Reuven, More than anything, it is just another way of making a rod. The first one I made was to show that if a rod had a twist in it, it should not be discarded. In making bamboo rods, they should be straight with no twist. In the first twisted rod, I did everything you are not supposed to do in making bamboo rods. I used strips from different culms, put every other strip in with pith side out. Flamed every other strip so I have alternating light and dark strips. Then I twisted the blank one flat at each guide. The rod casts a lot faster than than the same taper made in the conventional way. Will send you some photos off list. Tony
--- Reuven Segal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What exactly is the twisted rod, are they useful or > just fun to design, and > are they difficult to make?? > > R > > ______________________________________________ > Reuven Segal > > B. Engineering (Aerospace)- 4th Year > B. Engineering (Manufacturing Systems and > Management) > RMIT University > > 5/11 Rockbrook Road, > East St. Kilda, 3183 > Melbourne, Victoria > Australia > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mobile: 0422 266798 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Anthony Spezio > Sent: Tuesday, 1 August 2006 5:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [VFB] Alter Egos, now Twisted Rods. > > > Yes, I have now have made two twisted bamboo rods. > My > first one , "The Twisted Miss" I still have, it will > be passed down. The second one is now owned by Royce > Dam. > He picked it up when he was here for the Sowbug. I > have an order for the third one. > Tony > > --- Rene Zillmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Don, > > check with Tony about his twisted rod. I saw this > > thing, Tony says it > > casts like a rocket. > > Who is Buggsy? > > Rene > > > > DonO wrote: > > > > > But Jimmy, > > > > > > I thought YOU was bein' goofy, posting about a > > parabolic rod. I was > > > going to respond about my elliptical rod. Guess > > you wouldn't have > > > liked that either. Dr. D is workin' away now > on > > a spiraled > > > double-helix DNA rod. So see, you ain't so > > special. > > > > > > It's been in the 100's all week here. We're > > getting buggy, or is that > > > Buggsy? > > > > > > Rico R. > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
