Articles

In this section we publish some articles and files useful for rodmakers.
It's the work wich some members of IBRA want to share with all bamboo lovers.

Alberto Azzoni How to make a milling machine for the untapered strips.
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Alberto Poratelli Bamboo ferrules.
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Alberto Poratelli A system for immersion varnishing for rooms with low ceiling.
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Alberto Poratelli A possibile method for sizing bamboo ferrules.
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Gabriele Gori & Albano Barbiani From full rod to hollow rod: a possible computing method.
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Gabriele Gori & Marco Orlando Giardina Spreadsheet for trasforming an hex rod to penta or quad rod.
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Giovanni Nese A spreadsheet for sizing the lenght of the blank.
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Giovanni Nese The Poor Man Scraper
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Ivano Rovigo The "Bergamasco knot"
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Marco Orlando Giardina Multimedial blog, in swf format, dedicated to the rodbuilding.
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Marco Schiavi & Albano Barbiani Spreadsheet for determinate the position of snake guides.
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Mario Ferrari The article explains how to make a tip top.
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Oscar Ferri & Francesco Turrini How to make a hot air oven with balanced temperature.
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Saverio Pandolfi How to make a cheap hand mill... an End Miller.
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Stefano Ferri How to make the snake guides
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