Tapers - GLohkamp
Hello everyone
For whats it worth l have someting to say about the format that tapers are
laid out in When tapers are presented in 5 inch stations it is not exactly
apparent where the ferrule station is ,because it does not work well with
with rod lenghts not divdable by 5. 6 inch stations would be a better choice.
The method of working this out for me is to take for example the Dickerson
8013 . Dickerson tapers tend to really take a dive at the ferrule stations
then level out some
Making it look off, but its not. When you put this taper to a graph you can
see it.
The mid point is at 48 in. Take the dia at 50 in (.215) and minus the dia at
45 in(.189)
= .026 divide by 5 the distance between the two =.005 , per 1 in. Add 3
in,(.015) to station 45 =.204. Minus 2 in,(.010) from station 50 =.205.
Close enough to 13/64s l'll set my froms with this in mind.
l like to measure my tip section from the tip top to the ferrule and the butt
from the handle end to the ferrule.Now the ferrule l use the butt section is
9/16 shorter than the tip l take this off from the handle end of the section
,because in this case 9/16 would almost be .005 larger dia , if l removed it
from the other end. Not to mention the lenght of the ferrule seat would add
another .005 . I think everone agrees that the least amount of material taken
off the ferrule station the better.
This is just how l work this problem lam sure there are other ways of looking
at it but l do belive that it is real important where you cut off the
sections as far as rod action goes. lf you got something to say about this
good or bad l would like to hear it . Just looking for some input about a
problem l've been looking at for a while.
Thank you
gary
8013 New settings
0 .072 0 .072
5 .082 5 .082
10 .095 10 .095
15 .114 15 .114
20 .130 20 .130
25 .145 25 .145
30 .160 30 .160
35 .170 35 .170
40 .180 40 .180
45 .189 + .015 = .204 at 48 in. 45 .189
50 .215 -- .010 = .205 at 48 in. 48 .204
55 .232 48 .205
60 .251 46 .215
65 .272 40 .323
70 .293 35 .251
75 .304 30 .293
80 .318 25 .304
85 .344 20 .318
90 .360 15 .344
95 .360 10 .360
96 .360 5 .360
0 .360