Welcome and best of luck with the rod.
John
Hello from The Shed
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N9nty
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Re: Hello from The Shed
The older I get the better I was.
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Mick G
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Re: Hello from The Shed
Hi Steve, Your efforts look just like the bees knees.
I too use a number of files, some bastards and other finer cuts, to fashion cork handles for fly as well as coarse rods. I notice you appear not to use a file handle, which can be very dangerous as well as painful, just like me. I solved the problem by grinding away the tang, which makes the file easier to work with and stops getting blood on my nice clean handles. Just make sure you have a bucket full of cold water on hand to keep the file cool when grinding so as not to lose the temper of the steel.
When are you going to start taking orders ??
Regards,
Mick G
I too use a number of files, some bastards and other finer cuts, to fashion cork handles for fly as well as coarse rods. I notice you appear not to use a file handle, which can be very dangerous as well as painful, just like me. I solved the problem by grinding away the tang, which makes the file easier to work with and stops getting blood on my nice clean handles. Just make sure you have a bucket full of cold water on hand to keep the file cool when grinding so as not to lose the temper of the steel.
When are you going to start taking orders ??
Regards,
Mick G
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Shed_Monkey
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Re: Hello from The Shed
Thanks for the kind words gents and thanks for the safety tip Mick 
So far I have only used the file for draw filing the tops of the forms to get the surfaces flush with eachother (hence the aching thumbs and elbows comment earlier!) I do like the idea of grinding the tang as it is a bit of a nuisance sometimes and seems to conspire to knock against anything within reach.
I've seen some footage on YouTube of cork being shaped with a file on a lathe which did look very impressive - and I'm always open to new ways of making sawdust
I think I will start a new thread running in the appropriate place once I get going in any meaningful way on the build - at the moment I am agonising over how authentic to make it. I have already deviated by using a fairly dark flame on the cane - but the ferrules are giving me cause for internal debate.
Plain straight brass ferrules of the right size don't appear to be easily sourced... but chromed brass ferrules are an off the shelf item.
Hmmmm, decisions, decisions...
So far I have only used the file for draw filing the tops of the forms to get the surfaces flush with eachother (hence the aching thumbs and elbows comment earlier!) I do like the idea of grinding the tang as it is a bit of a nuisance sometimes and seems to conspire to knock against anything within reach.I've seen some footage on YouTube of cork being shaped with a file on a lathe which did look very impressive - and I'm always open to new ways of making sawdust
I think I will start a new thread running in the appropriate place once I get going in any meaningful way on the build - at the moment I am agonising over how authentic to make it. I have already deviated by using a fairly dark flame on the cane - but the ferrules are giving me cause for internal debate.
Plain straight brass ferrules of the right size don't appear to be easily sourced... but chromed brass ferrules are an off the shelf item.
Hmmmm, decisions, decisions...
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Sussex Dave
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Re: Hello from The Shed
A warm welcome sir
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Carp Artist
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Welcome aboard Steve
Not a fish was visible that first time I visited Beechmere; an utter
stillness brooded over the place and I felt the strange and sinister atmosphere which, so the story goes,
has been the cause of several suicides.’
BB – Confessions of a Carp Fisher
stillness brooded over the place and I felt the strange and sinister atmosphere which, so the story goes,
has been the cause of several suicides.’
BB – Confessions of a Carp Fisher
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Richard Jackson
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Goosequill
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Re: Hello from The Shed
A hearty welcome to you. Looking forward to seeing some photos of the shed and things from the shed.
Regards
Chris (No Sheds).
Regards
Chris (No Sheds).
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AshbyCut
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Re: Hello from The Shed
A hearty welcome, Sir.
"Beside the water I discovered (or maybe rediscovered) the quiet. The sort of quiet that allows one to be woven into the tapestry of nature instead of merely standing next to it." Estaban.
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Shed_Monkey
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Re: Hello from The Shed
Thank you SirAshbyCut wrote:A hearty welcome, Sir.
I lived in Bretby and worked in Ashby for a few years and fished the Dove in any spare moment I had. A beautiful river full of beautiful Grayling, enormous Chub and hardly a soul to share it with. Carp and Tench from the Old Dove put a pleasing bend in the cane too.
It's a small world isn't it?