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flexcoat self-adjusting chuck
Posted by: jason wiggy (---.defence.gov.au)
Date: December 08, 2004 10:48PM

How does a self-adjusting chuck from flexcoat work? Are they suitable for very large butt cap diameters? Are they user friendly?

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Re: flexcoat self-adjusting chuck
Posted by: Tom Kirkman (---.152.57.160.Dial1.Atlanta1.Level3.net)
Date: December 08, 2004 11:10PM

To my knowledge it is a rubber diaphram that simply enlarges and holds the rod butt by friction. Very user friendly of course, although it may not work well on very, very small or very, very large diameter rod butts.

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Re: flexcoat self-adjusting chuck
Posted by: George Thurston (---.faa.gov)
Date: December 09, 2004 10:08AM

[www.cabelas.com]

If you can find one like this design, I've done very small UL trout rods and huge surf rods with this.

Surf the pix, you can find one you can built with simple wood screws and a PVC endcap for about $1.00 US.

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Re: flexcoat self-adjusting chuck
Posted by: Emory Harry (---.client.comcast.net)
Date: December 09, 2004 04:32PM

Jason,
Tom is basically correct. However you can make several of the rubber diaphrams with varying size holes to cover anything from a very large butt diameter to small tip sections of blanks.

They are very easy and inexpensive to build. I find them so convienient that I even have one on my rod lathe.

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