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In 2020 I started having mild stability problems. If I'd had a cane the first time I fell down I would have been *much* better off. I tried some commercial ones but they turned out to be expensive, not durable, and very boring looking. So I figured out how to make my own from half inch copper pipe and porcelain. The picture shows what they look like, and this thread explains how to make them.
Materials:
* Type L half inch copper pipe -- this is the thick kind.
* Clay to make a top and a kiln to fire it in -- Probably other things will work for a top but this is what I use.
* Epoxy -- I've used both liquid and paste. They both work and each has its good and bad points.
* Masking tape.
* Half inch rubber cane tips.
Tools:
* Tube cutter -- it's really hard to cut copper pipe with a hacksaw!
* Tape measure
* Hacksaw -- Even if you have a tube cutter a hacksaw is still needed.
* Pliers
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I've been trying to make myself a walking cane that suits my height, needs and fundamental lack of grounding in reality, and they keep turning into Daredevil's Billy Club...
Given there's not a four story building within about 3 miles of me, I suspect I might not need the swinging rope bit.
Which actually is sort of attached to a batarang.
Can you be done for IP transgressions for just using a tricked out cane?
I should probably get back to gaming before I cut my fingers.
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"Die Schlaue Katze“ (The Clever Cat), 19th-century walking stick topped with a cat wearing goggles, c. 1890. Place of origin: United Kingdom. Currently part of the Knauf Museum collection. Photo Credit: © Benedikt Feser. #canes #walkingsticks #museums #cats
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Anyway, if you see me at a con and I’m using a cane that means it’s a dodgy walking day. It also means I think I’m Sherlock Holmes, striding along with my stylish and ever-so-dashing cane. Well, striding may be wishful thinking, but hey, I’m a writer. Imagination is a wonderful thing.