The club is bringing back the Friendship Canes starting with our 2023 Spring Show which will be held on May 20 and 21, 2023 at the Scottish Rite Temple. The purpose of the program is to encourage carving by the members and to build friendships between new and long term members and to build relationships between novice carvers and more experienced carvers.
The rules for the program are to carve most anything you want as long as it fits on a 2”x2”x3” block with a 5/8” hole drilled through the middle in the long direction. The finished block may be unpainted and coated with a mineral oil finish or it could be painted with acrylic paints or other paints of choice and finished with a top protective top coat. The blocks will be stacked with a 5/8” dowel through the holes and held in place with a special bottom and top piece. A total of 9 blocks are needed to make one cane. If 18 finished blocks are received wo canes will be assembled, etc. The carvers name should be placed on the blocks at a location such that the name will be visible after the cane has been assembled.
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