A friend, who collects canes and walking sticks, had to a cut a newly acquired walking stick in order to get it into his luggage. Now he's asking me how best to join the two pieces back back together.
I've not yet seen the stick, but I'm guessing it's irregular in cross section, as he prefers those with interesting shapes.
My first thought is to drill oversize holes in the ends to be joined, fill them with epoxy, and then use a smaller diameter dowel, using the slop to adjust.
My second thought is to join from the outside by cutting some grooves around the circumference and filling them with splines of some sort, then carving or sanding them down to more-or-less match the contour.
I don't believe he has a drill press, and neither do I, though I doubt it would be much help here.
I don't consider either of these to be particularly elegant solutions.
Any better ideas?
Thanks.
I've not yet seen the stick, but I'm guessing it's irregular in cross section, as he prefers those with interesting shapes.
My first thought is to drill oversize holes in the ends to be joined, fill them with epoxy, and then use a smaller diameter dowel, using the slop to adjust.
My second thought is to join from the outside by cutting some grooves around the circumference and filling them with splines of some sort, then carving or sanding them down to more-or-less match the contour.
I don't believe he has a drill press, and neither do I, though I doubt it would be much help here.
I don't consider either of these to be particularly elegant solutions.
Any better ideas?
Thanks.
