More Rod Rests - Everyone has to start somewhere!
Posted: Sun May 13, 2018 8:59 pm
At last I identified a hazel bush, and eventually located a couple of possible candidates for rod rests.
As a total novice, I could not see the wood for the trees.
The branches were covered in lichen, but this came off quite easily with the help of a patch of rough emery paper.
The prospective rod rest shafts were a bit bendy, so I've lashed them to a wooden straight edge, and shall leave them to season.
Any advice as to how long to leave them, please?
I don't mind a bit of meandering in the rod rest stem, as long as the base of the rest is pointing in the same direction as the top.
I've used this lashing technique in the past when making a walking stick from a branch taken from a pollarded ash tree, and was very happy with the result, after the slightly curvy branch had been left tied to an iron bar straight edge for a year or so.
The next installment will follow after whatever period I am told to allow the wood to season.
Please?
As a total novice, I could not see the wood for the trees.
The branches were covered in lichen, but this came off quite easily with the help of a patch of rough emery paper.
The prospective rod rest shafts were a bit bendy, so I've lashed them to a wooden straight edge, and shall leave them to season.
Any advice as to how long to leave them, please?
I don't mind a bit of meandering in the rod rest stem, as long as the base of the rest is pointing in the same direction as the top.
I've used this lashing technique in the past when making a walking stick from a branch taken from a pollarded ash tree, and was very happy with the result, after the slightly curvy branch had been left tied to an iron bar straight edge for a year or so.
The next installment will follow after whatever period I am told to allow the wood to season.
Please?