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Re: Shortening the Stable

Author: jhoyla
Date: 2017-07-26 10:59

IMHO, shortening the staple from the cork end is the best way to approach this. 6-7 mm sounds a lot, however!

If you shorten from the narrow end, it changes the diameter of the staple at the most critical point - the point where the cane meets the staple. If the diameter here changes, your tie-on length changes too! Taking 1mm off the narrow end of the staple can shorten your overall blank length by 2 mm, since you need to tie-on shorter to compensate for the increased diameter of the staple.

Additionally, any variance in either oval shape or smoothness of the narrow end can cause your cane to crack as you tie-on - I once cracked three pieces of cane in a row on the same staple until I figured out the cause and threw it away.

J.

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