I should like to make a shepherd's crook type stick (Cleek?)
I have now acquired the skills to straighten a stick, and prepare it, with a dowel type protrusion ready to attach the head
But the head is making me wonder - it will be cut from a block of wood, with a corresponding dowel socket, shaped and sanded. I'm trying to work out should the grain go across (Horizontal) the 'U', or vertical (Up) the 'U'.
They would both appear to be weaker in different ways.
Is there a right or wrong way please?
I have now acquired the skills to straighten a stick, and prepare it, with a dowel type protrusion ready to attach the head
But the head is making me wonder - it will be cut from a block of wood, with a corresponding dowel socket, shaped and sanded. I'm trying to work out should the grain go across (Horizontal) the 'U', or vertical (Up) the 'U'.
They would both appear to be weaker in different ways.
Is there a right or wrong way please?