Re: Fosters of Ashbourne – fly rod refurbishment
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 6:54 pm
Pete,
I agree, I made the ferrules fit by attaching the male to a drill chuck, it would have taken ages if it was attached to the rod and therefore unable to rotate !
I think that it is generally accepted that about 1/4" gap should be left to allow for wear. I bought a brass ferrule for £5 and that fitted perfectly as supplied. I think the problem is caused by the parts being produced on a CNC milling machine which is incapable of marrying the two components, that can only be done by hand at extra cost. The male ferrule still had the machine marks on it. I will still use these ferrules in the future but I will be prepared to finish them off :-)
I agree, I made the ferrules fit by attaching the male to a drill chuck, it would have taken ages if it was attached to the rod and therefore unable to rotate !
I think that it is generally accepted that about 1/4" gap should be left to allow for wear. I bought a brass ferrule for £5 and that fitted perfectly as supplied. I think the problem is caused by the parts being produced on a CNC milling machine which is incapable of marrying the two components, that can only be done by hand at extra cost. The male ferrule still had the machine marks on it. I will still use these ferrules in the future but I will be prepared to finish them off :-)