After some time rod building I am considering a power wrapper. Are there any visual tutorials or instructions for use available. I have not read that any instructions for use are included with any of the machines;any info is appreciated.....thanks, Gene

I can't imagine that a new rod lathe wouldn't include set-up, safety, & proper use instructions.

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

I would tend to agree with Raymond. Here is one that is available on the web:
[www.americantackle.us]
and is a sponsor at the left.

Mel, thanks for the info.,it was interesting.........Gene

I wrote a very detailed owner's manual for the Renzetti lathe some time back. But I'm not sure they ever put it into use. You could write and ask.

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My Pac Bay RW-XL came with assembly instructions, but no use instructions. However, it isn't very hard to figure out once it is assembled. Run the thread up, start the wrap, step on the pedal and it goes. After that, it is only a matter of changing pulleys on the belt for the dryer motor and adjusting the rod supports for the height of the rod and distance between supports, but those are really simple operations. I imagine that other models and makes could be more complicated, but the RW-XL, for me, was simple enough to not need them.

Oh...sometimes you need to change the black spacers/pads on the chuck for larger or smaller diameter rod blanks/butt caps, etc., but that too is pretty simple.

Matt Smith
Greensboro, NC

Just last Saturday I was at Jann`s and bought a Pac Bay RW-3L wrapper. Assembly was easy enough after I threw out the wing nuts and used square heads nuts. Table assembly is not easy with arthitic thumbs.

It is extremely easy to use after just a little playing with it. The only complaint I have is it should have a stop on the end for the thread carriage. I bumped mine and it went straight to the floor and snapped off one of the two ceramic line guides. A couple of gobs of hot melt glue on the end of the table is now preventing that from happening again. $40.00 + S & H and I can have a new one again.

Bill

Ohio Rod Builders

Canton, Ohio



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They fixed that issue on the RW-XL, Bill. The only complaint I have with that is the stops won't let you go quite to the end, especially on the chuck end, so if you are wrapping the blank on a split grip rod you have to hand wrap down that low. No biggy though. Also can't quite reach the tip on a 7-1/2 to 8' if it is a one piece.

Matt Smith
Greensboro, NC

The carriage on mine will allow you to do a split grip. However, I can not do on anything over seven footer. I am going to need a lot of practice before I will be able to wrap the tip.

Ohio Rod Builders

Canton, Ohio

The carriage on mine will allow you to do a split grip. However, I can not do on anything over seven footer. I am going to need a lot of practice before I will be able to wrap the tip.

Ohio Rod Builders

Canton, Ohio

Gents,
Buy an extra 4' bed section. I work on 11½' and 12' rods, along with 7½-8' rods,and I couldn't imagine how to work with a shorter bed, especially when the (2) 4' sections give you about 7½' of working length.
Sponsors on left will supply the extra bed.
Good Luck

"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble.It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." Mark Twain
John in Wethersfield, CT