Re: Simple Walking Stick question


"Phil Cook" <u-r-walk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Pete Brown wrote:
>
>>Expect his will be obvious to walking stick owners...
>>However, friend recently been given pressee of a walking stick and is not
>>sure about how the bottom bits fit together!
>>Please view the following
>>
>>http://community.webshots.com/photo/430390736/430427010Meggjf
>>
>>and advise:-
>>
>>1.Does B just press onto A as and when required?
>
> Yes. It's a rubber foot to stop the pole going click click click on
> hard surfaces.
>
>>2. Inside of B the small metal tube at the far end seems to be threaded
>>but
>>A isn't screwed?
>
> I dunno.
>
>>3. What is C for, why is it shaped thus and where should it be located?
>
> It's a basket to stop your stick going into soft ground. Push it onto
> A before you put B on if you feel you would need it. It looks like it
> will be a push on and then be mighty awkward to get off to me. In some
> designs these are threaded others have a bayonet fitting. The hole in
> the side is for when you want to carry two poles with baskets in a
> confined space.
>
> For general tips on pole stick use see PPP
> http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/poles.htm
>
> --
> Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"
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>It's a basket to stop your stick going into soft ground. Push it onto
> A before you put B on if you feel you would need it. It looks like it
> will be a push on and then be mighty awkward to get off to me

Yes that would make sense but C is a very loose fit when on A and drops
off..perhaps it's supposed to fix somehow but mate can't see how - can't see
how to unscrew any part
....see http://community.webshots.com/photo/431113333/431113333PkiZuw

>The hole in
> the side is for when you want to carry two poles with baskets in a
> confined space.

Thanks for that...being ignorant in such matters...what are baskets in this
context?




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