Building bamboo rods

[Christopheraaron]

Assuming this all goes well Spiel will have some competition soon. I would like to start to build bamboo fly rods, done my research and still have a few questions. First is how can I tell low grade from high grade tonkin cane? Where can I get the cheapest aluminum planing board? Any other opinions or knowledge is welcome and appreciated, thank you!

[aplumma]

Sounds like a pretty high ambition for someone to strive for. good luck.

 

 

Art

[Jacob]

One tip i can offer is take your time, don't rush on any part, no matter how small it might be.

Good luck

 

 

Jacob.

[Spiel]

Assuming this all goes well Spiel will have some competition soon. I would like to start to build bamboo fly rods, done my research and still have a few questions. First is how can I tell low grade from high grade tonkin cane? Where can I get the cheapest aluminum planing board? Any other opinions or knowledge is welcome and appreciated, thank you!

 

No competition to me, I don't do bamboo.

 

But good luck with your venture.

 

If you haven't looked here, you should.

[dave524]

I would guess you have already been there, but just in case, you would probably find more advice here.

 

http://www.rodbuildingforum.com/

[Christopheraaron]

No competition to me, I don't do bamboo.

 

But good luck with your venture.

 

If you haven't looked here, you should.

 

Mine will be so good people will switch to bamboo.

[bobowski]

Down, pup.

[woodenboater]

The confidence is strong in this one

[Christopheraaron]

Yes it is, just finished my first split...

[Musky or Specks]

High quality tonkin cane will be very dense when you look at the end grain. Its very expensive and hard to find. Don't buy regular bamboo

[Christopheraaron]

Thanks M or S, ya this is cheap bamboo I got it to test with.