This is directed to all of you that build your own rods and tie flys.
I have out grown my house! My office is taking up too much room in the house and the wife wants some of it back.
I am considering adding a new building. My question is how much room do you feel comfortable with while building rods. I will never go over 9 feet and intend on building some as short as 6.5 feet. But the main question is how long an area do you feel comfortable with. This will double as a tying area also. This is not a business but a hobby gone wild… Thanks to Jim Hatch and Al Campbell and Ronn Lucas and and and and and…
I now have more material for flys than I will ever tie, and I want more. I have enough stuff to build 3 rods and you got it I want more. It is driving my wife crasy.
So any ideas. I will have an over head that I can store the rods in, I am considering a drying area. I have all the equipment I need. NO I am not going to turn handles (looking over my shoulder and making sure no one sees this) YET…
Suggestions to keep me from making as many mistakes as I would if I did this alone.
Harold,
You need not have a rod fully assembled at any time during the actual wrapping processes or finnishing or drying…
Especially not during drying…Nore would I suggest to anyone .To use any Drying apparatus that uses any type of felt or material/fabric in the V’s…(Just Passing this along)…as I’ve seen tip sections twisted off as a result of the fiberous materials gripping the blank while an Unattended rod was left to cure over night…Slow motors do not lack in torque!..
Any way Good Sir…My “wrapping/Drying station does not take up more than 6 feet in width…and I’ve built rods to 9’6”.
Just some thoughts…
[This message has been edited by billknepp (edited 30 January 2006).]
Harold;
My “Hobby” room is 9’ x 13’. 2’ of the length is taken up by a 2’ deep closet. The outside wall faces South and has a bay window so I get plenty of light. My tying bench and computer desk are against this wall. I have a T.V. in the corner. My rod building bench is against the North wall. It’s 5 & 1/2 feet long. As these bench’s are usualy clutterd I have another desk against the west wall which also has a large window.
I installed hooks in the outside sliding closet door and hang my capes/feathers/etc on them.
I have an office chair with rollers so I can just scoot from desk to desk.
Now the only time I use the living room is to go get another refreshment from the kitchen.
If you’d like I’ll send you a sketch
My thoughts may not apply. Depends on space and funds. The shipping containers make good storage space. I have a 40’ one with a roll up side door. I am going to get another one…cause of too much junk. Anywhooo…I find the 20’ models expensive and so I would opt to spend some more and get a 40’ one. I myself can never have enough space. I am going to run a telly line to it and electricity. I have already used an extension cord for light, microwave, coffee pot, and music.player…Spendy and you have to have the land…but sound, water tight, rodent proof if you don’t leave the doors open a lot, and very secure. You can put 4 locks on the door!
I can get a 40’ container delivered for $3200…maybe plus tax and title cost. I saw a SMALL shed at Home Depot they wanted OVER $3,000 for! Wood…great for termites. Bout as big as a 10x12. What a rip off. Heck, buy a tent and just replace it once in awhile.
Jack; Please do, I am interested in making mine a place to enjoy not dread. I am having to move my office into the room also which is the reason I need to figure out the size. I do not want to feel cramped but I also do not have the money to spend on what I truly would like to have… (another house just for the hobbies)
Jim; If the county would let me I would do just what you suggested… But we cannot even have a close line here. (looking forward to retiring and moving away from civilization)
Bill; the only time I would have the rods put together would be in the begining when I am looking for the spline. The rest of the time they would be apart. A drying area would be so I could work on one rod and (cure). More to protect the rod from my klutzy movements. <smile>
I always locate the spline on each separate section…If the rod is assembled.
It would be very difficult to have them pre-allinged and be true…the one exception to this rule would be in multi piece rods say 4 Pc. and up…
Where I am told it is best to shoot for getting the rod to where it is going to be straight when assembled for fishing…getting it setup straight requires it being fully assembled for marking prior to starting the building of any part of the rod…Each section of a two piece rod in my experience needs to be tested independantly for spline…Just some thoughts. Bill
[This message has been edited by billknepp (edited 01 February 2006).]
That makes sense to me, I do that and then put the rod together to make my marks for the guides. I guess I could do that outside if the room is not long enough.