I’ve been looking at this rod from multiple angles and think I’ll like it in a 6’ configuration.

Now I think this is a question for Bataon, but please chime in with recommendations if you have them.

What would be the most that can be cut, from the butt only, to maintain the rods backbone and not introduce a weak spot at the ferrule?

Thank you all in advance!
Brian



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/27/2020 10:21AM by Brian Barreto.

Brian,
At the risk of sounding rude, basic common sense will reveal cutting anything off the butt end of the blank will effectively move the fulcrum point of the blank further up the blank (IE closer to the mid-point ferrule). Inversely, cutting the tip will effectively move the fulcrum point lower in the blank. My way of thinking has it at If you cut the same amount off the butt of the blank as you are adding with an aluminum extension, all should, basically, be a mood point =no difference. None the less, I will follow your post to possibly learn from more veteran builders.

Mark Talmo
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Brian,
From a physics stand point, I imagine that you can cut as much as you wish from the butt of a rod and the new butt section will still be stronger than the rest of the rod.

i.e. the butt section of the rod is the thickest part of the rod and as you go toward the tip, the rod section gets thinner.

So, if you cut a foot off the butt of the rod, you will have a rod that is a foot shorter that will have considerably less butt section strength, but it will still be perfectly adequate to support what is left of the blank. Having said that, you do realize that when you cut length off the thickest part of the rod, you are reducing the breaking strength of the rod, simply because you are removing the strongest part of the rod blank.

Best wishes.

Best wishes

How short is a short butt? Lets call it 17.75".

Little cocktail napkin math. So you are chopping off about 13".

Now what is the real difference between whacking off 13" and gluing a ferrule on vs using a blank through aluminum butt. Not like any part of the rod blank inside the aluminum but is likely to flex. So if you feel like that would be an okay option I don't see why cutting the blank wouldn't be. Me, I'd probably go blank through. Not like I need the take apart feature on a six foot rod for storage. And if I don't like things I could cut the handle off and still have the full length blank to work with. But maybe you want a straight and a curved butt option?

But sure, I agree the best answer is to ask the blank manufacturer.

In the end I think it comes down to what you want and the whys about it. Your rod is out of my wheelhouse. I wouldn't be using such a butt on any rod I was standing up with and I have no interest in being strapped into a chair. Fact is I only consider uni-butts when I need the rod to be longer to get over the gunnel when I am fishing from a chair.

Russ in Hollywood, FL.