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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!
Anyone in here into making canes? Specifically crook-necked canes?
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I don't do any woodworking really anymore... Maybe someday I'll dabble in my own shop, but after doing production-based for a while you don't really feel like "dabbling."
Canes are easy as shit to make though if you really want to DIY. Process is simple. Make a jig of some sort to bend a piece of wood around... Ez way is to take and cut the bottom end off of a small coffee can (about 2") and screw it down securely to a piece of wood. space pieces of wood about 1" away from that on both sides and screw it down to make your bending jig... then u just have to steam the wood.... ez home way is make a box that you can pipe steam in for an hour straight, ez way is with a teapot and a hose... I've attached a rough sketch...
Edit: This is assuming you have cut the sapling, peeled it, and allowed it to air dry.