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Ice rod tip holder
Posted by:
roger wilson
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Date: December 29, 2008 02:10PM
I am in the process of building a bunch of ice rods.
Many of these rods have very very very fine tips. i.e. tips of about size 2/64th. As a result, much of the rod is like trying to wrap a wet noodle. Since the tips are so fine the conventional rod rests - either in the form of a v block or support wheels really don't work very well. As I was getting ready to wrap the next batch, I glanced around the shop and noticed some of the cut off ice rod fiberglass solid blanks. ie. some of the blanks needed trimming to meet requirements. I thought, that perhaps these cut off blanks might work as a tip support. So, I trimmed a couple of the blanks to the needed height, and then used my abrasive cut off wheel - similar to a large dremel tool - to cut notches in the end of each fiberglass blank. I used the sander to smooth all of the edges. Then, I simply drilled a couple of holes spaced about 3 inches apart in a block to act as a rod support. Now, when doing a wrap on one of the thin tip sections, I place this pair of vertical notched rod supports under the tip. The 3 inch spacing is about right to span a guide that is being wrapped, but allow room to put the wrap in place. p.s. The small size of the vertical rod supports - about 1/4 inch - gives one plenty of room to get up to the fine diameter blank for these delicate end wraps. When I get the camera out again, I will post a picture. Take care Roger Re: Ice rod tip holder
Posted by:
roger wilson
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Date: December 30, 2008 06:01PM
I have added a few pictures of the tip - fine blank stand in the equipment section:
[www.rodbuilding.org] This holder worked very well when working with these very fine 1-3/64th blanks. Sometimes, I almost feel like I am trying to wrap a wet noodle - with these very fine limber blanks. Take care Roger Re: Ice rod tip holder
Posted by:
Tom Kirkman
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Date: December 30, 2008 10:46PM
Thanks for sharing a great idea. It's bound to help somebody out.
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