Being a woodworker, in addition to a rodbuilder, I was blown away by the wood cases by Steve Hoyle and seminar by Mark Crause, I believe it was, at the last Expo. Anybody got any photos, plans, articles, etc. on making wood cases?

I'm sure Chris Richer will be on for this one....he make them and does a beautiful job.

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Super Tight Lines......Don



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/17/2013 12:01PM by Don Morse.

Gerald just posted this above in the Wicked Tuna Thread, Look at the Case ! Sweet!

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Gerald:

What are your questions? Teh nice thing wth the wooden cases is that they can be made in what ever configuration you would like. I attended Mark Crouse's seminars for the last two years and have built a couple of cases. I have elongated an octoganal case for a presentation case and have been contemplating how to build a case for reel on type application.

There are two basic methods for cutting the sides, a table saw and a router table. I use a table saw as this method if more forgiving of variation in stock thickness as I am cutting from the face side.

If you are going to use a router table, then the strips have to be the same thickness and you will need to isolate the bearing when setting the bit. I have so far build octoganal cases, but if I was build bamboo rods, I would be very tempted to build a 6 sided case.

I have been using 1/4" and 3/8" thickness sides up to now and these are plenty strong.

Clamping can be done with masking tape (3M Blue), latex tubing or even string.

Chris Richer
Iroquois ON