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Before I had Surgery in early August. It seemed a good plan to get gardening jobs out of the way while I was still able bodied. One of the Chores was to prune the Bougainvillea before it got out of control.
While pruning, this particular Branch/Vine really stood out as it looked like a Walking Stick. Sol I put it aside to dry out for a few weeks. At the moment I am almost finished with a crutch and getting about fairly normally. So a walking Stick is not really necessary now, but it was a fun project and very satisfying to make something useful out of natural material.
All it took was to remove the horrible and nasty thorns that will cut a gardener to ribbons and then cut the shaft to length. I worked out the length by measuring it against the crutch I have been using. Then with a rasp and heaps of sanding and elbow grease I managed to fashion a Walking Stick. The Rubber Stopper I bought on line at a site that stocked medical and walking aids for disabled folk.
It is finished with 3 coats of Danish Oil.
The Black marks are where the Thorns were and the Orange blush was quite a surprise, I had never taken much notice of Bougainvillea wood before as the Branches/Vines are not very wide in Diameter and unless you were to come across a very old Bougainvillea and then perhaps there may be some thick wood on it.
Best wishes and Happy Wood Working.
Cliff.
While pruning, this particular Branch/Vine really stood out as it looked like a Walking Stick. Sol I put it aside to dry out for a few weeks. At the moment I am almost finished with a crutch and getting about fairly normally. So a walking Stick is not really necessary now, but it was a fun project and very satisfying to make something useful out of natural material.
All it took was to remove the horrible and nasty thorns that will cut a gardener to ribbons and then cut the shaft to length. I worked out the length by measuring it against the crutch I have been using. Then with a rasp and heaps of sanding and elbow grease I managed to fashion a Walking Stick. The Rubber Stopper I bought on line at a site that stocked medical and walking aids for disabled folk.
It is finished with 3 coats of Danish Oil.
The Black marks are where the Thorns were and the Orange blush was quite a surprise, I had never taken much notice of Bougainvillea wood before as the Branches/Vines are not very wide in Diameter and unless you were to come across a very old Bougainvillea and then perhaps there may be some thick wood on it.
Best wishes and Happy Wood Working.
Cliff.