iam new to the forum,i saw the pictures of the wrapper that ERIC VIBURS made and was very impressed. does anyone have the measements of the wrapper that you cound share with me? .iam just starting and want to start out with a good wrapper. thanks george

Same here, a wanna be rod builder doing research into what equipment to start off with.

Joe

The best thing to do would be to e-mail the person that posted the pic. Do a search here for the name and select ALL Dates. When one of their posts come up, Click on the name and it will show their e=mail (unless they have it hidden) You could also make a post with their name as the subject and ask them to contact you.

Mike (Southgate, MI)
If I don't want to, I don't have to and nobody can make me (except my wife) cuz I'm RETIRED!!

Flexcoat's direct drive rod wrapper is the easiest to use. You will wrap rods about three times faster with that bench versus the fancy aluminum ones.

Kevin,
Any wrapper that has the capability to turn a rod at speeds of 300 to 1000 rpm with a good chuck to hold the rod and preferably with reverse will do a wonderful job. Also, it is very important that the rod be able to have excellent starting torque and the ability to turn at 1 rpm for long periods of time if needed. Too many wrappers start too fast and do not allow the user to turn reliably at a very slow speed for some of the nicer wraps.

Unfortunately, there are wrappers on the market that fall short of some of these requirements and do less than a satisfactory job.

Take care
Roger

Roger, I agree. Thats the beauty of the Flexcoat machine. While it does use high rpm's, the motors torque is 'weak', therefore the user can hold the blank 'tightly', and allow the rod to spin as if letting the clutch of a car. The takeoff is smooth, and the higher speed makes a more uniform wrap.