Re: Possible Priory rod of Bournemouth The Throop any ideas
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:01 pm
I was going to go fishing today and strip the rod on Monday but seeing as it was such a lovely day I decided to strip the rod, taking pictures as I went along for this show and tell. To start of with I used a generous amount of Nitro Mors paint and varnish stripper, seems the new formula is not quite as good as the old stuff we used to have before new EU guidelines came in to effect, however its not bad, as it still does a pretty good job it.
Afterwards I cleaned the cane with white spirit to remove any paint stripper residue and then proceeded to scraped the cane clean and super smooth with the back of a Stanley knife blade taking care not to remove the power fibers - that's a bloody good tool for the job too .
<I Recommend a cup of tea or coffee, around about now >
After stripping cleaning and scraping the cane, I rubbed each part with fine 000 grade wire wool and then sanded each part with 600 grit wet and dry paper, the rod is now super smooth to touch and has a nice light color. I have decided not to give the rod a coat of Teak Oil as I normally do to nourish the cane before varnishing as that may change the color of the cane making it slightly darker and I want this one to be as light as possible.
During the stripping, I discovered the thread would have been a nice Blue color the varnish was that old it has turned and looked yellowy black in color, the rings you see in the picture below are the only ones it had and I am guessing the rod may be from the 1960s.
Now the rod is stripped and ready for the nest stage however before moving on, I would like to show anyone who is interested the taper and node spacings for this rod, I used my digital calipers to measure the rods sections in 5" increments seems they weren't made to super accurate tolerances so I have given a three figure reading in Imperial using the highest values taken during the measuring stage, I could have given an average but didn't think it would be of any great importance.
12 ft Cane rod taper in 5 inch increments
Butt Piece from the metal collar
.552
.541
.525
.514
.502
Middle Piece from male ferrule
.455
.429
.404
.388
.368
.343
.332
.317
.311
.296
Tip Piece from male ferrule
.285
.261
.231
.207
.185
.164
.166
.149
.127
.112
Rod tip
Below are some pictures I made measuring the Node spacings to show the node pattern and method used during construction for this rod as I believe it varies between manufacturers, like American or English made I wonder how much wasted cane they had, it must of been a bit of a challenge looking at the raw cane and aligning all those nodes.
In a coup[le of days I will remove the female ferrules give the rod a couple of coats of varnish, clean then re bronze and re glue the ferrules on to the rod, in preparation for whipping intermediates and rod guides, I'm thinking High Bells life rings, some nice Cherry colored Agatine butt and tip guides red whippings and intermediates maybe two turn black tippings, or shall I keep it simple and just go with red? I hope you are enjoying the article and please feel free to comment or give your thoughts and any helpful tips and information, it certainly a darn good hobby.
Regards Trefor
Afterwards I cleaned the cane with white spirit to remove any paint stripper residue and then proceeded to scraped the cane clean and super smooth with the back of a Stanley knife blade taking care not to remove the power fibers - that's a bloody good tool for the job too .
<I Recommend a cup of tea or coffee, around about now >
After stripping cleaning and scraping the cane, I rubbed each part with fine 000 grade wire wool and then sanded each part with 600 grit wet and dry paper, the rod is now super smooth to touch and has a nice light color. I have decided not to give the rod a coat of Teak Oil as I normally do to nourish the cane before varnishing as that may change the color of the cane making it slightly darker and I want this one to be as light as possible.
During the stripping, I discovered the thread would have been a nice Blue color the varnish was that old it has turned and looked yellowy black in color, the rings you see in the picture below are the only ones it had and I am guessing the rod may be from the 1960s.
Now the rod is stripped and ready for the nest stage however before moving on, I would like to show anyone who is interested the taper and node spacings for this rod, I used my digital calipers to measure the rods sections in 5" increments seems they weren't made to super accurate tolerances so I have given a three figure reading in Imperial using the highest values taken during the measuring stage, I could have given an average but didn't think it would be of any great importance.
12 ft Cane rod taper in 5 inch increments
Butt Piece from the metal collar
.552
.541
.525
.514
.502
Middle Piece from male ferrule
.455
.429
.404
.388
.368
.343
.332
.317
.311
.296
Tip Piece from male ferrule
.285
.261
.231
.207
.185
.164
.166
.149
.127
.112
Rod tip
Below are some pictures I made measuring the Node spacings to show the node pattern and method used during construction for this rod as I believe it varies between manufacturers, like American or English made I wonder how much wasted cane they had, it must of been a bit of a challenge looking at the raw cane and aligning all those nodes.
In a coup[le of days I will remove the female ferrules give the rod a couple of coats of varnish, clean then re bronze and re glue the ferrules on to the rod, in preparation for whipping intermediates and rod guides, I'm thinking High Bells life rings, some nice Cherry colored Agatine butt and tip guides red whippings and intermediates maybe two turn black tippings, or shall I keep it simple and just go with red? I hope you are enjoying the article and please feel free to comment or give your thoughts and any helpful tips and information, it certainly a darn good hobby.
Regards Trefor