Kayden

Well this is completely different! I was approached by  a friend who asked if I could make a hiking stick. Of course I said yes, even though I had never done it before. This is the result. Kayden is made from several different woods. The bottom is ash, a good solid wood that should hold up really well for years. The top is made from hard maple and alder. Connecting the two pieces was a puzzle for me. How to attach two pieces of wood together end to end? I had to make it in two sections because my lathe isn't long enough to turn 5 feet of wood. So I decided that a wooden sleeve should work. I hollowed a piece of walnut and turned it down to the proper size and used epoxy to attach everything.