Bad knees, so carry a cane now. Lost a cane awhile back, and had
to buy another - but decided if I lost another, no more buying. So
lapped and glued some red oak flooring the oler son had given me. Very
solid, ran it thru the planer, to get it down to 1" thick, and roughed
out the handle. Then let it sit.

Well, bigger than bear squat, lost my cane. So took the shopmade
cane as is, the main shaft 1" X 2 38", and the handle still squared on
top. Carried it for a couple of days as is, to see just what I wanted.
Then finished it today. The length is good, same as the storebought
cane, which I find comfortable to use, and a nice height to lean on.
Used the power planer to take down the shaft on both sides, so it's now
1" X 1 1/8", and bandsawed the handle to round it on the outside curve.
I was thinking about rounding it, decided not. Then thought about
knocking the edges down to an octagon, decided not. Decided to leave it
square, so it wouldn't roll off a counter or table top, but did knock
down the edgs just a bit.

It's looking pretty decent, but I plan on making one or two more,
for just in case. The pieces for the next ones will be taken down to
1/2" X 1" before gluing. This will come up with a better looking cane,
and take less time, and effort, to finish. That oak flooring makes for
a very sturdy cane. The only actual expense will be some rubber tips
for the canes.

The next time I crank the planer up I'll run some pieces thru to
glue up three thick, then turn a carver's mallet, and see how that turns
out.



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