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bennysbuddy
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Has anybody built one of these rods? Or read the book
Has anybody built one of these rods? Or read the book
Bambooflyguy
Legend
Haven’t seen or heard of these....extra long pool cues with guides? I make all kinds of weird Hotrodz....let me know if you build one.
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bennysbuddy
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I got two copies of it ,one was dads the other is mine, I'm really looking for the same deal I had with dad. he would make them I would fish them. Not having much luck finding that arrangement
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bennysbuddy
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how about you borrow the book & build them, It's kinda in your line of strange rod builds, they talk to tapers & type of woods & grains you need they are glued together like bamboo. beyond my skill set.
Bambooflyguy
Legend
So your dad made some? What length and line weight? Did he have a special long bed for his lathe? I’m curious.....let’s talk.
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bennysbuddy
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none ever got made, Dad passed away, Email me & I will send you the book, My dad was a engineer & understood the taper tables & had the wood working skills. from what I know you use a table saw & a hand plane & glue the pieces together . a bamboo rod builder could likely figure it out .
I have a table saw, I don't know if I could get the precision needed to cut strips down that small. I'd be afraid my finger might become part of the rod.
Bambooflyguy
Legend
The cover states on a lathe as some rods look round and some of the pictured rods looks hexagonal. It seems to me that you’d need planing forms, correct?
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bennysbuddy
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I quickly scanned thru the book today, you saw the pieces on a table saw & then glue them & either hand sand them or use a lathe somehow. I have not read the book from cover to cover so if somebody wants to read the book fine otherwise it will sit on a shelf & gather dust.