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Shortening Fuji soft touch reel seat
Posted by: Jason Groombridge (165.12.252.---)
Date: June 27, 2007 10:26PM

G'day,

Has anyone attempted to shorten one of the Fuji soft touch seats (shortening the threaded section of the seat)? Does the "soft touch" coating cut OK or does it get torn up and look daggy?

Regards

Jason

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Re: Shortening Fuji soft touch reel seat
Posted by: Lance Dupre (75.65.125.---)
Date: June 28, 2007 12:24AM

I've cut one with a dremel tool with a reinforced cutting disc. It cut nice and clean then I took an exacto knife with a new blade and trimmed the edges a little and rounded the inside edge of the threads.

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Re: Shortening Fuji soft touch reel seat
Posted by: Jeff Helm (69.108.166.---)
Date: June 28, 2007 01:01AM

Jason.

No problem, I marked mine with a pencil and carefully cut it with a hacksaw. Then I trued it up in a lathe. No ragged edges.
Have fun!

Jeff

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Re: Shortening Fuji soft touch reel seat
Posted by: Jason Groombridge (123.3.21.---)
Date: June 28, 2007 05:43AM

Sweet, thanks for the input guys.

Jason

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Re: Shortening Fuji soft touch reel seat
Posted by: Dave Wylie (216.187.248.---)
Date: June 28, 2007 10:06AM

I have modified 2 of the Fuji soft touch reel seats with no problems at all. I used a miter box and a hack saw blade and then sandpaper on a block for the fine tuning. Be sure and match the reel to the seat so that you don't remove too much.

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