Neglect Neglect!
Jesse with the beautiful bend we love to see.
So we’ve neglected our posting over the holidays, but it’s not because of a turkey hangover. It’s because we’ve been so busy. Just a few of the things we’ve been focused on lately:
- production is increasing its capacity and cranking out blanks at a good clip;
- our marketing department (meaning Jason and I) is shooting a handful of videos to post here;
- we’re entertaining a large new client for the week;
- we’re doing continuous testing (Gary is out rod testing today); and
- we’re working on the final judging criteria for the approved rod builder program. It’s none too soon either, as we’ve had our first few submissions show up. I can tell you, Susie is one tough judge! Pass or not, I suspect having the ability to talk with her about a build will be a great learning experience for a builder.
Until then, enjoy a couple reviews from custom rod builders and a couple photos from our last trip.
Jon
The happy release.
I see the comment you make about your rod being parabolic. I do not want to be picky, I know that what you mean is that the rod has a slow action or has a low action angle. I do not know how this term became common in describing some rods actions but no rod is really parabolic. A parabola is a second order quadratic equation. A rod that was truely parabolic would have the most deflection right in the center of the rod and the two ends, tip and butt, would be stiffer than the middle section. As an example, look at a TV dish. That is a parabolic reflector and is really parabolic.
I think that the rod that you show in the picture that you are calling parabolic has a really great action but it is not really parabolic.
Now that I have said all of that, what blanks is that?
Apparently the title of our post was spot on. The error has been corrected. Much thanks for noticing.
Hey Emory,
I hear and/or use ‘parabolic’ as a term for the action of my jig blanks all the time. It lets me describe the shape/form of the blank under full or near full load. The key is ‘ic’.
par•a•bol•ic Pronunciation: \ˌpa-rə-ˈbä-lik\
Function: adjective
1 : expressed by or being a parable : allegorical
2 : of, having the form of, or relating to a parabola
— par•a•bol•i•cal•ly \-li-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
I posted this the last time this frequent discussion came up. I percieve this bend as parabolic.
http://www.rodbuilding.org/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/8488/size/big/cat/500/page/7
[IMG]http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww306/NoExcuses_album/stillTrueParabolic.jpg[/IMG]
I just find it a very useful term when consulting with angler/clients. I think I may start calling the action of the jig blanks progressively progressive.
Sweet bend whatever you call it.
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww306/NoExcuses_album/stillTrueParabolic.jpg
Hi Emory,
I built my first rod in 1974 (I was 10 years old at the time) and when I was buying that blank, the salesman referred to anything with a slow action as having a parabolic bend. I went on and in 1978 I went to work as a rod builder at a local tackle shop in southern California. Between 78 and 88 – my tenure there – we always referred to rods like this – and I still do.
I understand your problem with the word, though. Being an engineer with more math to my credit than I care admit, the term does seem to be misused. But, at the same time, even with knowing the true definition, I still call a slow action rod “parabolic” much to my friends chagrin.
Terry
Mike,
The red line in the drawing/photograph that you posted appears to be parabolic but the rods action does not appear to be parabolic.
I think that maybe it is a generally understood term among custom rod builders so the point may not be worth pursuing but just for fun make a plot of a second order quadratic equation using any variables that you want and I think that you will immediately see my point.