Re: Rod building: hot glue

[Tom Bowden]

One of the best hot melt glues for tip-tops is called "Ferr-L-Tite" by 
Bohning. A lot of bamboo rod makers use this to attach ferrules. I believe 
you can buy it at Archery shops - they use it to attach metal heads to 
arrow shafts. Gudebrod ferrule cement sticks are available in many tackle 
shops, and also do the job well.

With epoxy, it can be very difficult to remove a broken or worn tip-top 
that needs replacing.

Tom

At 06:41 PM 10/28/2004 -0700, you wrote:
On Thursday 28 October 2004 5:27 pm, Mark Steudel wrote:
> So a friend that showed me how to attach the tip of the rod on, gave me
> this little stick of hot glue. I lost it or loaned it, and went by the
> local hardware store to pick up some. All they had was glue gun glue. It
> says that it works at high temperatures, is this the same stuff?
You can use glue gun glue, but quite frankly its the melting point that is 
the
big deal. You want to remove the tip without melting the blank. The amber
stuff meets that test, so does 5 minute epoxy, which is commonly used in the
rod building trade.

Rob
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Mountlake Terrace, WA