Try a 7' light popping rod blank.
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same deal as other photo of tools to bore out grip for a recessed reel seat.
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I replace the 1/4" drill in the arbor with a 1/4" steel rod, several inches long, that centers the hole saw in the grip. The stops are cut from a pvc pipe and clamped onto the hole saw with zip ties. Put the saw in the drill press or lathe at low speed and use progressively smaller sizes to mortice out the grip.
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My sons shot this rattler. I left the scales on for the look. Burl cork grip with reelseat arbor core.
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Burl grip on a nine weight. Feels good! Dark brown thread on a black blank looks good with no cp.
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First fish on a new PacBay Quickline nine weight. 30 feet t-14 and intermediate running line, 2/0 jig hook Clouser.
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I stuck with my home made drill lathe for a while. I saw this Jet mini lathe on Craigslist and couldn't resist. Turns out the seller is a fisherman, too, so we hit it off. He makes beautiful bowls on a huge lathe and had no use for this anymore. I got a great deal plus he threw in some tools. Much quieter and smoother than the high speed drill.
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Skateboard wheel bearings are good quality and inexpensive. Adjustable to different mandrel sizes on the drill motor type home made cork lathe, 1/4" mandrel shown. 1/2" rod is the tool rest.
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A 2500 rpm variable speed drill with speed dial on the lockable trigger. The tool rest is 1/2" bar stock.
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I got tired of those wing nuts on my grip clamp and came up with this. Used a one quart glue gun for subfloor glue. I made shims to fit the glue gun with the hole saw, to put the first ring 2-1/4" from the end of the mandrel so I can chuck it into the home made lathe (drill type shown).
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I cut a 1-1/4" by 1/8" depression, with a forstner bit, in the board to accept the cork rings. Pop the ring in, here I am drilling using a 20mm forstner bit to glue over a 20mm reelseat arbor. The screen over the dust collector is to keep from loosing a ring when I fumble one.
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Natural, mixed, and burnt exotic cork. Two light coats of ca glue, wet sanded. Polyurethane foam reel seat arbor cores in the grip to keep the weight down, from Rodmaker V12 #6. Minima stripping guides and single foot wire running guides.
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Natural, mixed, and burnt exotic cork. Two light coats of ca glue, wet sanded. Polyurethane foam reel seat arbor cores in the grip to keep the weight down, from Rodmaker V12 #6. Minima stripping guides and single foot wire running guides.
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He likes gold.
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He likes gold.
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split grip. Gudebrod olive thread, FishHawk jade green metallic, and black.
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The inscription. White gel pen.
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I have made a split grip Tennessee sj722 Rainforest 2. I shortened a store bought Tennessee grip, and made a fighting butt for the rod. I used Pacbay Minima match guides and fx zirconia #4 micros.
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So he can troll from the kayak.
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Tennessee grip turning on the rack. Small 6 rpm AC gear motor with PVC end cap and nylon screws.
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Rod rack with rod turning after finishing wraps. Light bulbs to help keep it warm. There's a radiant heater overhead, too.
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Brown burl cork with cherry and Batson exposed reel seat on a closeout plum blank.
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Brown burl cork with cherry rings
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nps20, rx7 isb822.5, 27x Batson y frame & micro guides
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nps20, rx7 isb822.5, 27x Batson y frame & micro guides
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nps20, rx7 isb822.5, 27x Batson y frame & micro guides
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nps20, rx7 isb822.5, 27x Batson y frame & micro guides
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