Furling Motor

[aged_sage]

Jack:

Congratulations on your talents and abilities.

My board is copied after Skip Shorb's, who first showed me how to make them. The only difference is that I use specific weights for a specific material to ensure uniform, and proper, tension throughout the process; whereas Skip's spring tensioner will not do this; tension increases gradually over the twisting, and is the same for all of his leaders. For proper furling, from a technical perspective, the tension should be the same and constant during the entire process.

I do not need a spreadsheet either to make my own leaders. However, I have no desire to memorize the various weights, peg spacings, thread types, number of steps, slopes, etc., that go hand-in-hand with making the vast array of leaders one might desire to make.

There is a typo in my previous post, it should read 3,000 rpm; not 300.

I am unaware that anyone has said that furling is not easy. My dad taught me how to do it when I was 8 years old, all the way back in the 40's, and using cotton binding string.

Some of us prefer to paddle our canoes over the entire pond; not stay in just one small cove.

To each his own!

aged sage

[karelgol]

Aged Sage;
I use a Dremel Tool at 8000 rpm. No counters, no weights no spread sheets, just the feel aquired after years of furling and I'll put mine up against anyones!

I have built furling boards for several members and have taught them the simple way to make an effective furled leader without the use of Spread Sheets, Rpm Counters, etc!

Furling leaders is an art as well as a science. It is really quite easy as several of us have discovered. Methods, materials, tecniques may vary, as in any art form, but they can all produce a Furled Leader that does what it is supposed to do, cast a fly.

Furling leaders is not the Rocket Science some would like us to believe.

Wow that Dremel has a little more rpms then what i use (about 700, with the gears i had laying around).
I agree the making of a furled leader is not rocket science, but i just like treating it that way. Had some in depth discussions with dman and aged_sage on the furled leader forum and loved it. If it has not improved my furled leaders, it certainly helped in understanding why furled leader work that good.
As i live in europe i think i'll not meet both of them ever, but i feel like i've found some friends online. All just because of treating furled leader making as rocket science

Karel

PS. below are some pics of my rev counter (a 2$ bicycle computer).





Above the cover of the motor is removed, below an older pic of how i use the motor (before the rev counter was installed)