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Post by RodKneeTrouter on Jan 31, 2006 15:52:43 GMT -5
Hi all - have just received new blank and am over the moon. Cant wait to start building. One question though (probably more to follow). I cant get the sections to go together completely. This blank has ferrules and I have only every had put over sections on my other rods.
I am afraid to push too hard until I have wrapped them, but there is about 1cm of space between each section with (what I could consider) moderate pressure. Am I missing something?
Mike
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Post by sandfly2 on Jan 31, 2006 16:04:59 GMT -5
One centimetre is not a problem , it allows for wear in the spigot .
Davy .
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Post by mikeconnor on Feb 3, 2006 14:06:22 GMT -5
As Sandfly wrote, a centimeter is not a problem.
Ferrules never close completely, they are not designed to. Otherwise even slight wear would render the joint useless, and probably cause a rod break.
TL
MC
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Post by RodKneeTrouter on Feb 4, 2006 6:51:57 GMT -5
thanks for the advice sandfly and mike!
Mike
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Post by bloke on Feb 6, 2006 7:55:54 GMT -5
Mike
What I do is to allow 5mm and whip a decorative thread.
Mick
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Post by RodKneeTrouter on Feb 9, 2006 19:42:20 GMT -5
Thanks for the advice Mick - been involved with building so haven't been on much. I've decided just to do a 1/2 inch wrap over the blank next to the ferrule and leave the ferrule itself unwrapped. This is mostly because I can't be asked to do more at this point. I've spent enough time wrapping and then cutting off and re-wrapping the butt wraps to put me off any unecessary wraps. I think I'm being too picky.
Last night my wife told me that if I spent 'one more minute messing with 'that fecking fly rod' that she would 'poke it up a ducks bum.'
The mental image of her doing that has kept me laughing all day. Of course if she actually did do it - well who knows - it might make for an interesting finish on the ferrule
Mike
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