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Casting rod front grip suggestions
Posted by:
Mark Fink
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Date: August 31, 2012 10:46PM
I now have the rear grip and seat attached and its time to do something with the front of the seat. I bought a handle kit from Mudhole, it came with this front cork grip and 3 different sized winding checks. When I put the front grip on it just doesn't look good to me, kinda like this big blob on the front of the seat. It actually is slightly larger in diameter than the rear grip (post not intended to dig on Mudhole BTW). I do not have a lathe or I would probably try turning it down some. I thought about cutting the length down so that I would have just a inch or so from the front of the tapered cork.
I really think I would prefer no grip up front at all. I tried just putting the winding checks on there and while one fits pretty good it doesn't look all that good to me either. I'm not looking for anything flashy, just a clean finish to the seat. I noticed that the blank is not exactly centered in the seat, just slightly off center if that matters in a winding check application. Any thoughts? Re: Casting rod front grip suggestions
Posted by:
Jeff Davis
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Date: August 31, 2012 11:55PM
I like a shorter front grip also.. You can cut the cork to length you want, epoxy it in place and then sand it down on your power wrapper if you have one. Winding check: you can use any kind of winding check, or mix some epoxy with pigment and let it thicken, then build a ramp to replace a winding check. These work good for me.
Good luck Jeff Re: Casting rod front grip suggestions
Posted by:
Tom Kirkman
(Moderator)
Date: September 01, 2012 07:44AM
Get one of the rubber plugs intended for use on the graphite/nylon seats when used as a fly rod seat and bore it to accept the blank. It makes a nice finishing check for the front of the reel seat when used on "no-foregrip" casting rods.
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Posted by:
Mark Fink
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Date: September 01, 2012 09:13AM
Jeff,
The idea of an epoxy ramp sounds interesting. Are you talking about epoxy like what you glue the handle with (i have the pro paste) or are you talking about thread finish? As short as this grip is, could I chuck it in a drill press and shape it maybe? I do not have a powered wrapper. Tom, I did a search on the plugs but I don't think I found them. Could you post a link or part number for this newb? Re: Casting rod front grip suggestions
Posted by:
Tom Kirkman
(Moderator)
Date: September 01, 2012 09:19AM
The ones I've used were from Pacific Bay. I would think the other seat distributors have them as well. Not sure of the part number, just ask the dealer for the seat end cap plug.
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Posted by:
Lance Dupre
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Date: September 01, 2012 09:25AM Re: Casting rod front grip suggestions
Posted by:
William (Bill) Jones
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Date: September 01, 2012 10:56AM
Lance, good to see you are OK Re: Casting rod front grip suggestions
Posted by:
Billy Vivona
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Date: September 01, 2012 11:41AM
Something Bill Ballou & I have been working on recently.
[sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net] [www.rodbuilding.org] [www.rodbuilding.org] [www.rodbuilding.org] Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 09/01/2012 11:45AM by Billy Vivona. Re: Casting rod front grip suggestions
Posted by:
Garry Thornton
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Date: September 02, 2012 12:10PM
I turn short fore grips using a scrap piece of blank as a mandrel and an electric drill.
You need fasten the drill down solid, and should use a sanding block to avoid letting your work get out of round. Garry2rs Re: Casting rod front grip suggestions
Posted by:
Mark Fink
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Date: September 02, 2012 02:04PM
Billy,
Those are really neat grips! Garry, I may give that a try, i have a drill press so I think that would make this small project easy. Re: Casting rod front grip suggestions
Posted by:
Mark Fink
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Date: September 04, 2012 10:39AM
Big shout out to Lance at Swampland, thanks!! He is sending me one of those checks he suggested. I think this is just what I want for this build. Re: Casting rod front grip suggestions
Posted by:
Matt Ruggie
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Date: September 05, 2012 07:51PM
those checks do finish off nice and clean. I usually turn a small piece of eva, burl, or ruberized cork to a similar size as those check to finish off a no foregrip handle. Remember to trim the threads or you'll end up with a threaded foregrip. Re: Casting rod front grip suggestions
Posted by:
Mark Fink
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Date: September 05, 2012 09:01PM
Matt Ruggie Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > those checks do finish off nice and clean. I > usually turn a small piece of eva, burl, or > ruberized cork to a similar size as those check to > finish off a no foregrip handle. Remember to > trim the threads or you'll end up with a threaded > foregrip. Thanks for the reply Matt but I'm not understanding what you mean when you say to trim the thread. Could you expand on that for this newb? Re: Casting rod front grip suggestions
Posted by:
Matt Ruggie
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Date: September 05, 2012 10:17PM
What I mean is the threaded portion of the reel seat. When you mount your reel to the seat there will be a threaded portion sticking out from in front of the seats hood. here's a link that shows it
[www.georgescustomrods.com] Re: Casting rod front grip suggestions
Posted by:
Mark Fink
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Date: September 06, 2012 07:34AM
Matt Ruggie Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > What I mean is the threaded portion of the reel > seat. When you mount your reel to the seat there > will be a threaded portion sticking out from in > front of the seats hood. here's a link that > shows it > > [www.georgescustomrods.com] > your_grip.htm OK gotcha, thanks! Re: Casting rod front grip suggestions
Posted by:
Michael Danek
(50.33.200.---)
Date: September 09, 2012 08:43AM
If you can mount the foregrip onto a piece of threaded rod and chuck it in a drill press, you should be able to turn it down quite easily using sandpaper. Similar to Gary Thorton's suggestion. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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