My tiller looks like a massive cock, any woodcarvers

jerrytug

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Sorry to lower the tone of the conversation but I have had quite a few comments about this, prospective crew giggling when asked to grasp it firmly, that bulge on the end is to stop your fist sliding off ho ho ho, I've heard it all, is there a person in Cornwall who would do a little carving job?
No I don't want it circumcised, ideal would be a ladybird because that is what her name tanslates in to Norwegian.
Mucho appreciado Jerry
 
Perfect opportunity for you to learn to use a spoke-shave, one of the most satisfying tools ever invented. Set it up to take off a small cut, pull it towards you, rotating as you go, and watch the tiller shape change. Then a bit of sanding will smooth it off. It would be very difficult to do any real damage if you keep the cut depth small.
 
Do you really want any rough edges around the end of your tiller though? I do see your point about the shape however where do you stop when you start pandering to peoples imagination. I mean, it does rather go well with your user name......:)
 
A couple of rope Turks head plaits will give a change of shape and lots of satisfaction, without the butchery.
Or, using a sharp Stanley knife, cut the wing grooves; drill shallow holes,paint the end red/orange and fill the holes with black paint, one ladybird produced.
 
When motoring home after racing it was my habit to steer our Sigma 33 by standing with the tiller tucked between my thighs, it was handy when you were having a beer or a bacon roll, the girls in the crew took some photos, at the time I did not realize why, I hope they took them home to hang in the bedroom.
 
Jerrytugg - so much in a name: German Helmet, tug. I think you have a fixation on bell ends Mr Tug.
 
doug748 said:
There's a divinity that shapes our ends,

Rough-hew them how we will....
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Heh. Somewhere among the family clobber is a book by P C Wren (author of Beau Geste, though that's not the book), given to my great grandfather by the author during the first world war and inscribed with that quote.

My great grandfather had just operated on him for piles :D

Pete
 
Sell the tiller to Well Rigged and buy yourself something more decorous. Alternatively you could, with a bit of judicious re-shaping,, create a nipple on the end and a slight concave curve to the top surface. Actually that might be dangerously distracting
 
Cut a circular or oval piece of ply & then cut 2 handholds in it
Screw this to the tiller just behind the enlarged part & it will give a decent hand hold of a different shape & not so large to grab.
If you do not like it you can remove it without damage to the existing tiller apart from 2-3 screw holes
 
The perfe t tiller is a serious subject .A well respected designer reckons it should be hefty as it goes into the rudder head and then taper away to fit well 8n your grasp.agreat big knob on the end seems excessive.
 
I've done a bit of googling (memo to self: don't take computer in for repair) and found this for you.

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