@@elmaestrodeliendres ¡Muchas gracias! ¿Quién necesita equipos modernos cuando los aparejos antiguos funcionan igual de bien y tienen mucho más carácter? Líneas apretadas. ❤️🎣❤️
An enjoyable, informative and entertaining hour well spent!!! Can't wait to see more vintage gear and hand-crafted floats put to use in the next video, Bravo!!!🤗🤗🤗
Another miniature piece of art and great to see it in use with that special old rod - it’s incredible how moving the stories and associations we have with various pieces of kit can become. A lifetime of venues, seasons, outings, weather, captures and angling memories in that cork handle! 🎣
Wicked video and superb clarity and information.. Can't wait to see the next video something else to add to your repertoire Andy ! Cheers Paul. PS.. Ordered a circle centering tool after your recommendation and it also reminded me to order new batteries for the digital verniers ;)
Hi Andy, how did you modify the lathe end to accept the cane please? The mini lathes I'm looking at have a pointed stock usually. Thanks for the videos, I have a new hobby and love it 👍👍👍
@Newlyretired Hi Steve. The pointed stock is removable (at least, it is on mine!) In it's place I found a small peice of aluminium rod, drilled a 3mm hole through the centre of it and put that into the hole. I made sure that the aluminium rod was a good snug fit so it wouldn't pop out every time I placed a skewer through it. I hope that helps? It's a cool hobby to have! ❤️🎣❤️ Tight lines Andy
I’ve had the most frustrating start to my float making journey. I’m using 3mm bamboo skewers, drilling corks and wood pieces with 2.5mm drill. The corks and wood pieces will not slide on the bamboo skewer even with the most brute force so I’ve used something like 2.8mm drill and now the cork just spins and slides all over. I decided to superglue it on but I can’t sand it down without using a lot of pressure, so much pressure I’m snapping the skewer off the lathe! And I’m using high quality 80 grit paper. Don’t know what on earth I’m doing wrong 😅
@@oscarwmcg7382 Hi. Sorry you're having such difficulties. I only use Balsa wood for the bodies. Also, only a tiny amount of glue is needed to fix the body to the cane. I made so many mistakes before I found a way that worked for me. Don't give up! Merry Christmas and tight lines. Andy.
Hi Andy. That Lathe looks great. Do you have any sourcing details? Also that tailstock that accepts the float spindle looks different from the usual cone point on the ones I've searched out.
@ceej100 Hi. Thanks for the view and the comment. I took the point out and made a bush with a 3mm hole to fit inside the bearing. I used a small aluminium bar and drilled a whole though it. I hope that makes sense. As for source details, it's just one I picked up on Amazon. I don't know enough about them to offer a review or recommend brands. Cheers. Andy.
Hi again Andy, Ive just recently bought some 4mm cane BBQ sticks and they make some nice Billy Lane style ducker floats and like you say, the optimum length is around 15 cm. I've made a few Avons at around 18 cm and theyre a bit more stable on the river.✌❤ Bob.
Thank you for the lovely video
@@residualkarma It was my pleasure. Thank you for watching... ❤️🎣❤️
Another beautiful float and fab video 🎣😎👏
Excellent video once again Andy really do enjoy watching them keep em coming mate 👍
@peteradcock2465 thank you very much... there's more in the pipeline. 😍🎣😍
Magnifica explicación.
A mi también me encanta pescar con equipo “vintage”.
Muchísimas gracias por el vídeo.
@@elmaestrodeliendres ¡Muchas gracias! ¿Quién necesita equipos modernos cuando los aparejos antiguos funcionan igual de bien y tienen mucho más carácter?
Líneas apretadas.
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very nicely made and demonstrated thanks chum
@@paulclarke267 Thank you! Now it's your turn to make one!
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An enjoyable, informative and entertaining hour well spent!!! Can't wait to see more vintage gear and hand-crafted floats put to use in the next video, Bravo!!!🤗🤗🤗
@@soulbear5293 Thank you very much for your kind words.
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Another miniature piece of art and great to see it in use with that special old rod - it’s incredible how moving the stories and associations we have with various pieces of kit can become. A lifetime of venues, seasons, outings, weather, captures and angling memories in that cork handle! 🎣
@@themagicoffishing Thank you. I think I did the right thing by not fully restoring it to 'as new'... Tight lines!
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Great to watch Andy. Very nice float.😉👌
@@johnvangameren2531 Thank you! 😊
Brilliant! Instead of using twine top and bottom of the body, could you instead use a rubber sleeve? Love these informative videos..👍
@@Walsallgrower That's an interesting idea... Why not give it a try and let me know the results? ❤️🎣❤️
Great vid, my style of fishing 😊
I really enjoyed the video Andy and how you made the balsa stick float which looks fantastic 👍
@@fishingtailfilms Thanks very much...
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Another fantastic video :)
Wicked video and superb clarity and information.. Can't wait to see the next video something else to add to your repertoire Andy !
Cheers
Paul.
PS.. Ordered a circle centering tool after your recommendation and it also reminded me to order new batteries for the digital verniers ;)
@@PinreelPaul thank you! Good luck with it all. ❤️🎣❤️
Hi Andy, how did you modify the lathe end to accept the cane please? The mini lathes I'm looking at have a pointed stock usually. Thanks for the videos, I have a new hobby and love it 👍👍👍
@Newlyretired Hi Steve. The pointed stock is removable (at least, it is on mine!) In it's place I found a small peice of aluminium rod, drilled a 3mm hole through the centre of it and put that into the hole. I made sure that the aluminium rod was a good snug fit so it wouldn't pop out every time I placed a skewer through it.
I hope that helps?
It's a cool hobby to have! ❤️🎣❤️
Tight lines
Andy
@@BlackBottomFloats many thanks Andy 🙌🙌
I’ve had the most frustrating start to my float making journey. I’m using 3mm bamboo skewers, drilling corks and wood pieces with 2.5mm drill. The corks and wood pieces will not slide on the bamboo skewer even with the most brute force so I’ve used something like 2.8mm drill and now the cork just spins and slides all over. I decided to superglue it on but I can’t sand it down without using a lot of pressure, so much pressure I’m snapping the skewer off the lathe! And I’m using high quality 80 grit paper. Don’t know what on earth I’m doing wrong 😅
@@oscarwmcg7382 Hi. Sorry you're having such difficulties. I only use Balsa wood for the bodies. Also, only a tiny amount of glue is needed to fix the body to the cane.
I made so many mistakes before I found a way that worked for me. Don't give up!
Merry Christmas and tight lines.
Andy.
Hi Andy. That Lathe looks great. Do you have any sourcing details? Also that tailstock that accepts the float spindle looks different from the usual cone point on the ones I've searched out.
@ceej100 Hi. Thanks for the view and the comment. I took the point out and made a bush with a 3mm hole to fit inside the bearing. I used a small aluminium bar and drilled a whole though it. I hope that makes sense.
As for source details, it's just one I picked up on Amazon. I don't know enough about them to offer a review or recommend brands.
Cheers.
Andy.
Digital Vernier callipers , measure inside and outside diameters.
@@angusmacarthur8375 Thanks for that! I don't do technical! You can probably tell??
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Great tutorial Andy, what's the story behind the landing net handle?
@@markrichardson6629 HA! Well spotted!
It's an old splitcane boat rod that I converted. Maybe I'll include it in more detail in another film...
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Thanks Andy, looking forward to the next episode.
enjoyed this, what size is the thread ?
@David_11111 Thank you. Thread diameter varies very slightly but usually around 0.21mm.
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Lovely Job Andy, where do you get your round section dowel ? I can only get square section from Hobbycraft. ✌❤ Bob.
Hi again Andy, Ive just recently bought some 4mm cane BBQ sticks and they make some nice Billy Lane style ducker floats and like you say, the optimum length is around 15 cm. I've made a few Avons at around 18 cm and theyre a bit more stable on the river.✌❤ Bob.
@robertreid7221 www.fredaldous.co.uk/
This is whom I buy my dowels from. I'm sure there are other suppliers...
@@robertreid7221 That's great! I'm chuffed to hear you're making and experimenting with new products. It would be great to see your work?? ❤️🎣❤️