For Scots Bill.

[wm460]

As promised here the photo's of the walking stick I made.
The customer requirements were,

1, A rail dog for handle , He worked for the railway when he was a young fella.
2, The shaft had to be made from a sledge hammer or pick handle, Because he swung both for a living when he was younger.
3, Where the handle joins the shaft he want copper wire wrapped around it. he worked as a linesman for Telstra for 25 years.
I told him you do that after 25 years you should be able wind a bit of wire around it.
After photo taken I trimmed the rubber stopper to fit the shaft, some thing out of a telephone box

 

[Terry Q]

That would put a nasty lump on someone's noggin. Nice job.

 

[Penpal]

Put away your Shelalies? this is a good defensive weapon and a mighty fine walking stick Mark lot of careful thinking there.

Peter.

 

[wm460]

Put away your Shelalies? this is a good defensive weapon and a mighty fine walking stick Mark lot of careful thinking there.

Peter.

As you know certain members of our community have thicker skulls than us.[emoji12]

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[flexi]

Very nice...its always better when there is that personal touch that has gone into a piece....but i do have to agree...i wouldn't want him tapping me on the head with that
Very nice

 

[Scots Bill]

Hi Mark, thought you had forgotten. As you saw on the many pictures of my walking sticks, or canes as our American friends call them, I have never actually turned a stick shank, lathe bed not long enough! So just did rustic ones. Y

 

[Scots Bill]

Sorry, got cut off in mid flow, I was going to add that your excellent stick is about the most unusual I have seen. Good work Mark. Over here the chairs that hold the rails to the rails to the sleepers are held with massive coach screws. I used some of those to join my workbench together. Four by four inch legs, four inch top, just pine or more accurately deal, I made a front vise and an end vise from the screws from car jacks. Both of those are now defunct as is the guy who made them, nearly. My eldest son just scrounged my grease box I made when he was a boy. I

 

[Bill Mooney]

That stick is a good history of his working life. A nice sentiment Mark & well made.

 

[wm460]

Hi Mark, thought you had forgotten. As you saw on the many pictures of my walking sticks, or canes as our American friends call them, I have never actually turned a stick shank, lathe bed not long enough! So just did rustic ones. Y

I just need a kick in the guts now and again.

It is actually the second longest thing I have turned. (I will have to find that pic):doh:
I did this on my old lathe, the bed was long enough.

 

[wm460]

Sorry, got cut off in mid flow, I was going to add that your excellent stick is about the most unusual I have seen. Good work Mark. Over here the chairs that hold the rails to the rails to the sleepers are held with massive coach screws. I used some of those to join my workbench together. Four by four inch legs, four inch top, just pine or more accurately deal, I made a front vise and an end vise from the screws from car jacks. Both of those are now defunct as is the guy who made them, nearly. My eldest son just scrounged my grease box I made when he was a boy. I

Any photos of these?

 

[Winemaker]

Great walking stick