[nagdu] First cane walk!

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Gail.
That's right; the cane end has a flange, and the rubber tip gets pushed
over that to hold it in place.  It can be quite hard to do.
I suspect the half-inch size you're seeing refers to the fat part of the
tip, not the little hole that fits over the flange.
You could call the NFB Independence Market (I think that's the new name),
and ask them.
There's also what they call a marshmallow or rolling tip that's not
supposed to get stuck in cracks or whatever.  I've never used one though,
so can't say if it works as advertised.
Tracy

> Thats what I figured out pretty quick....this metal one catches on
> everything. And while thats good for letting me know whats in my way, I
> dont
> want any breaking of the cane! I know the metal cap kind of tip is
> supposed
> to be so you can triangulate off its echos, from what I remember reading a
> long time ago, but I dont think thats what I need.
>
> Has anyone here had/have the free NFB cane? Thats what I have, and I dont
> know what size tip to order for it. For that matter, I'm not sure how to
> get
> the tip off. It seems that the cane itself terminates in a flange, and the
> rubber part of the tip goes over the flange. Above that, the cane seems
> very
> narrow, much less than the half inch that most tips I see for sale. So I'm
> not sure what to order. Any ideas? The last thing I want to do is break
> this
>  because our family budget is *extremely tight* during the summer, so we
> wouldnt be able to replace it.
>
>
> Gail
>
>
>
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Katrin Andberg
> Date: 6/16/2010 8:50:09 PM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] First cane walk!
>
> I had a pencil tip for a while, but actually got it jammed in a crack and
> Snapped the cane in half on the recoil (yes I was probably walking faster
> Than I should have been for that to happen). So I gave up on those and
> Switched to a marshmallow tip. Haven't managed to break a cane with that
> Yet.
>
>
>
> Oh and CONGRATS! On your 1st walk!
>
>
>
> Katrin
>
>
>
> Katrin Andberg & "James"
>
> <mailto:katrin at maplewooddog.com> katrin at maplewooddog.com
>
>
>
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