Quick
links
Those other tools and supplies.
A list of tools that you may not have thought of.
Tools
you can make
--a ferrule puller
--a wrapping station.
--yet one more binder.
--a sander that
will always stay level with your work surface.
--a turning tool.
Forms
-A design for
Wooden planing
forms.
-A way to get the
V grove in
the form.
-Two ways to make
Composite forms
Planes,
-Thought on the sole (soul)
of a block plane.
-How to judge them.
The
good
The
bad
-How to fix some of
the problems
-One way to set what you want when grinding
the original angle
-One way to sharpen
them
Rebuilding
Bamboo fly rods
-Some ways to judge tapers
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about Ideas, Tip and Tricks
There's
a great deal of information available to today's bamboo rod builder. There
are many good books on building bamboo fly rods. They're instructive
and inclusive. They'll tell you everything, step by step. The
Internet also has excellent material for a beginning rod builder.
Of course, there are a few
things that are left to you. For example, if you come across a Stanley
9½ block plane at a garage sale or a flea market, how do you know
if you should spent the money on it or pass it up? How can you compare
two tapers without casting the rods or using a lot of math? Do you
really need a lathe? How do you set the angle you want to grind when
you start sharpening a plane blade? Everyone's heard of metal and
of wood planing forms, but what about composite forms? How DO you
get that V grove in your forms.
There are more questions than any
one (or even a hosts of authors) can answer. (And more ways
to do something than one person likes.) These are a few of my questions
and the answers I came up with. Most of my answers are adaptations
of someone else's work. I've tried to refer to the original
creator when I could. If I've left anyone out, I hope you'll forgive
me.
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Books that have helped me.
Bamboo rod Restoration Handbook Michael
Sinclair Centennial Publications c.1994
Best of the planing Form Various,
Alder Creek Enterprises c.1997
Constructing Cane Rods Ray Gould,
Frank Amato Publications, Inc. c.1998
Handcrafting Bamboo Fly Rods Wayne
Cattanach, The Lyons Press c.2000
The Lovely Reed John Howell, Pruett
Publishing Company c.1998
McClane's Standard Fishing Encyclopedia
A. J. McClane, Hold, Rinehart and Winston c.1965
The Complete Book of Sportfishing
Various,
AB Nordbok c.1988
The Technology of Fly Rods Don
Phillips, Frank Amato Publications, Inc. c.2000 |
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