Bamboo fly rods have been made by mills and saws in greater numbers than by any other method.  Adding CNC controls to a bamboo fly rod mill maybe the best of both worlds.  A blend of old school with new technology.

The perfect taper for a bamboo fly rod with all of its insinuations inch by inch, just is not possible with a planing form.  The perfect deflection expresses itself best when the taper is controlled inch by inch, half inch by half inch, so that the rod bends exactly as the rodmaker wishes.

I have been working day in and day out on this design for a very long time.  And now it is done.  What you see next is the first run with the machine cutting the bed to dead level.

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This is may be my  grandest widget of all.