a 1/2" skew for smaller delicate cuts. I usually don't have much whipping until I get under 1" diameter, then it gets real touchy.

The handles are all done by hand though with rasps, micrplanes and sandpaper.

 

[Glenn McCullough]

care to share your handle to staff attachment process on this beauty?

 

[areaman]

beautiful canes, great job

 

[mranum]

care to share your handle to staff attachment process on this beauty?

I used a 1/2" x 4" dowel to join the handle to the shaft. The shaft is 1" in diameter where the joint is so I thought 1/2" should be ok. Drilled 2" into the shaft and 1 3/4" into the handle, plus there is the 1/4" Maple accent piece.