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Acid / Spiral wrap boat rods?

It turns the blank to wrap the thread. I think technically a whipping machine - at least one that's built for rod building rather than for the likes of Max Moseley - would require the rod to be stationary and the thread to rotate round it?
 
Topwater said:
It turns the blank to wrap the thread. I think technically a whipping machine - at least one that's built for rod building rather than for the likes of Max Moseley - would require the rod to be stationary and the thread to rotate round it?
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Thought you wrapped rod eyes, not whipped... 🤣

Ian.
 
stan m said:
Built (from memory) 12 of them. Not my cup of tea as I`m a dinosaur but seems they do work. On the pic I posted the last 3 guides before tip were all in line with the tip
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I have used spiral wrapped rods and cant really see or tell any difference , so I am guessing the difference must be minimal to the user ?
 
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Just to create more unrest, it would appear that rod builders or repairers were whipping on rings ( not guides) well before all this modern “wraps and guides” stuff was invented, in a nutshell , the modern terms are just re inventing the wheel.
Looking in my anglers library I found lots of references to “ whipping and rod rings”
Looky here
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Dave
 
The Third Earl said:
Just to create more unrest, it would appear that rod builders or repairers were whipping on rings ( not guides) well before all this modern “wraps and guides” stuff was invented, in a nutshell , the modern terms are just re inventing the wheel.
Looking in my anglers library I found lots of references to “ whipping and rod rings”
Looky here
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Dave
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Aftco rollers aint rings are they. They simply "guide" the line along the blank. Sorry Dave you still aint come up with a rod "whipping" tool for sale but there are plenty "wrapping" tools. You call it / they what you like, I`ll call it correctly
 
To be honest Stan , I did not realise that I was supposed to be looking for one 😋.
I think it is just easiest to say that rods totally built by hand are “ whipped “ and rods that are built using any form of machine to assist in binding the eyes on are “ wrapped “ . I am a whipper not a wrapper . Never was and in all probability will never be a wrapper , whereas you can do both .
As for rollers , happy to call them guides , well I have only ever whipped a few , I will leave those to the professionals, although if pushed could probably whip a few more on 🤣🤣👍

Dave
 
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