Here in Southeast Georgia, I build on many MHX blanks. Charter captains love the light salt water models for strength and durability, and the custom market couldn't be any happier with the Elite and Elite pro series. St Croix is a no build for me any more. Had 2 SC2 inshore blanks, from two different guys break at exactly the same place within a year of each other. I will not build on a Croix an
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Hi Marty, I build and fish almost exclusively light tackle inshore rods here in Southeast Georgia. MHX is becoming very popular with the charter captains here, I have 2 in my personal arsenal, and I build several of them a year. My experience with the MHX blanks has lead me to the L903 model. This 7'-6" blank in Medium power works extremely well for popping corks and can easily cross over t
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I have had good success with wiping on a couple of nice thin coats of Minwax fast drying, but really not "fast drying", polyurethane. The blank should be cleaned really well and I just wipe it on with a piece of old t shirt. Works really well for gloss, creates a really thin but durable finish, and I have never had one returned for finish lift.
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roger wilson Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The 2017 Pac Bay new products listing including > the new arbor: > > > ducts.pdf Interesting....may have to give that a look when its available for some testing.
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Be careful! I started my hobby out of necessity by repairing my own stuff back in 2002, and eventually building my own rods because I just couldn't find the combination I wanted off the shelf. Well, here I am in 2017 now and have a converted (confiscated?) bedroom turned into a rod repair shop. No advertising, just word of mouth and I stay as busy as I want now with both custom builds and repairs
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Thanks to each one of you for your input on this topic. Great ideas here and I already feel confident about the repair. I have already ordered the new Fuji PSSLD reel seat, would really be nice if these came with smaller I.D options than 20.These Phenix blanks are amazing in their capabilities as far as power and lifting capacity. Even during the spiral set up it was apparent that this would be a
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Tom, your assessment is probably exactly what's going on here as the blank does indeed "want" to flex through the seat and the softer foam couldn't bear the strain. Mark, you sir are also correct as far as splitting these smaller arbor sections and assembling them. I definitely want this repair to hold and Anyone out there using this type blank can also draw experience from this thread
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Outstanding idea Roger! I would love to try this technique, but I am trying to avoid stripping the entire rod and am hoping to do this repair from the butt of the rod and the nice taper slip fit wouldn't be possible from this direction. This is a great idea though for future builds of this nature and I will definitely keep it in mind. On another note, I was just looking at a post you put up wi
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Yes, It was definitely the foam. There's still a good epoxy bond on the rod, along with a bit of the foam, and also the bond inside the seat is still secure. Never had this happen before! I had the opportunity to fish with this same rod about 3 months back on some big amberjack and was amazed at how i could feel the blank flexing all along its length. The rod is also spiral/acid wrapped, which is
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Hi guys, Ive been building for several years now and recently had a Phenix jigging rod returned for reel seat failure. This is a first for me and it was to say the least a bit embarrassing as this was a rather expensive rod. I used a Flex Coat foam arbor to mount the reel seat, which I have used for many years on my lighter tackle inshore and bass stuff with no problems, and will continue to u
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