Leland on Advanced Custom Rod Building
This best selling book has been completely updated, revised, and expanded. Everything from beginning to end was re-evaluated. The newest improved methods are described and much new material has been added. Basically, the book has been rewirtten and delves deeply into advanced techniques for every conceivable type of rod. A basic understanding is given on how graphite and fiberglass blanks are made. A detailed section follows on how you can modify action and predict results when trimming blanks. Separate chapters cover Reel Seats, Grips and Handles, and Handle Assemblies. Between them, every functional (as well as cosmetic) aspect of handles is covered. There are a lot of new and valuable techniques in this section that will teach you how to make outstanding custom rods.
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Complete data is given on all the guides, including Vicker's Hardness and thermal conductivity of ring materials. The author weighed every guide and measured the height of the ring above the blank, the inside ring diameter, and the length of the guide feet. All of this extremely important information is present in tables, so that you can creatively design the action of a particular blank. An entire chapter explains rod building tools that you can make. A few of these are: Rod wrapping jigs, roller assemblies, thread tension devices, powered wrappers and rod building lathes.
WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING
"The most comprehensive book on the subject...the work can best be described as the State-of-the-Art in custom craftsmanship. If either an amateur or professional rod builder was to have only one reference source, this would be it." -- Saltwater Sportsman magazine
Specifications:
- Double Diamonds
- Multiple Chevrons
- Single Four Diamonds
- Line of Diamonds
- Split Center Diamonds
- Snakeskin Patterns
- Tartan Plaids
- Maltese Cross
- How to weave a name in thread
