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The 2026 International Custom Rod Building Exposition will be held on February 28th and March 1st, 2026 at the MC Benton Convention Center in downtown Winston-Salem, NC. The Embassy Suites and Marriot hotels will again serve as host hotels for the event with many other hotels located within easy walking distance of the convention center.…

The latest issue of RodMaker, Volume 28#1, will mail on Wednesday January 29, 2025. Most subscribers will receive it around the second to third week of February. This is the Expo preview issue with information on exhibitors, seminars, the magazine reception, etc. If you are not currently a subscriber and wish to receive this issue…

RodMaker Volume 27 Issue #4 mails this Wednesday, December 4. Subscribers should receive it during the 3rd week of December.

The new issue of RodMaker Magazine mails on August 1st. Most subscribers will receive it during the 3rd week of August.

The topic often comes up – “Why is the EXPO located in North Carolina?” Well, it’s not because I happen to live here. It’s because North Carolina ticks more boxes than any other state in the ability to draw the most builders, at only a marginal risk of bad winter weather while also being affordable…

The Volume 27 #2 issue of RodMaker mails this Monday, April 1. Most subscribers will receive it during the 3rd week of April.  

RodMaker Volume 26 #6 mails on Wednesday. Most subscribers will receive it around the Christmas holidays.  

RodMaker Volume 26 #5 mails Tuesday, October 3rd. Most subscribers will receive it during the 3rd week of the month.

The new issue of RodMaker, Volume 26 #3 will mail on Thursday, June 1st. Most subscribers will get it around the 3rd week of June.

For the last few years a new RodMaker Magazine Special Publication has been unveiled at the EXPO. This year will be no different. This time out, however, the publication leans more towards the scientific aspect of rod building and less on techniques or aesthetics. Drawn largely from the biomechanical research done by the U.S. Air…