Bamboo planing forms and rodmaking tools

We can go from split strips to beveled AND tapered strips ready for heat treating in minutes. After heat treating a Morgan Hand Mill is used to get to final ...

Hand engraved crest on the butt cap of a bamboo fly rod…the size of a nickel #oyster #oysterbamboo #oysterflyrods #handengraved #handengraving #engraving #art #artist #shopsmall #rodbuilding #rodmaking #making #woodworking #wodworker #diy #heirloom #handcrafted #madeintheusa

Thomas H. Chubb (Vermont) Lancewood Between 1875 and 1880, Chubb built the rodmaking industry’s first large power lathes, designed to turn lancewood rod sections like those used in this example. The American Museum of Fly Fishing Collection Gift of Dr. Sheridan Waite