Recent content by Diving Duck

Re:Handle........Steel threaded rod or original peg method for fixing?

All getting a tad too technical for me, next thing we'll be talking about moisture content being in equilibrium with the surrounding atmosphere, the only thing that that proves is that my memory goes back to Technical College when I was an apprentice :sigh:

Sticks are measured by diameter. :confused:

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Blackthorn thorns cut off completely or partly before drying?

:welcome1: My granddaughter is at Aberystwyth taking law, that's about as far as you'll get, she's a vegetarian so the fact you shoot is definably a No No! :argue:

Try to use wallpaper steamer, you should be able to bend it on your knee, the correct height for a walking stick should be your hip bone, turn it upside down [handle on floor] and mark your hip for measurement, try round file on the V if it's too sharp. p.s. no set length for thumb stick as some...

Never in the field of human meteorology were so many superlatives applied so widely to so little.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lou-reed-velvet-underground-leader-and-rock-pioneer-dead-at-71-20131027 :sadwavey:

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I have edited/re-posted in the jig bender thread :sad6:

Firstly I would like to point out I am not a 'chancer' just someone who was willing to help members who want to make their own sticks, I am loath to pay to join any forum, I don't have a camera/mobile phone, so any self-promotion/advertising my sticks [and other woodworking, I am a retired...

Many apologies for my grumpy old man attitude :sad6: Back to Stick making, anyone who wants to try making a Cardigan handled stick, use the template from the book mentioned, use a bench drill to cut shape, then file and sand, make note of the end elevation template [pear shaped] finish...

Thanks you have made it clear enough for me to realise that I over stepped the mark and this place is over moderated :deadhorse:.....:ban:

horn bending jig........can you change this to STICKMAKING then sticky* it, so it won't slip off the page, there are two pages 'bending jig' is misleading IMO *No pun intended Thanks in Advance. Thread: horn bending jig