ʻO nā pou ʻeleʻele e pili ana i ka prototype o ka pou kukui alanui i hana ʻole ʻia. He ʻano ʻano koʻokoʻo ia i hana mua ʻia ma o kekahi kaʻina hana hoʻoheheʻe, e like me ka hoʻolei ʻana, extrusion a i ʻole ka ʻōwili ʻana, e hāʻawi ana i kumu no ka ʻoki ʻana aʻe, ka ʻeli ʻana, ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻili, a me nā kaʻina hana ʻē aʻe.
No nā pou ʻeleʻele kila, ʻo ka ʻōwili ʻana he ala maʻamau. Ma ka ʻōwili pinepine ʻana i ka billet kila i loko o ka wili wili, ua hoʻololi mālie ʻia kona ʻano a me kona nui, a hope ke ʻano o ka pou kukui alanui. Hiki i ka ʻōwili ke hana i kahi kino pole me ka maikaʻi paʻa a me ka ikaika kiʻekiʻe, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana.
ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o nā pou ʻeleʻele he mau kikoʻī like ʻole e like me kā lākou hoʻohana ʻana. ʻO ka ʻōlelo maʻamau, ʻo ke kiʻekiʻe o nā pou kukui alanui ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā alanui kūlanakauhale ma kahi o 5-12 mika. Hiki i kēia pae kiʻekiʻe ke hoʻomālamalama maikaʻi i ke alanui me ka pale ʻana i ka pili ʻana i nā hale a me nā kaʻa a puni. Ma kekahi mau wahi ākea e like me nā ʻāpana a i ʻole nā wahi kaʻa nui, hiki ke kiʻekiʻe o nā pou kukui alanui i 15-20 mika e hāʻawi i kahi ākea ākea.
E ʻoki a wili mākou i nā lua ma ka pou hakahaka e like me ka wahi a me ka helu o nā kukui e kau ʻia. No ka laʻana, e ʻoki ma kahi i kau ʻia ai ke kukui ma luna o ke kino o ka pou e hōʻoia i ka palahalaha o ka ʻili o ke kukui; wili lua ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke kino kia no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā ʻāpana e like me nā puka komo a me nā pahu hui uila.