Obviously I'll need brass work to attach the pole.
Any feedback as always will be very much appreciated
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Good evening OMR yes I'm planning on using whole cane and heating and shaping. I've spent a fair bit of time looking through old posts in this thread and haven't come across anyone drilling and gluing the whole cane straight into the wooden spreader block. I was thinking either I've missed a post or two or there is a good reason not to do this ???Old Man River wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2019 8:35 pm Hi Bob, are you planning on using whole cane and bending it to shape , or cutting a Culm to size , planing , sizing and bending.
I have made a couple of smaller nets , but they were made as you described by screwing flat planed cane to the outsides of the wooden spreader block and sheathing them outside again with Brass. I can put up a photo if that is the case .
There are several posts on here by members who have made their nets out of whole cane, maybe somebody will be able to assist,if that is the case as I have not tried a whole cane net frame myself.
OMR
That would be wonderful thank you sirMGs wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2019 9:02 pm I drilled a block with my bent whole cane. The block is made from marine ply. I drilled it and inserted alloy tubing, then slid the bent cane into it.
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I can try posting a couple of other pictures if it helps
Here you go. It is looking a bit battered now but has provided 7 years of good service and is sturdy enough to cope with double figure carp.BobTheFloat wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2019 9:04 pmThat would be wonderful thank you sirMGs wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2019 9:02 pm I drilled a block with my bent whole cane. The block is made from marine ply. I drilled it and inserted alloy tubing, then slid the bent cane into it.
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1225&hilit=bent&start=30
I can try posting a couple of other pictures if it helps![]()
Thanks MGs unless anyone comes forward with a good reason not to glue the cane straight into the oak spreader other than aesthetics that's the direction I'll takeMGs wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 8:54 amHere you go. It is looking a bit battered now but has provided 7 years of good service and is sturdy enough to cope with double figure carp.BobTheFloat wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2019 9:04 pmThat would be wonderful thank you sirMGs wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2019 9:02 pm I drilled a block with my bent whole cane. The block is made from marine ply. I drilled it and inserted alloy tubing, then slid the bent cane into it.
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1225&hilit=bent&start=30
I can try posting a couple of other pictures if it helps![]()
The alloy tubing is approximately 2cm in diameter and from memory came from an old landing net pole or the outer part of an extending bank stick. I only used this because of the use of ply. If I had used a solid piece of hardwood, I would probably have just glued the cane in directly. The smaller end of the cane has an alloy sleeve on it to bring it up to the same size. Which would have been from the inner part of the bank stick or net handle.