I finally got around to finishing my first PMQ (poor man’s quad). We’ve done a few earlier posts on the building process, so I just wanted to share a few quick lessons learnt from the process. 1. Use quality bamboo (Tonkin cane). If you’re going to invest the time and effort, you might as well use decent materials. I started…
Tag: rod building
The poor mans quad project… Part 1.
Where two rank amateurs (foolishly?) decide they can build their own bamboo rods I think in tangents. A seemingly simply distraction, a stray thought and suddenly I am away- some new idea has formed and I am off and running in often surprising directions, often 180 degrees from where I just was. While this can make me a frustrating man…