I took 6 more scrap strips from Steve and planed them to Steve's modified Dickerson 8013 taper. I had to modify the taper a bit because my forms won't allow me to plane strips larger than .175 in. without hitting the shoulder bolts.
After planing - everything looked pretty good, not perfect, but good. For the first two strips, I attempted to plane on one side only - without flipping the strips every couple of strokes. That resulted in a few strips where the power fibers run diagonal rather than up and down. Cosmetic problem? Probably.I glued up with URAC 185 - a two part glue that comes with a powdered hardener mixed with walnut shell flour. I have used URAC at Steve's, but he uses pure hardener and mixes with water. That resulted in a much thinner glue. I went with the walnut hardener for this first attempt at glueing because it is supposed to fill in gaps. I mixed 13 grams of hardener with 100 grams of resin.
I hand bound the section using 20lb fly line backing. Here is a picture of the binder setup I used which actually worked very well.
After binding - I hung the rod in my stairwell with a heater blowing on it. The glue need to be above 70 degrees to cure. I left it overnight, and took it down this morning. After sanding, it looked really nice. One bad glue line, but overall not bad. Next step, mounting the ferrules.
Butt and tip sections
