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dave schaub
Registered: May 2005
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 239
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Tue March 14, 2006 9:57pm
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Very unusual. What did you seal it with?
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Lynn Williams
Registered: March 2006
Location: Owensboro, Kentucky
Posts: 64
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Tue March 14, 2006 10:16pm
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Dave
The Reel Seat an Fore Grip I used CA glue 1st to seal then a coat of Flex Coat Lite. The Rear Grip is 3 coats of Flex Coat High Build
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Steve Kartalia
Registered: August 2005
Location: Westminster, Maryland
Posts: 21
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Wed March 15, 2006 8:32am
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I love it and have been meaning to try one on a fly rod. Perfect cigar grip shape. My house is surrounded by acres and acres of this stuff so supply is not a problem. Did you ream out the pithy center and mount the cobs with arbors or is the blank butt diameter large enough that you didn't need arbors?
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Lynn Williams
Registered: March 2006
Location: Owensboro, Kentucky
Posts: 64
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Wed March 15, 2006 1:11pm
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Steve
Yes I cleaned out the soft center and installed a mandrel that would fit and installed it on the lathe. Installing it on the blank, the inside is not straight or true throughout the cob so you have to experiment fitting it to the blank. I used masking tape, did not use arbors.
(All Corn Cobs are not created equal). You need to experiment with several corn cobs, getting the right length or diameter that you need for your handle. If you have acres of corn to experiment with, that’s great! Good luck! Let me know if I can help in anyway.
Lynn
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Steve Kartalia
Registered: August 2005
Location: Westminster, Maryland
Posts: 21
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Wed March 15, 2006 1:43pm
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Thanks Lynn, I'll give it a try.
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