June '98 Class Photo Album

June 1998 Rodmaking Class with their rod blanks

June 1998 Class Picture

Dan at the sharpening station Dave Planing a Splice
Bill splitting a culm section Dave gluing up spliced sections into a strip
Dan Splitting his sections Bill cutting out those pesky nodes
Dave splitting his sections Bill in deep thought
Dan Cooney Planing Bill Opper checking his angles (finally)
David Blankenship final planing his butt section. Bill and Dan using the deck railing and bright sunlight to scrape their blanks
Bill inovative planing technique using speed clamp hold down Dan packing up a culm to take home and build another rod