Planing Form

I have just finished making my planing form.

I know that there is a still long process to get the first rod, but I am realy happy with the form being done because it took a long time to finish.

I have used an off-cut of steel bar which I found in a workshop. That workshop gave it to me for free, and allowed me to use their tools to drill holes and tap them.

60 degree groove is cut with triangular files.

I think the form came out very well.

A tolerance is between 0.01 mm to 0.02 mm too deep or too shallow at each 5 inch station. I don't think I can go closer than that with my skills.

The only catch is that the form is bit too short because the length of the off-cut I found. It looks like the max length of 2pc rods I can make is 7'4".

I don't worry too much about the length of my form at this stage though because the reason I decided to build cane rods is to build short rods for local streams anyway.

The form is finally finished, and at last I can start working with bamboo.

ハンドメイドのプレーニングフォームがようやく完成です。


暇な時間にちょこちょこと作業し、やっとの事で出来上がりました。ヤスリでガリガリと表面を平にして、今度は三角のヤスリで６０度の溝をガリガリ削りました。


工場の廃材から生まれ変わったこのプレーニングフォーム、ちょっと短いのが難点です。でも作りたい竿は７フィート以下のショートロッドなので、まあ問題はないでしょう。


先の長いロッドメイキング、これでやっとスタートラインです。