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burl grips
Posted by:
Sean Hansen
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Date: November 13, 2004 08:30PM
any of you actually make a burl grip? i was planning to rebuild a little micro spinning rod which has now turned into a ice rod because of a stupid mistake i am thinking of grinding up a grip from a broken spinning rod and glueing it together in some sort of mold to make a short little grip for the ice rod only about 4 inches in lenght enough to give the little reel and my hand a place to hold onto i have seen repair things using standard white clued and ground up cork to repai patches of a grip do you think this glue would be strong enough to make a decent grip thanks for any input Sean Re: burl grips
Posted by:
John Dow
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Date: November 13, 2004 09:28PM
For the price of the rings , I think you would be better off just buying 8 or 10 rings and glueing them together to make the grip . Mixing up a batch of Rod Bong and trying to make a grip by mixing in chunks of cork sounds like it would be more of a hassel than it's worth . Someone may have a different experience doing that , just my oppinion . John Re: burl grips
Posted by:
Sean Hansen
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Date: November 13, 2004 09:43PM
i have most of it ground up already put the broken blank in a dril and used a scaler to get to cork off and that tore it up pretty good i know it probably isn't worth the hasle but i am beeing lazer sort of and don't feel like ordering the rings Re: burl grips
Posted by:
John Dow
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Date: November 13, 2004 10:00PM
Sean , I wasn't trying to discourage you , sorry if it sounded that way . If you do go that route , I would use rod bond , not the elemers glue . Mix the glue then add in the cork , pour it into somthing round and smooth , maybe a couple of old pill containers . when it dries crack off the plastic bottle and drill them out. Should work . JD Re: burl grips
Posted by:
bill boettcher
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Date: November 13, 2004 11:06PM
Check the photo page under the name willierods I have taken epoxy clear, thined it, tinted it, added cork dust and made colored rings for handles. There you can find the molds I have made to do this. Hope this helps Re: burl grips
Posted by:
Patrick Vernacchio
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Date: November 13, 2004 11:47PM
I've built several rod gri from burl cork. I liked the outcome and they seem to hold up well. It sounds like you have lot of work ahead of you. I guess you could mix the shredded burl up and glue iall into a cylinder. My only concern would be getting it compact enough to be firm all across the grip. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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