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My sweetie's dad has a cane he doesn't use much. He should, but it's a pain, and he tends to forget it places. So she thought that maybe she'd get him a cane hanger for Christmas, but all the ones on Amazon were plastic. Since he used to make furniture in this wood shop and gave me his old bandsaw, which I just recently got running again, I offered to make a hanger for his cane.
The idea seems simple enough. Some sort of bit you can clamp around the shaft of the cane, and then another piece which can be hooked over the back of a chair, or set on the edge of a table, and the cane will hang there until you're ready to go, rather than getting leaned in a corner where you'll forget it.
I grabbed a piece of cherry from my stash. Cut a chunk long enough to clamp around the cane and drilled a 7/8" hole in it, then sawed it into two pieces. Put in the brass inserts so I could use the thumbscrews I have on hand. That plus a rubber band around the cane will hold the hanger securely. Then I dovetailed in another piece of wood (picture 2) and started carving away everything I didn't need, first with the bandsaw, and then with a spokeshave.
After fairing all the lines, I hit it with a coat of boiled linseed oil. Then I scraped the end of the vertical piece clean and contact cemented some shelf-liner on to provide a non-skid end to rest on a table or whatever.
He seemed genuinely pleased to receive it. Let's hope it helps him keep track of his cane.
The idea seems simple enough. Some sort of bit you can clamp around the shaft of the cane, and then another piece which can be hooked over the back of a chair, or set on the edge of a table, and the cane will hang there until you're ready to go, rather than getting leaned in a corner where you'll forget it.
I grabbed a piece of cherry from my stash. Cut a chunk long enough to clamp around the cane and drilled a 7/8" hole in it, then sawed it into two pieces. Put in the brass inserts so I could use the thumbscrews I have on hand. That plus a rubber band around the cane will hold the hanger securely. Then I dovetailed in another piece of wood (picture 2) and started carving away everything I didn't need, first with the bandsaw, and then with a spokeshave.
After fairing all the lines, I hit it with a coat of boiled linseed oil. Then I scraped the end of the vertical piece clean and contact cemented some shelf-liner on to provide a non-skid end to rest on a table or whatever.
He seemed genuinely pleased to receive it. Let's hope it helps him keep track of his cane.
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