The task that I set up for myself yesterday was to work on my hiking staff a little more. My original intention was to cut my staff to my desired height and to sand it all down.
At this point I began by standing the whole pole straight up and taking on some notches where I think would be an appropriate height for me.
Afterwards I start sawing the pole and begin to divide it into two whole sections.
Here we see them next to each other after I cut them apart. The short one is mine, and the the tall one I plan on leaving it to my friend Kane.
Then I gather the materials for the sanding process, and as you probably already know only consists of sanding paper and your pole.
After I started the sanding process my friend Tyler decided that he wanted to also work on his hiking staff. Kids don't try this at home, but the way he is cutting with the saw is not the way you do it.
A few seconds after I took the picture above Tyler cut himself with the saw. You should rest the pole as flatly on the ground or workbench as possible, and with the saw you cut away from your body. I think Tyler has learned his lesson, and you also should learn from his experience.
Always a good idea to have a first aid kit nearby when performing tasks like these, and Tyler is more than happy to demonstrate as he is taking care of his wound.
After a while Kane joins in and begins sanding down his own pole. He has still not decided what he wants to do with his, but that is one of the many great things about this process in that your creativeness is boundless.
All in all it was a very productive day, and I was able to teach the guys a thing or two over the course of the day. Today I hope to complete sanding down completely my staff, and try to figure out what kind of stain I want to put on it.
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