一、Ka wehewehe huahana: 

ʻO ka ʻike lima he mea hana lima i hoʻohana nui ʻia i ka hana lāʻau a me nā kahua kūkulu, me ka hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa a me nā hana like ʻole.

ʻO ke ʻano nui o ka ʻike lima e pili ana i ke kino ʻike, nā niho ʻike a me ka lima. Hana ʻia ke kino ʻike i nā mea metala ikaika loa, e like me ke kila kila kila kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole ke kila kalapona kiʻekiʻe, e hōʻoia i kona paʻa a ʻaʻole maʻalahi ke hoʻololi. ʻO nā niho ʻeli ke kī o nā ʻeli lima, a ua hoʻolālā maikaʻi ʻia ko lākou ʻoi, ke ʻano o ka niho a me ka pitch niho. ʻO nā ʻano niho ʻike maʻamau, ʻo ia nō nā niho ʻokoʻa, nā niho palahalaha, a pēlā aku. Ua kūpono nā ʻano niho like ʻole no nā lāʻau like ʻole a me nā pono ʻeli. No ka laʻana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā niho ʻē aʻe no ke ʻeli wikiwiki ʻana i nā lāʻau ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā niho palahalaha no ka hana ʻeli ʻana.

二、Hoʻohana: 

1、Hoʻohana nui ʻia no ka ʻoki ʻana i ka lāʻau maoli

2、Laau synthetic, plywood

3、Papa pā, PVC

三 、He mau pono ka hana:

1、 ʻO ka mua, ʻoi aku kona mau niho ʻike, hiki ke ʻike i ka lāʻau me ka wikiwiki a me ka maʻalahi, e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hana pono. ʻO ka lua, he ergonomic ka lima, ʻoluʻolu e paʻa, ʻaʻole maʻalahi e luhi ma hope o ka hoʻohana lōʻihi.

2、ʻO ka waiwai he mau waiwai anti-slip maikaʻi, e ʻae i nā mea hoʻohana e paʻa paʻa a kau i ka ikaika i ka wā o ka hana. ʻOiai inā hana lākou i ka hana ʻeli no ka wā lōʻihi, ʻaʻole lākou e ʻeha i ka lima a i ʻole ka ʻeha.

3、Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā ʻili lima me ke kila kiʻekiʻe, he ikaika a paʻa, ʻaʻole maʻalahi e haki a hoʻololi paha. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomau i ka hana maikaʻi loa ma nā wahi pulu a paʻakikī paha.

四、ʻano hana

（1）Hoʻohana nā niho ʻike i ka wili kūikawā a me ke kaʻina hana wela, ʻo ia ka mea e hana ai nā niho ʻike ʻaʻole ʻoi wale nō akā loaʻa ke kūpaʻa ʻaʻahu maikaʻi a me ke kūpaʻa haʻihaʻi.

（2） Ua helu pololei ʻia ka huina a me ka spacing o kēlā me kēia niho ʻike e hōʻoia i ka maʻalahi a me ka maikaʻi o ka ʻeli ʻana.

（3） Hana ʻia ka ʻau i ka ʻenekinia a i ʻole ka lāʻau, a hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi ʻia a hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia e loaʻa kahi ʻili maʻemaʻe me ka ʻole o nā burr a me ka ʻoluʻolu. I ka manawa like, i mea e hoʻonui ai i ka friction a me nā waiwai anti-slip, ua hoʻolālā ʻia kekahi mau ʻano a i ʻole nā ​​puʻupuʻu ma ka lima.