Where can I buy wheels to support the rod while on the dryer? I'm trying to build one.

You don't need a stand with rollers for drying. I use a piece of Teflon with a "V" cut into it and stick it into the end of a 1/2 inch tube and stick the tube in a 2 x 4 block. You can e-mail me for details.

I bought urethane roller skate wheels for mine.

I am looking for wheels. Thanks

It seems most people are making them with a 3D printer.

Roller skate wheels and sliding door rollers seem to be the most popular and easy solutions.

Russ in Hollywood, FL.

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Michael,
Look for shower or patio door rollers/wheels; many come with a groove to accept a raised “bead” in the bottom track which is ideal for installing a proper diameter O-ring (silicone is more expensive but well worth it). Check-out McMaster Carr = great products, service, shipping!!!

Mark Talmo
FISHING IS NOT AN ESCAPE FROM LIFE BUT RATHER A DEEPER IMMERSION INTO IT!!! BUILDING YOUR OWN SIMPLY ENHANCES THE EXPERIENCE.

Most hardware stores carry sliding door rollers, they work great, built several dryers for customers and students.

Thanks for the help.

Overlapping shower door roller-wheels (on two different axles) work well. They have a grooved circumference into which a neoprene O-ring fits nicely and they cradle the blank without leaving a trace.

A simple V in a wooden stand lined with felt works fine. Never had a malfunction, never had a mark on a blank. Like John said in the first response.

I built a bunch of these wood rod rests with felt liners and used for some years, before giving to some other builders in need:

[www.rodbuilding.org]

By using a vertical slot design, the rod did not try to climb out of the notch as is sometimes the case with a v block - with a shallow V design.

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However, I will say that I prefer a 3 wheel rod rest design, because there is 0 friction and the 3rd wheel over the top of the rod, keeps the rod contained during the rods time on the wrapper.

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This is a picture of one of the two wheel rod rests that I made with a heavy steel base to keep the rest from moving, and surplus plastic wheels and O rings in the groove on the wheels. The wheels came from a miniature block and tackle that I paid a few cents for each one.
I think that each rod rest cost me about 75 cents.

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I use the homemade wooden V rod supports as well and used felt to protect the blank at first but scrapped the felt in favor of peel and stick foam sheets because I also used the wooden V blocks for hand wrapping blanks and drying blanks and I found the felt attracted static electricity and DUST that landed on my finish so no more felt.

If you have a chuck that runs true and you make sure your blank is perfectly level the rod blank will never pop up from those V support's and by habit I always stretch a rubber band over the top anyway to make sure. Now if I had a choice between wheels and a V block I'll take the wheels but I was in a rush .