Finding spine on stiff sections

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Re: Finding spine on stiff sections

Posted by: Patrick Vernacchio (---.ip.arctic.net)

Date: January 28, 2007 01:17PM

Hi Robert, IMHO, if the section doesn't flex easily enough to locate the spine, then I wouldn't spend too much time or energy trying to locate it. On the multip-piece rods that I have built or have bought, the vendor warns against spining the sections because they are so much more shorter than one or two-piece rods, and may be subject to stresses that might cause them to break. They may have already marked the spine inside each ferrule opening. Check to see if any marks appear inside the ferrule. Having said all that, I would agree with Mike's post regarding the straightest axis.

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