Could you get better and more even heating by making a small tube furnace for this step. All you would need is a can of sterno and a piece of 1 1/2" or 2" pipe. Heat the pipe over the sterno and pass the rod through the tube. Should generate more than enough heat but would keep the rod out of the flame and avoid any hot spots. A lot cheaper than a heat gun.
Mike M -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pierre Bombardier Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 9:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Repairing Garcia Bamboo Rod - Questions... I really wasn't suggesting squeezing, but you don't want to touch the heated metal with your hands. your suggestinon is a good one, a home made strap wrench. As for more even heat, a heat gun would be nice, but if you don't already have one, they are a bit pricey (I don't even have one in my chemistry lab, can't justify it for the few times it would be needed. Ask me to heat something large and under 12" long though, and I've only got 3 furnaces to do that in...). the trick with using the butane lighter is to have a large flame, move the flame back and forth while rotating the rod but never get any of the metal of the ferrule in any but the yellow part of the flame which is the coolest part of the flame. Heat only for a little bit and try removing, then heat some more if you need to...don't bast funace it, you don't need to. I had to do this last night while repairing my wife's bamboo rod, the tip got broken off, so i had to recover the tiptop. Got it off easily and reset it on with no problems...the rod is now a whole 3/4" shorter, fortunately the tip top was large enough to still fit the very slight increase in taper that occurred. Not sure exactly what happened, but last night we had a casting clinic at our local fly club meeting and that and my bamboo rod were out there for people to try. I think somebody may have wrqapped the line around the tip or hit the rod tip hard with the fly. Any way when i went to put it away, I just touched the tip and it fell off. Little harm done, but I think i'm going to add some protective warps just below the tip top (they are on mine, but my wife didn't want them, but now she's going to get them whether she wants them or not). Mark Delaney --- "Mark Wendt (Contractor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark/Pete, > > I would suggest, if you are intending on > re-using the ferrules, > that something other than pliers be used. Old time > rod makers trick was to > drill some holes down the wide side of a 1" x 2" x > 6" piece of hardwood, > then cut it in half down the long side, put a > leather hinge on one end, and > use that as your ferrule puller. And for more even > heat, I would suggest > the use of a heat gun. On the older ferrules, often > the water seal plug > was soldered in, and a butane lighter may > concentrate heat in one spot, and > end up blowing out the soldered plug. For wrap > threads, you can check out > http://www.goldenwitch.com. They carry quite a few > different threads, and > can even color match your old thread if you send > them a piece of the old > thread. I've used this service quite a few times in > the past when I was > doing repairs or restores on old cane rods. > > Mark > > > At 11:53 PM 5/17/2005, you wrote: > >Pete, > > > >To remove ferrules gently heat them using a butane > lighter and pul > >them off with a pliers. The gentle application of > heat will break the > >glue bond. John ridderbos is right, ask on > www.rodbuildingforum.com. > >Carl on that forum is a very good bamboo rod maker > and should be able > >to help you with restoring the rod. I've refit a > few bamboo rods, but > >was able to reuse most of the parts (had to replace > one ferrule set > >ina three piece rod). Then there > >is the question of whether you want to restore the > rod to its orifinal > >from the factory look (same color and patern of > wraps), or do you want > >to customize the look of the rod to your liking. > > > >Mark Delaney > > > >On 5/17/05, Peter Gramp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hey, everyone! I love my wife - she was at a > local antique show and > > > flea market thing and bought a Garcia bamboo fly > rod and sock for > > > $2.50 US! It's a fixer-upper of sorts (pitted > metal, but the blank is > > > as new), but WOW! > > > > > > So the question is this: I've been wanting to > get into rod building of > > > single- handers anyhow... how do you *replace* > the ferules, guides, > > > and possibly the reel seat and grip (as this was > 'gently' used) on a > > > bamboo blank? Any advice over and beyond that > would be GREAT, also! > > > I have built only a few spey/ salmon rods and > they have been > > > cookbook-style kits... I guess my questions are > more on how to repair > > > everything -- how to disassemble to get back to > the underlying blank, > > > so I can build from the ground up. Component > suggestions and guide > > > set suggestions welcome, etc. > > > > > > Also, I get to go back to work tomorrow, albeit > with crutches and > > > such. No wading until after the next checkup, > but I can stand and > > > cast from the bank, which is just fine for now! > Speaking of which, I > > > found a nice 2-foot-high dam around the corner > (1 and a half miles, if > > > that?) upstream from our house that must be > chock full of bream and > > > Rock Bass. Copper John and similar patterns > worked well, as did my > > > butter-bee. Any other suggestions for pattertns > targetting smaller > > > fish (palm sized or smaller)? I want to take my > Dad out on the 28th > > > and this looks like it holds a decent population > of fish. > > > > > > Guess I have my work cut out for me now, between > the rod, tying more > > > flies, and trying to get caught up on my "IOU" > list for flies and > > > related items... > > > Tight wraps, > > > Pete > > > > > > > > >-- > >"So much water, so little time!" > > > >http://chemprof.tripod.com/fishing.html > > > Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. 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