Forums > Beginner Staff Moves > Re-enforcing a steel staff. . .

Posted: 9th Jul 2004
I found normal dowel isn't strong enough to resist steel warming, even at a length of 1m. My mates 1.6m staff bends like a mofo and also has dowel all the way through. So I assume balsa wood being even softer would provide even less force against bending.

So I'm not really sure what to do about this, maybe try concrete .

After finding dowel didn't work, I think I've just accepted if you make the staff out of steel, it'll bend and you'll have to bend it back. So unless you can find another good metal, I dunno. Good luck with it though, and if you find a way, tell us!!!

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Posted: 9th Jul 2004
Hmmm if wood isn't strong enough to resist then yes, a second inner steel (or aluminum) pipe might work. Heck even a titanium inner would. Or something that could act as a heatsink to bleed the heat out of the outter pipe so it didn't warp.

Now how about fibreglass. . .I wonder if that would be strong enough as an interior. . .weld the metal plug into place on one end, fill the tube with fibreglass (or another similar substance) and then after drying weld the second plug into place. . . a solid core of fibreglass. Just not sure if that would have the strength required. Nor am I sure on it's heat conductivity.

Something that would act as a heatsink would be very useful. Not sure what that would be. Normally heatsinks are made out of copper as it has a high ability to take on heat. . .

Posted: 27th Jul 2004
rarely heatsinks are made of copper.

copper has an increadible capacity for absorbing heat, in that case it would be idea for chaneling it away from a source. on the other side of the coin is the fact copper dosen't readily give up heat.

you would end up with a staff which would be too hot, even in the middle, before you knew what was happening.

hop sells aluminum staffs, although i would assume those would be too light for your tastes. there are many kinds of steel which are produced in pipe form, i would consult a steel dealer (they exist, but are sometimes difficult to find) and ask for suggestions on high temperature alloys, or you could even try something as simple as increasing the wall thickness of the pipe.

but as far as reinforcing a metal pipe? heh, metal pipe is used to reinforce other things! i can't imagine how you're abusing your staff to warp it so bad, but i would love to see it in the process ;]

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Posted: 27th Jul 2004
well heres my two cents... first off , Thor's the man... ask .... knowledge is power. ask a dealer. he'll tell you what ill tell you . start by increasing your thickness , stay with aluminium , but up the cut to about 4/16 ... though it maybe hard to find. the dealer will ask you what your doing with it (?) and then he'll tell you that there is no need for a pipe of that size . tell him you want it, and to get it for you now , and just shut the hell up !!! you dont need to explain what your uses are!! now you have more durable , heat resistant staff ! *yeay* i still think that a dowel is important , absorbs heat ! thats important ! then the weight factor .

well thats me for metal staff's ... i made my own wooden one , i would advise everyone to make a wooden one so many advantages and the only dissadvantage i can think of is the weight factor ! if you would like all the info on making a wooden one lemme know , id love to help ....

yea man ... let us know how it goes!

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Posted: 28th Jul 2004
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Posted: 28th Jul 2004
Hehe. . .lets just say I spin very fast sometimes. . . when the staff's warmed up spinning it very fast is enough to warp the metal. Dropping it during a fast spin (practice or lit) is enough to give it a very nasty bend.

Come to think of it we have a steelworks in the industrial section of town. . .and my neighbor is a welder so . . . I refuse to use Aluminum. Far too light, if anything at about 5-6lbs I find my staff is too light. I prefer heavier, it suits my quick spins and large amounts of finger rolls which rely mainly on momentum.

I'd break a wooden staff like no tomorrow. . . cracked a practice piece of wooden dowel with a bad transition.

I'll be making a steel w/ fibreglass core. . but definately will be useful if I can get a thicker quality of metal. I'll look into it fairly quickly as my staff's having to be bent back into shape every day. . .lol.

Hehe Bender! no doubt. . . but I'm more afraid of poi breaking me. . . I bleed from those all the time. Scars from learning staff are long healed by now

Posted: 28th Jul 2004
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