The angler's workshopv1- .. . The tips when completed and fitted withtops, will be 22^ inches long and will be taperedfrom 13-64 to 7-64. Finish these first. It iswell to bear in mind that you cannot make eachof the other two joints one-third of the totallength of the finished rod, for the reason thatthe tip is to be pushed one inch into the ferruleof the middle joint, and this in turn 1% inchesinto the ferrule on the butt joint, while these twoferrules add to the actual length of the twolower parts. A more difficult problem in division and ad-dition it would be hard to find. The first timeI t
The angler's workshopv1- .. . The tips when completed and fitted withtops, will be 22^ inches long and will be taperedfrom 13-64 to 7-64. Finish these first. It iswell to bear in mind that you cannot make eachof the other two joints one-third of the totallength of the finished rod, for the reason thatthe tip is to be pushed one inch into the ferruleof the middle joint, and this in turn 1% inchesinto the ferrule on the butt joint, while these twoferrules add to the actual length of the twolower parts. A more difficult problem in division and ad-dition it would be hard to find. The first timeI tried to make a rod of three pieces of equallength I almost gave it up in despair, for despitewhat I thought was exact calculation, the sepa-rate parts would vary or the total would be toogreat. Finally I drew a pencil mark on thefloor just 5^ feet long, and sitting down,puzzled the problem out by placing the threeparts of the rod, with the ferrules beside them,on the line, and measuring until the adjustmentswere correct. 106. Q f O — o I 2 « H ^ < ii THREE-PIECE RODS The actual length of the middle joint will be2i}i inches, for the top or female ferrule willextend i inch beyond the wood, making thisjoint 22^A inches when it is finished. Taper thewood from 21-64 to 15-64, it being rememberedthat the cap of the ferrule is slightly larger in-side than the caps of its centers. Cement theferrule on the small end of the middle jointand the center of the butt ferrule on the otherend. The wood of the butt joint will be 21^ incheslong, as the ferrule adds 1^/^, making its totallength 22^ inches. Taper it from 15-32 at thepencil mark, indicating the upper end of thehandgrasp, to 11-32, to fit the cap of the ferrule,which is 21-64 at the small end. You are now ready for the handgrasp, thevarious forms of which are described in pre-ceding chapters. Careful testing is necessarybefore this rod can be finished, for differentpieces of wood vary considerably, and it isseldom one can make
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