Is your lathe long enough to turn it in one piece? How did you attach the handle? I make a lot of canes that I sell and always looking for new ideas (to steal).
Yes...turned a tenon & inserted in drilled hole in handle Please feel free to steal any ideas you wish..the picture is lame of this cane.. it really looks great with a pineapple pillow type spiral...
If you could somehow figure out how to make the bottom removable, you could hollow the bottom out. Then you could insert chalk, take the kids or grand kids outside and draw on the drive way or sidewalk.
since there are no driveways or sidewalks in the wilderness, I have decided to skip that modification..but arsinut, please continue to suggest new experimental ideas
Very nice. I have never succeeded in turning a cane, even with a steady rest. They are just too 'whippy' at that length. I revert to whittling or using a drawknife.