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2 months ago
roger wilson
Tony,
It appears that this part consists of a piece of nylon with a built up area in the middle.
It also appears that a bolt is anchored in that piece to feed through the base and up into the rod rest itself.
This would be very easy to make in your shop.
Simply take a couple of pieces of 1/4 inch thick plastic cutting board.
Cut the bottom piece to match the size of the piece you
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
If you have an issue with feet pulling out from under a wrap, especially on hard running fish and or heavily loaded rods, then, of course use a locking wrap.
You say that it is tedious.
Of course it is tedious, but how many guide are you wrapping - 5-20? So, it takes an extra or several extra hours to do the wrap. Over the 20 year life of a rod, how many minutes per outing does 5 extr
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
David,
Thanks for the post.
I agree with your post 100%.
I never use CP, unless specifically asked for by the client of the rod.
I don't use CP for exactly all of the reasons that youstated.
Good post.
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
Based on the previous discussion, you could run reducing guides all of the way from the first guide to the guide just before the tip top and have no choke guides, only reducing guides.
i.e. the final choke point of the rod would be the tip top.
Best wishes.
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
Tony,
Please post a picture of what you need.
Most times a picture saves many words of explanation.
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
37. Re: Spine of Rod
Brian,
You can build a rod with spiral wraps if you prefer.
However, there are millions of folks who use and prefer to use a casting rod with the guides on top.
I have never heard of a casting rod with the guides on top losing a fish because it was not wrapped with a spiral wrap.
I have built casting rods for clients in the past and about 1/2 of them came back asking that they a
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
Rick,
Do you want an exposed reel seat or do you want the reel seat to be buried in the cork?
If you want an exposed reel seat, it is simple to simply make a cork tube to fit between the reel seat and the threads.
Forget about any thing in front of the reel, so that you only have to turn the rear grip.
If you are making al lot of grips that are the same, Simply make a template that
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
39. Re: Cost of Cork
I don't know = $3 per cork ring is a bargin these days.
I was just in the store yesterday, purchasing senior pads for my spouse.
Two years ago, a package of 60 seniour pads was $6 and 23 cents.
Yesterday, the very same package of 60 senior pads was $28 and 14 cents.
It seems to me that this is about a rate of 400% inflation.
Be grateful, if you an buy any cork rings for $3 per
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
40. Re: Spine of Rod
For myself, I build on the straightest axis.
If the rod has a bend in it - and most do, I always build so that when the rod is being used, the curve is pointing down.
No, perhaps this does not give the most power to the rod, but I simply prefer the look of the rod with the curve pointing down.
For myself, when glancing at the rod from afar that is in someones hand, I simply prefer the loo
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
41. Re: Shipping
David,
Guess what.
Packages get shipped around the world all of the time, even when the address is across the street. Just trust the service, that you will eventually get your shipment.
It is not only the USPS that does this. Now and then, it happens to virtually every shipper that has ever shipped anything.
Best wishes
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
Until the first coat is not tacky. I generally wait 24 hours between coats.
However, most of the time, I only apply one coat of flex coat high build finish and have no reason to add any more finish.
If the finish is perfect with one coat; no need to add more.
Best wishes
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
43. Re: Cost of Cork
Take a look at the Portugal imporers of cork. Some of them have surprisingly high quality cork for surprisingly low prices.
Best wishes
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
Tolo,
Let your first project be the following:
Go to Good Will or salvation army and pick up a fishing rod for a few $$.
Then, strip the guides off of the rod. Scrape the finish off the rod blank and sand it smooth.
Then,after stripping all of the thread and finish off the guides, wrap the guides back onto the rods and apply finish.
The $10 or less cost of the rod will be yo
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
I see many different examples of folks using thread carriages, holding a number of different colored threads.
I am curious to know if many folks actually wrap with more than one thread at a time. If so, how many threads do you use at one time and for what purpose?
Thanks for any updates.
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
When I was making ice rods, I typically used either 5 inch or 7 inch grips for use with tape on reels.
Use the one that works best for you.
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
As others have said.
Chop theblank, build the blank and enjoy catching all of the fish.
Be safe
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
Ryan,
Don't overthink this situation.
If you have a conventional casting rod setup, just turn the rod upside down for the static testing.
This puts the line below the guides and the pull is a straight downward pull when doing stress test.
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
Al,
When you have some spare time make yourself fome guide sizing sticks.
Make one for micro guides.
One for small to medium guides.
And one for large guides
Sure, one can always use a caliper, but with a calibrated sizing stick, simply drop it on the stick and see where it stops.
An example of a ring sizing stick:
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
50. Re: Custom Grips
Francis,
One thing about making grips is to use a glue that sands at about the same rate - as the cork or other material you may be using to make the grip.
Now, I am only speaking of gluing the cork pieces together. For this work, I typically use Titebond III wood glue that is water proof, inexpensive and sands only a bit harder than the cork material.
However, once the grip has bee
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
El,
If I have this situation, I simply apply layers of my standard A sized thread until the tip top is a nice fit.
By having a uniform and solid wrap or wraps of thread on the tip, the installation of the tip top will be the same as on any other rod.
This may be a particular problem for small tipped ice fishing blanks.
Because of the nature of ice fishing and often fishing in low l
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
I just approach it this way.
For myself, I prefer to have a 1 inch or 1.1. inch diameter on the rod and reel seat at the point where I am holding the rod.
It is nor so importat as to the "size" of the reel seat, but what is important is the "size" of the rod the point where one holds the rod.
Particularly, when fishing in cold weather, I want no part of my hand to be
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
David,
I appreciate your response.
However, I don't put any sort of chemical on a rod, once I began the build.
I have just found over time that getting any chemicals on a rod that is being built tended to lead to bad results for myself.
Take care
REW
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
I always go about 1/4 inch past the edge of the wraps with finish.
This gives a nice smooth start and finish for the finish and looks great.
Very easy to do, when the rod is rotating at about 50rpm.
Just bring your brush close to the blank and the rotating blank will pull the finish off evenly and perfectly.
For myself, I never have anything else touch wet finish. When I first s
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
The recommendation about using particular rod stands make sense.
However, I wond't necessarily recommend any particular brand of stands.
For myself, I have made all of the equipment that I use for rod building. I enjoy making equipment perhaps even more than building rods.
But, for myself, I only have a couple of needs for a rod stand.
1. Excellent ball bearing supported wheels.
2
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
Lee,
If youhaven't already tried, I would like to suggest trying a walleye rod build on one of the Revalation medium light popping rod. They are typically 7'6" in length. But, if you want a shorter rod, do NOT trim any material from the tip of this blank. Trim only from the butt of the blank.
The secret to the fish catching ability of this rod is the soft action of the top 2 feet of
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
Over the years, I have applied a new finish on some rods that were years old during a refresh of the rods.
I will simply say that I clean the rod with Windex, wipe it with a paper towel, let it dry overnight and apply the finish.
Yes, I read the recommendations about scuffing up the previous finish. I have to admit that in the years of rod building I seldom, if ever scuff up a previous f
Forum: rodboard 2 months ago
roger wilson
Eric,
There is a really simple solution to your problem.
Rubber Band.
Simply take one or more rubber bands and loop it multiple times around the section of the rod that will be inserted into the dryer chuck.
If you have a typical multiple jaw chuck, the rubber bands compress and really insure a solid grab of the chuck to the rod.
I expect that you will not have any problems afte
Forum: rodboard 3 months ago
roger wilson
Patrick,
I am a great believer in "building your own" equipment.
If you have the basic knowleges and the necessary tools for fabrication, building a power wrapper as well as a dryer and the rest of the equipment is pretty straightt forward.
Consider this:
A dryer consists of two things - A motor that is cabable of running the necessary speeds. A chuck that attache
Forum: rodboard 3 months ago
roger wilson
Ditto on Kendall;s comments.
For a first rod, a black blank, using black guides, and wrapping only with black thread makes a wonderful rod that might even be called a "stealth rod."
Black, on black, on black is straight forward and one of the easiest combinations to have finished with a great look.
Also, black, on black, on black - is the one combination that tends to mini
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