Hey Ed--- I once saw in "Smithsonian" magazine, I believe, an article
about Hoagy Carmichael, Junior, who does that---builds split bamboo fly
rods and works them as you describe. This particular article had some
seriously detailed close photos of the bench and the process. That would
be pretty light work, the 'timbers' weighing a couple of pounds apiece,
and the jointer plane being a #60 1/2, or a #65--- what a wonderful world---
gam off to work in OlyWA

If you were Einstein's father, we wouldn't have the bomb." Peggy Hill

--- On Thu, 7/14/11, Ed Minch  wrote:

> From: Ed Minch  Subject: Re: [OldTools] mitre jack usage
> (was Re: mutant workbench) To: "gary may" 
> Cc: "oldtools porch" , "Adam R. Maxwell"
>      Date: Thursday, July 14, 2011, 5:14 AM
>> On Jul 14, 2011, at 4:50 AM, gary may wrote:
>> >=A0 do *like* the idea of paring with the work held
> suchlike, but it never
> > occurred to me.
>> Fly rod makers use a block plane with a groove rabetted
> down the center of the length of the bed.=A0 They use a metal tapering
> jig that is very clever that allows them to make the hexagonal pieces
> that glue into the rod sections and make them tapered in a controlled
> fashion.=A0
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