I am new to this site and would like to know how to make rod handles. I know nothing about rod building but would like to know to make handles & seats. I do do woodturning as a hobby. any help would be appreciated. Thanks Joe

Here's a link to a good DVD on the matter ... [www.mudhole.com]

It covers EXACTLY what you are requesting information on ... nothing more and nothing less.

That DVD is a MUST HAVE Joe.
You might also find some of the files on my website handy & helpful for understanding rod grips, seats, & handle assemblies.
(see link in my signature below) and see the Grips & Seat Tutorials page.

Raymond Adams
Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it..

If you turn any pens then you have all the knowledge you need to turn seats.

As you are a woodturner hobiest, I doubt a DVD on turning will give you much more. I think size, shape and the ergonimics are probably more important then. One of the rodmaker mags dealt with ergonomics quite well; and many of the back issues have different grip templates...it seems to me that there might have been one issue devoted to shapes, I dont recall. Anyway, I would try search the back issues on the rodmaker magazine site on the left.