I was at a family reunion a couple of weekends ago and had a relative ask me if I could help him repair a cane he had made. It took him and a fellow woodworker 15 months to make this cane several years ago. He's sold all his tools and has given up ww'ing due to health reasons, so he's unable to tackle this himself since he no longer has the lathe he turned his part on. The cane is made of 2 sections of cherry, he did the turned section, and his friend did the upper portion with the carved balls in it. He joined the 2 sections together with a hanger bolt and it broke. I'm thinking the best repair approach would be to use a lathe to drill out the hanger bolt and then bore a little deeper into the 2 sections and epoxy in some rod of some type. I don't have the equipment or the know how to get this done without destroying something that has great meaning to him and am looking for someone in the Raleighwood area to take a look at it and see if it's doable. He's willing to pay for the repair, but would like to have some idea of what it might cost. He also told me that if the repair went south and the cane got destroyed he didn't want to know about it!
Any assistance, feedback, or suggestions on how, or if, this can be done.
Now for the pictures. Although it seems I'm missing a couple of the one's I intended to upload so I'll have to add them later. If different angles would help let me know and I can take more as well.
The 2 pieces
How the pieces need to go back together
TIA,
B.
Any assistance, feedback, or suggestions on how, or if, this can be done.
Now for the pictures. Although it seems I'm missing a couple of the one's I intended to upload so I'll have to add them later. If different angles would help let me know and I can take more as well.
The 2 pieces
How the pieces need to go back together
TIA,
B.
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