I like to use the carbon arrow Ferr-L-Tite glue sticks, prefer the high temp .
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If you can get by with a blank that's 8' you should look at the Rodgeeks X-Comp 805 or 806, you really don't want a fast blank for that heavy of a load. The X-Comp's have a more moderate action and will make casting the heavy lures with less fatigue. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/
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Google Juma blanks, that would be what the material is, you can get in many different sizes.
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SCIV is the equivalent to the Legend Tournament Bass blanks, the SCII is the old Premier line up of rods.
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Phil Ewanicki Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There are two schools of thought as to what > constitutes a "good" rod builder: the one who > makes the the most beautiful rods or the one who > makes the best functioning rods; Show versus Go. > For over 60 years of rod building I have favored > performance over appearance. I have
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Phil Ewanicki Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It may be that the average rod-builder is not > sophisticated enough to appreciate the measured > physical behavior of rod blanks and rods, as Mark > B. assumes. It wasn't an assumption, no rod manufacturer is going to share that information with an average rod builder, much less their competition.
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Michael Danek Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mark, how does St Croix measure sensitivity? What > are the units of measurement? I'm not sure what units of measurement they use, but they are able test with bare blank, handle and blank or complete rods. It's several sensors that will pick up vibrations in multiple places on the rod, can't remember all
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Phil Ewanicki Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I assume someone has actually tested and revealed > the breaking strength of rods in the past and in > the present, maybe even the makers of these rods - > but they have not made their findings known. I > assume that reputable rod makers actually test the > breaking strength and harmonics of th
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You may want to look at the Batson walleye blanks, the IMMWS76ML-TC is a really great all around and should be light enough to throw light hair jigs. Series : Immortal RX8 Item Length (in) : 7'6" Rod Blank Color : Titanium Chrome Gloss Rod Blank Application : Jigs Rod Blank Application : Slip Bobbers Rod Blank Application : Lindy Rigging Material : RX8 Graphite Number of Pieces :
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<p>6 rods with a few acrylic inserts and skeleton reel seats from Batson Enterprises and a couple of Fuji 17mm reel seats. The grips are a bit of everything lacewood and birchbark, walnut and birchbark, cedar burl as well. </p>
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<p>Birch bark, maple and bacote. </p>
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<p>Been busy the last few weeks, built on some of my own grips, a couple of Archies and a little thread work.</p>
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<p>Been busy the last few weeks, built on some of my own grips, a couple of Archies and a little thread work.</p>
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<p>Been busy the last few weeks, built on some of my own grips, a couple of Archies and a little thread work.</p>
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&lt;p&gt;Been busy the last few weeks, built on some of my own grips, a couple of Archies and a little thread work.&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>I've been working with a different finish, Enduro from General finishes. Polished out and buffed after 24 hour cure time.&nbsp;</p>
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&lt;p&gt;Made with yoga block cork and a vucanized spacer material.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I've built a few rods for Demonstration and personal use, but didn't realize that I had that many built up lol. There is a little bit of everything in the bunch, a few Matagi real seats and inserts, carbon fiber sleeves and eva and cork as well. The blanks are a little bit of everything, Batsons, St Croix and a couple of unkown blanks.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The grip is done with Vinyl Ester resin instead of Epoxy. The finish is sanded and polished instead of using epoxy.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The reel seat is from Jeremy Reed, the grip is carbon fiber done with out epoxy, used a Vinyl Ester Resin instead of epoxy.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;A Batson Genesis blank, with Alps Reel seat and Tri Angle cap.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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Doing a little different segmented turning. The grip is made with Purple Heart and Aluminum in a hanging web pattern. The reel seat insert is an acrylic pen blank. The wrap and weave were done by a friend Dan Makauskas.
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A little different take on an elliptical, I used a vulcanized spacer material and burl cork. The reel seat is an Alps with elk antler insert.
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I've got three different grip patterns here. Top is a spiral brick, spider web and bottom a herringbone chevron all in cork.
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I'm playing with a new finish it's a water based polyurethane using a French Polish technique.
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I used a Batson handle set with a painted reel seat and a spider between the grips.
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A Batson 802.75 blank wrapped with a grey and bright green spider.
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The grip is made with bulletin board cork, discarded gift cards, burl and burnt cork. The pattern is a Chevron, Diamond Hybrid.
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I made a couple of grips for a friend top is a hanging web in white oak and Padauk. Second in from the top and the bottom is half ellipticals in maple, yellow heart and walnut. The middle is not finished yet, but made with yellow heart, cherry and walnut. The bottom is a burl from reelseatblanks.com.
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I received a care package from Bill Batson and would like to thank Batson Enterprise for their donation. It came with some really great rod blanks, reel seats and guides sets. Tri-State Rod builders gathering is being held on Saturday, March 2, 2013 - 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Center. If you would like more information please contact Chuck Ungs Chu
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