[at-l] Pole Tips

[Leslie Booher]

Don't do what I did: I wore through the plastic tips, then called Leki to find out why and how to get new ones.  Turned out that they were just packing to get the poles to me without scratching anything else.  They were supposed to be removed when I'd received the poles.  <G>  Ah, well.  They worked fine for awhile.  a'bear

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  From: hiker 317 
  To: at-l 
  Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 1:21 PM
  Subject: Re: [at-l] Pole Tips


  I took a piece of hardwood dowel that was a tight fit into a rubber cane tip (about $6.00 for pack of 2), drilled a hole down the center of the dowel to make a tight fit on the carbide tip of my walking stick, then ~after~ drilling the hole, epoxy the cane tip on to the drilled end of the dowel, then cut the dowel off flush with the top of the cane-tip, use the same drill bit pushed through the already drilled hole to drill a hole through the bottom of the cane-tip, and if you're lucky, and selected the right size cane-tip, the carbide tip should extend through the bottom of the cane-tip just enough to make pretty scratches on rocks, while not sinking in soft ground, after you put a couple of drops of epoxy in the dowel-hole before you slide it onto the carbide. You can then repeat the process with the other cane-tip in the package to make a spare. Another Pole Tip is to not do this:
  http://graciesgallivanting.blogspot.com


  On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 11:58 PM, JPL <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:

    I used the rubber pole tips that keep the pole from sinking too far into the ground.  They do wear out and aren’t cheap to replace.  I’m thinking about gluing some rubber material on the bottom and just keep doing that.  Anyone have any experience with this?

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