Lancillotto e Bradamante

Design and build a pair of aluminum ski poles from raw bar stock. All parts screw together — no glue or fasteners.

Solo design and fabrication.

Every part modeled in SolidWorks: shaft, tip, handle, basket — all connect via threads.

CAD assembly — pole, handle, basket, tip

Lathe turning — cutting grooves into the shaft

Threading the tip on the lathe

Milling threads on a Kurt vise

Tapping threads on the lathe

Finished bronze handles — brushed finish

Shaft turned on a manual lathe in three threaded sections with decorative grooves. Handle sand-cast in bronze, then cleaned and brushed. Tip turned and threaded. Internal threads milled into the pole ends; handle boss turned and tapped. Basket laser-cut from wood with 5-lobe geometry.