How to Wrap a Hockey Stick: A Detailed Guide. Making a hockey stick with your own hands How to make a goalie stick at home
At the request of readers
HOCKEY STICK
Making a stick is a difficult and painstaking process. It’s not for nothing that athletes say that a hockey stick should be as strong as steel and flexible as a walnut branch. Making a stick strong and flexible at the same time is not an easy task. Here you will need, in addition to necessary materials and tools, even greater precision and accuracy when gluing the stick.
A hockey stick should not have metal parts: all its parts are made only from wood.
The stick handle and boss (see drawing) can be made of birch or beech, the hook can be made of hardwood: beech or ash. Options for selecting wood in a hook are shown in the drawing.
The boss is glued in to give the stick elasticity and flexibility.
To glue individual parts of the stick, you can use BF-2 glue or ■ Super Cement. It is not advisable to use carpenter's or casein glue, because both of these glues are susceptible to dampness.
Brewed HTDI WOODWOOD COMPOSITION) B
Having made the components of the ilyushka: handle, boss and hook, proceed to gluing these parts.
First glue the boss to the handle as shown in the drawing. Then use a jigsaw to cut out a groove for the hook. This is a very important operation, and it must be performed very carefully. Any unevenness left by the file can later lead to breakage of the club.
The part of the hook that connects to the handle and boss is sharpened to a cone. Lubricate the parts of the hook and handle to be glued together with glue and insert the hook into the groove of the handle. Clamp the club into a press or clamp and let the glue dry.
After gluing, use a plane to smooth the side surfaces of the hook, bosses and handle so that they do not have protrusions or roughness.
Clean the stick with sandpaper and varnish the hook and handle to a height of 30-40 cm. Do not varnish the handle in the grip area.
The stick will look more impressive if there is an inscription on its handle.
The drawing shows the numbers of clubs from 1 to 3. In general, there are only nine of them.
The club number depends on individual characteristics hockey players (skating style, height, manner of dribbling the puck, etc.).
For those who hold the club not far from themselves, you need a club with a small number.
The length of a stick is considered normal if its handle reaches the chin of a hockey player standing on skates.
S .chRNE"gchb
PAPER SPHERE
To make a ball segment, take a hoop whose diameter corresponds to the diameter of the future sphere. Pull a piece of chintz over it evenly, like a hoop. In the center of the circle, the fabric will sag by 5 - 7 mm from its own weight. Place stands under the hoop and glue several layers of newspaper (3 - 5 mm thick) on top of the circle. To avoid wrinkles, use warm paste. Do not touch the circle until the paper
will dry out. Under the weight of the wet paper, the fabric will stretch and the workpiece will take on a spherical shape. Remove the dried sphere from the hoop and prime it. Seal the unevenness with a paste that is prepared from a mixture of one part by weight of sifted chalk and one part of paper dust, prepared from newsprint soaked for 24 hours, wrung out, dried and ground into powder. Mix the mixture well and fill it with a paste made from one fifth by weight of potato flour and a tenth of ready-made wood glue. Paint the sphere with nitro enamel.
COPPER WIRE
Openwork hardware(candlesticks, lamps, flower pendants) are firmly part of our everyday life. Light and elegant, they fit well into the interior of a modern apartment.
Annealed copper wire 0 3-5 mm, a simple device (rollers, pyramids and a cone), a soldering iron and, of course, artistic taste and rich imagination you will need in order to create a cozy home environment in the room.
Lamps and candlesticks are best made from annealed copper wire. To do this, the wire is rolled in rollers (see figure on page 16).
The steel or duralumin base of the rollers (Fig. 1) is drilled through hole and a groove for fixed and movable fixation of the vats (and the yaok is a bearing mounted on the axle). The non-moving roller is secured to the base with a nut, and the movable roller is secured with a bolt and a locking screw (Fig. 4). The roll axes (Fig. 3) are machined from bronze, and the locking screw is made from steel. Roll the wire like this: clamp the cracker (Fig. 2) in a vice, install the bearings at the required distance. Then take the wire by one end with pliers and pull it between the bearings. The operation is repeated until a flat plastic tape of the required thickness is obtained (the thickness of the tape is determined by the distance between the bearings).
If the wire does not roll well, it is annealed a second time. Bend wire into rings various diameters possible on the pyramid (Fig. 5).
To extrude various spherical surfaces (for example, plates for candlesticks), another device is needed, consisting of a matrix of an arbitrary truss and a pressing punch (Fig. 6).
Cut a circle from soft metal 0.5-1 mm thick required diameter. Place the workpiece circle coaxially on the one clamped in the chuck lathe matrix. Then use the lathe tailstock taper to press the punch against the die. To give the workpiece a plate shape, use a flat file with a bevel on the end. Clamp a thick stop plate in the tool holder of the lathe. Hold the file handle with one hand and the working part with the other. Moving the file along the stop, carefully press on the rotating workpiece until a plate of the desired shape is formed from the round plate (workpiece).
From rolled wire you can make not only candlesticks and lamps, but also animal figurines, contour models of cars and even small scenes from fairy tales.
N. SHCHERBAKOV, Moscow
In childhood, probably, each of us played football and hockey, and some still do not give up these pastimes. And in order for us to have a hockey stick, it is not at all necessary to go to the store and buy it. I will tell you about a way to make a homemade hockey stick - not only for ice hockey (the so-called Canadian one), but also for ours - Russian bandy.
How to make a hockey stick
Unlike a stick for Russian hockey, a stick for Canadian hockey is somewhat easier to make due to the characteristics of the hook (it is almost straight). It is enough to find a suitable blank for a handle with a hook, process it and connect it. The blank for the stick should be selected according to the player’s height, because even commercially produced sticks have 4 sizes: children’s, teenagers, juniors and adults.
Also make sure that the width of the bar is twice as large as its thickness. Now place one end of the beam in hot water and wait until the wood steams. Of course, you can find a separate blank for the hook, but such a design will not be strong enough and the stick will quickly break. Now we remove the wooden end from the water and saw it lengthwise into 2 parts, to the required length. After this, the workpiece simply needs to be bent under the right angle and secure it with a clamp and wedges. Next, our workpiece needs to be left for about a day in a dry and warm place to dry. Now we remove the fastenings from the workpiece and begin processing it. Don’t forget to fasten the parts sawn for the hook together - they can be glued together, or drilled and riveted.
You need to process the workpiece like this: plan the hook with a plane so that it is of the required thickness, and also plan the handle, giving it a comfortable shape for holding in your hands. After this, put the plane aside and take a grinding tool - a file, and then sandpaper and sand the workpiece. Then we proceed to the final polishing of the workpiece using sandpaper. That's all - all that remains is to coat the product with varnish and, after it dries, wrap the stick. This can be done using a belt or rubber band. It is advisable to wrap the handle with a rubber band so that the stick is comfortable to hold. By the way, if the workpiece turns out to be too long, saw off the extra piece at the processing stage.
How to make a bandy stick
To make a ball hockey stick we will need wooden beam OK a little more than a meter long (100-120 cm), however, for a children’s stick the size, of course, should be smaller. The width of the beam with a length of 100-120 cm should be around 50-60 mm, and the thickness - 25-30 mm. Next, we do the same as for making a stick for regular hockey. Only here, before immersing in water, you need to measure 50 or 60 cm (depending on the length of the workpiece).
After the wood has steamed, remove the workpiece from the water and cut it lengthwise by 30 cm. Now we place the workpiece in a pre-prepared template and bend the wood without waiting for it to cool. Next, we fix our workpiece with clamps and wedges and leave it to dry. Then we take the workpiece and drill the sawn end of our arched workpiece. After that, we rivet it using copper wire and washers. Then we process the sides of the bow with a plane to the required thickness.
Well, then, we do everything exactly the same as for a regular hockey stick. The cross-section for the handle can be either faceted or round, according to your desire. Now we saw off the excess, grind, polish our workpiece, and then coat it with varnish and wrap it with belts or a rubber band. Well, now you know how to make a hockey stick - both for the Canadian one with the puck and for the Russian one with the ball.
Currently, all the equipment for this glorious game can be selected at https://ultrasport.ru/konki/, however, we will tell you how you can do it yourself from quite simple materials make a hockey stick that will serve faithfully for more than one season.
Prepare a wooden beam for work, it is best if it is oak. The width of the workpiece should be 60 mm, length - approximately 1 m, thickness - 30 mm.
First of all, measure 50 cm from one of the ends and make a mark. Boil water in a large saucepan (about 50 liters) and immerse the marked part of the timber. Your task is to steam the wood, a kind of “cooking”, so that later this part of the timber can be bent.
After steaming, remove the piece of wood from the water and saw it lengthwise, going 35 cm deep. Then this section of the block will need to be quickly bent in the required direction, and then quickly secured using supports prepared in advance. You can use the most various devices for fixing, the most important thing is to think through everything in advance, because after you take the piece of wood out of boiling water, it will immediately begin to cool and then bending it will be problematic.
Then wait for the wood to dry - this will take some time. The future club should be dried in a dry room where there is no sharp changes temperature, draft.
Remove the workpiece from the clamps and begin modifying it. The end of the bow that you sawed will need to be drilled and riveted. For this purpose, use metal washers and soft wire. Plane both sides of the curved bow with a plane until its thickness is 15 mm. Take note: if you are not lucky enough to use durable oak raw materials, then leave the shackle thicker, then it will last longer.
If you are on vacation and decide to play hockey, then you can use the materials at hand. Take a tree branch - not too thin, but at the same time not too thick. It is best to use a willow branch. Cut out a hook approximately 30 cm long; the handle can be any length. Carefully chop the hook with an ax and then plan it with a knife to get a playing surface.
is the main attribute of a hockey player that determines individual style games and technical nuances. She always finds herself at the epicenter of the struggle. Even the most modern models Composites do not always withstand powerful puck hits and damage from skate blades. Budget wooden clubs even count consumables because of frequent breakdowns. Therefore, athletes pay special attention to the preservation and extension of the playing life of their equipment.
A proven method used by hockey players all over the world is wrapping the stick with special tape. It allows you not only to effectively protect your equipment from damage, but also to improve its gaming characteristics.
Why wrap the blade of a putter?
During play, the entire surface of the hook is subject to intense wear. Therefore, the primary function of the winding is protection against mechanical damage. protects the end of the hook from friction on the ice, and the side surfaces from puck hits and cuts from skates. The winding layer distributes pinpoint impacts, reducing the likelihood of pen breakage due to powerful hits from the puck.
The second function of such protection is to improve the playing qualities of the stick. The hook wrap allows you to better feel the puck and control it more accurately on the ice. Surface integrity, no chips or deep scratches, prevents snow from sticking, which in turn improves puck reception, guaranteeing powerful and sharp hits.
How to properly wrap the blade of a putter?
You can wrap the hook in different ways. Most hockey players prefer to cover the entire surface of the hook with tape: from heel to toe. Someone is just wrapping work area: middle, forefoot or heel. We will show you how to make professional protection for the entire surface of the hook.
A special fabric tape is used for winding. Manufacturers offer two types of this material: for the hook and for wrapping the handle (upper grip). This is important to take into account because... tapes differ in adhesion properties.
The winding begins from the heel, carefully winding the tape and laying it overlapping.
The overlap can be complete, when a new turn of the tape almost completely overlaps the previous one, and partial, when the previous turn overlaps by less than a third. With full overlap, the winding layer is thicker, the hook is more reliably protected from impacts, but the tape consumption is greater.
The toe of the hook can be left open or wrapped completely. If you decide not to wrap the end, it is important to break the tape at the top end of the stick so that the tip does not unwind when rubbing against the ice.
When the hook is completely sealed, the winding continues beyond the toe.
The edge is smoothed and the excess is carefully trimmed with scissors.
The prepared stick is ironed with a puck from toe to heel on both sides. This is necessary in order to get rid of air cavities and improve the adhesion of the glue.
Professional handle wrapping
Hockey players wrap top part sticks to ensure a secure upper grip and prevent hand slipping and shaft twisting. Rigidly fixed upper grip minimizes energy loss during execution strong blows and improves stick control during active play.
Handle wrapping technique
We start wrapping the handle from the top of the club. We make several turns.
Without tearing off the tape, unwind it 30-50 cm and roll it into a tight braid.
We wind the braid onto the shaft at regular intervals of 2-3 cm.
Without breaking the tape, we wind it up. We wrap the braid, applying tape with small overlaps.
We reach the end of the handle and tear off the tape.
At the top of the handle, we use several layers of tape to form a knob, which will prevent the club from slipping out when holding it with one hand.