OT- Filler for Walking Stick

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I found a very strange Chokecherry limb. It grew like a licorice stick, twisted around and around.

It was old and dry and dead when I found it. I cut it off from the main plant, and have been debarking for a couple days. It's cracked- major cracks not only longetudinal (sic?) but cracks associated with the twistings- some sections actually apart. It's still pretty strong, I think it would hold my weight, but I want to fill the deep cracks in with compound that would make it stronger. With these spaces filled, it will bend less and be less likely to crack.

What compound is both strong and resilient? Able to move just a little but keep the grip?

Thanks. These chokecherry searches have brought me a lot of fun.



munk
 
Obviously epoxy is too brittle and will shatter the first time you maliciously whack the neighbors cat with that stick
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'Shoe Goop' might meet your needs very well. Or, as another HI forumite once pointed us toward - '3M Auto Glass Urethane Windshield Adhesive'.
 
munk said:
These chokecherry searches have brought me a lot of fun.


munk
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Hee, hee. Once I was searching for info on a computer video card called the "Twin Turbo 128".

There are some interesting objects called the "Twin Turbo"...

What about what the English called a "shotted stick"? I picture a sturdy walking stick drilled into and lead pistol balls glued in for weight. Not what you're looking for, but an idea for a, um, self defense walking stick. I mean, exercise stick.


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Maybe Gorilla Glue?

It's strong as hell and will expand to fill the holes. I use it on waaaaay too many thing :D
 
Going to the automotive field for another possible product that may work would possibly be the material used for repairing the flexible bumpers on the new cars.
It comes in a tube and is moldable to an extent and will accept paint so should accept a polyurethane finish I would think.
It's a dark charcoal/black so should contrast nicely with the wood when finished.
I had an oppostunity too use it when the rear bumper on our old Geo started somewhat flopping in the breeze.:rolleyes: :D ;)
 
munk?

Would the stuff that Dan (theknifeartist) and others use in "stabilized" woods work for this purpose?

For the tall cane/walking stick I have, I saturated that sucker with old marine varnish, but I don't know how much it flexes--certainly not as much as a longer staff. I saturated that thing (either juniper or cedar) over and over, covering cracks, old knotholes, and any splitting.

Good luck. Pictures someday?



Be well and safe.
 
I think stuff used to free float barrels is probably too stiff, but I could be wrong since Browning uses a wax like substance. ( that is probably wax)

Where do you buy Gorrilla glue? Haven't seen any.

Shoe goo might work, but it's not as strong as I had in mind.



thanks

munk
 
If Gorilla Glue is what I'm thinking it is I hate the damned stuff. Is it one of the ones that foams up as it dries? I think I have even bought some Gorilla Glue. I know that one of the glues I've bought foams up and swells as it dries making a Holy Mess.:grumpy:
 
Blackthorn is legendary. Rusty and others had several great threads on canes and sticks as weapons and traveling companions.

I was thinking just now, if Chokecherry cracks all the time, it'll never get made into grips or beams or staves or ribs of a boat or? It gets to keep growing, and cracking, merrily along.
Now that is an evolutionary talent worth keeping if the dominant life force wants lumber.


munk
 
I think I know why they call it Gorilla Glue
Because it makes me look like a monkey when I try to use it
I cant make that damn stuff stick anything
Just one of my fatal shortcomings as a man I guess
 
OK, forget Gorilla glue. I wish Shoe goop set up harder. Might work though.

Mackasenbach;

Your name is actually nothing like it, but when I see it sometimes I think of the name, 'quackenbush' we used to use for fun when we were kids.
Sort of in the same vein as what my kids and I use today when we say, 'boober-bobber'.
No offense of course, Sir.


munk
 
I know they make variations of Shoe Goo for different uses, but I've used the standard stuff to bond boyancy foam to the side of an expanded Royalex canoe (very small-10 foot Dagger open canoe (Tupelo)--needed more lift when I got hit by on-coming waves from ski boats) I have. I would think it is NOT a good choice for wood, and will separate after some weather exposure.

Basically, I think it is just rubber cement that they messed with. :) Is a neat idea though, and when I could run for a hobby, saved a bunch of money on the world's greatest shoes, Brooks Trainers. (There's a scene in THE BIG CHILL) where one of the characters tries on modern running shoes for the first time, and says "I'm NEVER going to take these off." That was how the Trainers felt when I first got them.)

I don't know how much elasticity you are going to need, Munk, but I'd go with some of the rifle bedding stuff, or a variation of an epoxy or super-glue.



Be well and safe.
 
Just a little elasticity. But the stuff really has to stick to the wood.



munk
 
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