While I'm waiting for a part to arrive for my Snitch project, I thought I'd work on Hagrid's umbrella which I need to accessorize a Hagrid costume that my wife and I are working on. There seems to be two similar but different versions of the prop.
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The top 2 images shown in the above picture (from HP and the Philosopher's Stone) has a gathered piece of fabric covering where the fabric panels end. It also looks to have a brass cane tip on the end. This version is currently traveling with
Harry Potter Exhibition. The lower 2 images are of the one at Leavsden, which seems to lack both of those details.
After scaling images of the umbrella, I purchased a parasol kit from
Vena Cava Designs which has spars exactly the size I needed, though the handle(s) and end cap are not right for the prop.
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First thing I made was a longer shaft out of a 5/8 inch oak dowel. I drilled a 29/64 hole in the end of it to match the diameter of the kit.
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I then turned a handle using a wood lathe.
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I shorten the shaft of the kit and drilled pilot holes so I could use a steel dowel screw (and lots of wood glue) to hold the two shafts together. The handle was then glued on.
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I then made a new tip using a b
rass cane part from Rockler. This cap is glued in place after the pink fabric panels are put on .
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Next I need to stain and finish the oak parts.
The kit comes with good instructions on how to make and sew the panels. I have a pattern for them, but my wife does all the machine sewing and she's currently working on a pointy-shoulder McGonagall costume!
ATL
