Mark I believe the intermediate wraps on a bamboo rod were to help hold it together. Before we had all the modern glues that are used today in bamboo rod building , the glue that was used was made from animal by products. I believe it was called hide glue. This glue would deteriorate over time and was susceptible to moisture. The intermediate wraps were used to help keep the rod from delaminating Mel ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Wendt (Contractor) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 5:51 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Rod building question
> Larry, > > Almost, but not exactly. If you happen to see an old bamboo rod > that was made before the days of heat treating, they used intermediate > wraps to "stiffen" the rod. You would see, about every inch or so the > length of the rod, a short, maybe 5 turn wrap. One fella in Australia I > know, was restoring one of these old rods, and for grins and giggles, he > left the intermediate wraps off. Said the rod cast like a wet noodle. Put > the new intermediate wraps on, went back out and cast, and the rod was back > to it's old, crisp action. Whether the crispness returned because of an > increase in cross section at the point of the wrap, or some other PFM, I'll > leave that up to the engineers to discuss... :^} > > Mark > > At 04:46 PM 10/3/2003, you wrote: > >I assume that by intermediate wraps, you mean to place wraps > >(with no guides) between the guides, so that the line will > >come in contact more with the wraps, and less with the rod? > >A curious concept. > > > >Big J >
