Rod Rest/Landing Net Handle/Buzzer/Bankstick Threaded Ferrules

[arbocop]

The universal fittings - ferrules? - threaded ends of rod rests and landing nets etc. I believe they are manufactured in brass, but they might be phosphor bronze or something. Anyway, does anyone know where I might be able to get hold of the above? I have been interested in making a few items myself using home grown cane, and need the threaded ends to finish the job. I have scoured the web, but don't really know what I am looking for - I may be using the wrong term.

 

Do I need to contact an engineering shop and get some made up? if so, what is the thread - is it British Metric Coarse, ISO or something else? Clearly they are different diameters, but I believe the thread is the same pitch.

 

Your advice please, learned parishioners of AN.

 

Mike

[terry t shirt]

The thread used in bank sticks etc is a 3/8 BSF thread.

Most use brass as have seen other materials used but i believe brass is the best choice.

[viney]

How many are you looking for? Make a quick sketch with some dimensions and I could knock a few up at work

[arbocop]

How many are you looking for? Make a quick sketch with some dimensions and I could knock a few up at work

That's very good of you. I'll have to measure them unless someone knows the dimensions. They are all the same size categories so they should be recorded somewhere..

 

I want to make a cane landing net handle, a cane buzzer bar, and some rod rests.

 

Mike

[Rusty]

Mike, it might be worth you signing up to this forum;

 

http://www.traditionalfisherman.com

 

People here have done exactly what you want to do. I can understand most of it and dabble in retro angling myself but a beanpole landing net handle???

[arbocop]

Mike, it might be worth you signing up to this forum;

 

http://www.traditionalfisherman.com

 

People here have done exactly what you want to do. I can understand most of it and dabble in retro angling myself but a beanpole landing net handle???

I've grown some serious bamboo in my garden!

 

i have signed up to that forum, but keeping up with two posts is a faff. if I don't succeed on here then I will go there.

 

Mike

[chesters1]

Trouble is bamboo grown here doesnt last long compared to the tropical stuff ,we found a veritable forest of the stuff hidden in 18 acres of ponticum and made screens out of it ,lasted one winter and it split and fell apart

[arbocop]

Trouble is bamboo grown here doesnt last long compared to the tropical stuff ,we found a veritable forest of the stuff hidden in 18 acres of ponticum and made screens out of it ,lasted one winter and it split and fell apart

You need to season it - like wood. it also depends on the species. Phyllostachis is excellent. I grow the black variety. I've seasoned some outside for two years and it's as hard as tropical hardwood, with a natural shiny coating, like lacquer.