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Length of ferrule wrap on Z-axis blank?
Posted by:
Troy Ketela
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Date: March 24, 2008 11:10AM
I'm building on a Sage Z-axis for the first time (8wt 4 piece), and am wondering how short of a ferrule wrap I can get away with.
I haven't seen a factory rod in the flesh yet, so I don't know what Sage is doing. Thanks! Troy Re: Length of ferrule wrap on Z-axis blank?
Posted by:
Spencer Phipps
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Date: March 24, 2008 11:14AM
2x the ferrule's butt diameter. Re: Length of ferrule wrap on Z-axis blank?
Posted by:
Anonymous User
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Date: March 24, 2008 11:14AM
They're internally reinforced so it's not terribly important (if it was, they'd list the require length on the packaging). Some years ago in an effort to be consistent on my own rods, I decided on a length that is equal to 2 times the diameter at the female ferrule. I mentioned it in the book I did for Amato. It caught on and you see that figure in hundreds of posts on the internet boards now. But there really isn't anything scientific about it other than the mention to start the wrap as close as possible to the edge of the rod section. You want to prevent a split out from starting and that edge is the only place where it can get started.
Somebody might be able to measure one of the factory Sage models and tell you how far they're wrapping. If you follow suit, you'd at least not have any warranty complaints from the maker. ................ Re: Length of ferrule wrap on Z-axis blank?
Posted by:
Herb Ladenheim
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Date: March 24, 2008 11:34AM
My factory XP's have 5- 6mm wraps + a small overlap of epoxy onto blank. I would imagine the Z-Axis is the same.
Herb Re: Length of ferrule wrap on Z-axis blank?
Posted by:
Troy Ketela
(142.150.76.---)
Date: March 24, 2008 01:11PM
I usually wrap ~2x the largest ferrule diameter as suggested above, but was wondering if that was sufficient for the Z-axis since they've gone to a graphite scrim from fiberglass in previous models like the XP. Ferrules didn't look to be very bulked up to me either.
Have only ever had one rod break at the ferrule, but would rather be safe than sorry. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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