THE ART ANO CRAFT OF BAMBOO RODMAKING-an overview.

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1 FREE REPORT- THE ART ANO CRAFT OF BAMBOO RODMAKING-an overview. YOU'VE ANSWERED MY CLASSIFIED AD: ASPIRING BAMBOO RODMAKERS 10 page report summarizes methods, tools, sources, supplies, videotapes, references. Send SASE p l us 2 unused stamps to: FREE REPORT, Box Aurora, co ,,. THIS REPORT lis1s the things you'll need, the places to get them, some comments by me. and a procedure for how to proceed. Read tt all the way through before you do anything else. H i, I'm Frank Armbruster, I'm ret i red from the aerospace business. I got involved wtth rodmak i ng severa l years ago at the behest of my son, Owen, an avid flyllsherman and horse trainer, and Ralph Moon, a maste, rodmaker and teacher. I made some plan i ng forms for Ralpll and Owen, and have been mak i ng planing forms and roughing forms ever since. I get a l ot of phone caus about rodmaking and tools, and sources, and materia l s and procedures. and stuff l i ke that. so I decided to prepare this report to send out to peop l e who don1 want to spend a lot of t i me on the l ong-d i stance phone ta l king to an o l d man who goes on and on about cane rodmak i ng. After you've read all the preliminar i es, fee l lree to cal l me - (303) ii you think there' s so mething I shou l d add, or something I shou l d change. This report Is for beginners. If you're an o l d pro, don1 call me for Informat i on. you probab l y know more about rt than I do. On the other hand. if you're an o l d pro and you just want to chat, call anyt i me. I l i ve a l one and I don't m i nd calls In the even i ng. I l ive in Aurora Colorado, which is near Denver, so I' m i n the mounta i n time zone. YOU'LL NEED THESE THINGS: I. - books, tapes, advice, and stuff l i ke that II. Hand tools - most are simple and many of them you will already have Ill. Fixtures - a p l aning form, and some gauges - some of which you can make yourself IV. Materials - bamboo, ferrules, snake gu i des, silk thread, glue, varnish, sandpaper, steel wool, solvents, and rags. V. Space - a workbench or somep l ace to l ay out the job. VI. Procedure - a sequence of steps by which to proceed Information The s i x sect i ons of this report descr i be and expand that 11st of things you'll need. Each section has a list or sources of the stuff that may be hard to find. And i t also includes

2 some of my personal prejudices, op i n i ons, and preferences. SOURCES OF INFORMATION ABOUT ROOBUILOING I A. Reference books: 1. The best known book (the b i b l e) i s A MASTER'S GUIDE TO BUILDING A BAMBOO FLY ROD, by Everett Garr i son & Hoagy B. Carmichael, PIJblished by Meadow Run Press P.O. Box 334, Stone Harbor, NJ Another important one to have is : HANDCRAFTING BAMBOO FLY RODS, Authored and self-published By Wayne Cattanach Apple Avenue, Casnov i a. Ml The Angler's Bamboo, Luis Marden publishod by Lyons & Buriord, 31 W. 21 Street. New York, NY The Bamboo Rod and how to build I t. C l aude M. Kre i der, PubliSlled by Centenn i a l Publications. 5. How to Make Bamboo F l y Rods. George W. Barnes Winchester Press. Comments about the books: If you can get only one book, get the Cattanach book. But take note that the Garrison book is "The Bib l e" of cane rodmaking. If you can, get a copy of the Garr i son book, borrow one. After you've read one or two of the roclmaking books, you'll probab l y be like I was and want al l of them you can find. There's someth i ng In every one of them that is of va l ue. In the last few months, I've noticed severa l more books on bamboo and cane rodmak i ng announced. so keep asking at your focal bookseller. I go to the Tattered Cover in Denver. It's a great bookstore. Check your l oca l l i brary: search the card catalog under lly rod, rodmaking, bamboo rods, fly f i shing and cane rodmaking. Search all of these categories because the llbrtary personne l don't a l ways make the best dec i sions about where to f i le this spec i al c l asstt i cation. You m i ght find a gem In some obscure section. I did. B. Periodicals: 1. THE PLANING FORM, P.O. Box 365, Hastings, Ml ZIP A newsletter respecled for many years : By Ron Barch 2. BAMBOO, The GI ant Grass, P. 502 National Geograph i c, Oct A new magazine: THE BAMBOO FISHING ROD, first published. JAN. '98 availab l e at your fr i end l y neighborhood f l y f i sh i ng shop, or from the publ i sher. Focus publishing, Inc E. Linco l n Ave. 1318, Orange, CA phone: (714) Comments about the per i odica l s: The only one I read regular l y and re li giously i s Ron Barch's THE PLANING FORM. Ron is a schoo l teacher and a great guy. Meet h i m If you can. But def i nite l y subscr i be. I buy cop i es of the Oct National Geograph i c at thrift shops when I find i t and g i ve to fr i ends just starting out. If you haunt the Goodwill and Salvation Army shops as I do, you'll sometimes f i nd a copy or two. Buy "em.

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