Walking stick

[Eric Harvey]

I made myself a new walking stick with a pool 8 ball as a handle,the stick is Iroko and the collar is Spalted Blackthorn.

[Bryan Milham]

Spalted Blackthorn, sounds awesome.

[seventhdevil]

i'm loving the 8 ball theme.

it's given me the idea of making my own 8 ball now.

[Eric Harvey]

you can get pool balls in Argos for around £23.00p,I might make some more and see if they sell.

[seventhdevil]

it's a nice idea, how have you attached the ball? can you drill in to that stuff?


i actually want to try and turn my own 8 ball from wood. 

i reckon making the 8 might be tricky.

[Eric Harvey]

its some sort of plastic composite,drills ok ,started with small drills then used a Forstner bit,cuts some grooves with the flexydrive motor and a burr for mechanical retension the used Z-Poxy to hold it and the wooden collar together,same for the collar to the stick.

[seventhdevil]

yeah they are either a phenolic resin or cast polyester.

how long is the stick???    it look rather short against the lathe?

[edbanger]

That's putting the lathe to good use Eric 

All the best

Ed

[Eric Harvey]

its 36 1/2 inches tall or 92 centimetres tall,the only trouble with a ball ended stick is you can`t hang it on stuff so it falls over a lot when not in use.