Post by adrian65 on Oct 21, 2010 12:59:22 GMT -5
Hi, everyone!
Firstly, a brief story of how I decided to make this cane.
A while ago, my mom told me she'd like a fancy cane, with metal handle. I found a web-site which had very pretty models at fair prices, but when I tried to order on-line it appeared that they don't ship to Europe because of the high cost. Funny that they had a shipment computer which gave the shipping price (some $50). I also e-mailed them, asking if they could send me at least the metallic handle such as I would add the stick, but they told me no, we don't do that. Oh well, too bad that their customer service doesn't raise to the quality of their products.
I kept searching and found a local web-site with lots of models, but the prices were totally crazy: some 500 Euros for a cane!!!
Well, in these conditions, I asked mom if she wants the handle to be made of silver or if it could be made of stainless steel. She told me stainless steel would be OK, and that was the start of this project.
I "extracted" the shape from a stainless steel "cube", as you see below:
Then I changed my mind about the design and drew some other shape. The hole you see will host the stick at the lower end and a cab at the upper end.
As you see, there were lots'n' lots of holes to drill:
Then I started to grind the shape:
And to smooth it:
The small hole in the left will be filled with a brass rod (sort of metal intarsia) to add to the fish (maybe dolphin) shape of the handle. I think it's quite appropriate, my mom being a Pisces.
Notice I put a plug in the upper hole, I think this way it will follow better the curved shape and won't undercut near the edges:
That would be all for now, I will post further progresses.
Thank you for looking,
Adrian
Firstly, a brief story of how I decided to make this cane.
A while ago, my mom told me she'd like a fancy cane, with metal handle. I found a web-site which had very pretty models at fair prices, but when I tried to order on-line it appeared that they don't ship to Europe because of the high cost. Funny that they had a shipment computer which gave the shipping price (some $50). I also e-mailed them, asking if they could send me at least the metallic handle such as I would add the stick, but they told me no, we don't do that. Oh well, too bad that their customer service doesn't raise to the quality of their products.
I kept searching and found a local web-site with lots of models, but the prices were totally crazy: some 500 Euros for a cane!!!
Well, in these conditions, I asked mom if she wants the handle to be made of silver or if it could be made of stainless steel. She told me stainless steel would be OK, and that was the start of this project.
I "extracted" the shape from a stainless steel "cube", as you see below:
Then I changed my mind about the design and drew some other shape. The hole you see will host the stick at the lower end and a cab at the upper end.
As you see, there were lots'n' lots of holes to drill:
Then I started to grind the shape:
And to smooth it:
The small hole in the left will be filled with a brass rod (sort of metal intarsia) to add to the fish (maybe dolphin) shape of the handle. I think it's quite appropriate, my mom being a Pisces.
Notice I put a plug in the upper hole, I think this way it will follow better the curved shape and won't undercut near the edges:
That would be all for now, I will post further progresses.
Thank you for looking,
Adrian
. You do your Mother proud.
