Michael... I've got it!. I know that the female ferrule wraps add strength to a weaker section of the blank where stress is present. Using the same logic, the added wrap at the tip does the same. Thanks for the clarification... I will keep wrapping the tip.
Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "MT Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 10:27 PM Subject: Re: Rod building: hot glue > Steve, There's more than aesthetics to a tip top wrap. The main reason for > wrapping a tip top is to add strength. Same for wrapping the female > ferrules---the length of the male insert. Michael T Williams > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "The Coles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 3:08 PM > Subject: Re: Rod building: hot glue > > > > You can use epoxy and still remove the tip-top if needed. As to why you > > would need to remove a tip-top, the only reason I can think of would be to > > re-use it if you had to rebuild the tip section. > > > > Speaking of tip tops... I have been toying with the idea of not wrapping > > them as I just don't see the point of wraps at the tip-top other than > > aesthetics? Any other opinions? > > > > Steve > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mark Steudel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 2:08 PM > > Subject: RE: Rod building: hot glue > > > > > >> I was discussing this with another lister, and I got the same advice from > > a > >> fly shop, why not just use epoxy on the tip? Why would I ever want to > >> take > >> it off? Any ideas why you would want removable tips? > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Blomquist > >> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 6:42 PM > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: Re: Rod building: hot glue > >> > >> 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 > >> --- > >> Mountlake Terrace, WA > >> > > > > >
