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wood inserts
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Don ray
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Date: August 26, 2001 05:17PM
Could someone recommend a wood insert for a skeloton reel seat that will hold up to saltwater? Thanks Re: wood inserts
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Robert
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Date: August 26, 2001 07:09PM
Any high resing content wood would be good. Any of the rosewood family for instance. Or any wood that has been stabilized with acrylic resin. Re: wood inserts
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Chuck McIntyre
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Date: August 27, 2001 10:55AM
I can recommend the Customwood turning stock or inserts from Clemens Tackle.The turning stock will work only if you have a lathe or have a friend with one.I suppose you could take it to a woodshop/carpenter to have it done.Take the intended seat with you. Pac Bay and Olympic Componentry also have seats/inserts but I have no experience with their products. Re: wood inserts
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Don Morton
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Date: August 27, 2001 07:30PM
I have turned many different types of woods to make inserts, butt caps, trim rings, hostels, and handles. The only one I have found that water, fresh or salt, will not turn after a period of time is the custom wood. It is heavy and hard but you get what you pay for. Re: wood inserts
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Bill Falconer
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Date: August 28, 2001 01:39PM
Try Mike Ludemann at Wood Stabilizing Specialists, Inc. (WSSI). You can find him at: www.stabilizedwood.com If you are like some of us and don't like the laminated veneer-type impregnated woods you will like this stuff from Mike. Absolutely gorgeous burl and highly figured woods (he's the only one I've ever used that sends you stuff exactly like or better than the pictures on the web page) and I have found them to hold up well even in the salt. I hope this helps. Good luck! Re: wood inserts
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Pete
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Date: August 28, 2001 06:42PM
Thanks for the lead. I am going to contact them tomorrow about some inserts I'd like to have treated. They have a very nice website. Nice to know it exists. Thanks again, Bill. Re: wood inserts
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Clyde Dent
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Date: August 29, 2001 03:15PM
For the money, customwood is hard to beat. Got a question for Dick and or Don: I screwed in a new reel on my Fuji/ebony customwood fly seat while fishing this summer and later discovered that the reel manufacturer had not smoothed out the machining on the screw holes at the reel foot. The result is two small circles cut into the customwood. What's a good way to buff them out? Clyde Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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