Richard, No problem on this rod. I have worked with many of these rods, modifying them to be used for long trolling rods. I am familiar with the tip section on this rod. The tip broken off will have little effect on this particular rod. If you still have the original tip, it is quite possible that it may still fit on the blank. That particular blank doesn't taper very fast at the tip. If not,
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James, Could you do us all a favor, and post a picture of your rod under constuction in the photo section? I have built many hidden hood handles, but am having trouble following your problem description. A picture will help explain the issue much better. Take care Roger
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Drew, I have several different lathes, wrappers and motors. I use plugs on all of them for both motors as well as foot pedals. The plug that I use is either a 2 conductor or 3 conductor trailer plug. These plugs are redily obtained in a pair - i.e. matching color coded plugs for each connection from auto supply stores or some hardware stores. Some power wrapper foot pedals have two, thr
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Chris, Sometimes I think that making the tools is one of the most interesting parts of the job. Each tool is different and unique and requires a different design technique. Take care Roger
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p.s. I found a current source for the motor - New - as follows: As I stated earlier, unless I had found such an inexpensive price on this motor - I would never have picked it up to use as a dryer. However, it will make an excellent driver for the new drum dryer that I am building. Take care Roger
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If you are looking for a good heavy duty variable speed DC dryer motor, I have an example. I found this motor that had been used at a University in the engineering lab. I suppose that the Dayton Controller and motor were likely a $200 motor. It is a DC gear motor - with a nominal voltage of 90 volts DC - resulting in an rpm of 50. With the use of the DC controller, the speed may be va
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Karry, I recently took a look at these blanks and like them very much. Especially nice is the very light weight and the fast tip on the rod. In this line, I didn't see any lighter action rods. I am looking for a simiar rod in a lighter action for Walleye fishing. One - 2-6 lb line weight. One - 4-8 lb line weight. Typically a 6'6" or so. Thanks for any thoughts.
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Richard, To answer, your question, YES that would be just fine. However, I need to ask as to how much of the tip was broken. i.e. was 1 inch, 5 inches, or 15 inches of the blank broken off the rod. A person can always put a tip on a rod, irrespective of size and length with the right tip. However, if you have a light tipeed Crappie rod, and very much of the rod has been broken, one
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Gary, Specs for the Calstar 760L are: 760L 6' .840 9 30-80 "Tuna" J/S 40-50 lb. You are only chopping the butt by 5 inches, so really see no reason why the rod wouldn't work just fine for your application. Take care Roger
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Daniel, A longer rod is more forgiving and allows you to bring in bigger fish with lighter line. However, if you have really powerful fish, you need a short rod to give you the power to lift the fish. For example, many steel head rods are typically 9 - 10 feet and can often catch 10-20 lb fish on 4 lb test line as long as the line doesn't catch in the rocks. It does take a long time to
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Doug, It is easy if you have a lathe to get everything square. It is a good idea to make, or have made, an adapter for the chuck. If you don't have a lathe yourself, just ask a near by machine shop to make an adapter. Bring in the chuck and head stock from the lathe to be sure that the shop gets a perfect fit. Take care Roger
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Matt, It is very simple. Go to the hardware store and pick up a 1/4 inch aluminum threaded coupler. Then, go over to the set screw section, and find a couple of small set screws. Check the size of the set screws. Then, go over to the tool section and find a tap that will match the small set screw for the threaded coupler. Pick up the correct matching drill bit to match the purchased tap.
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p.s. Turn up the heat - where your dryer is to 70 or 75 at least and you will get a quicker cure. If you have it in a separate room, just bring in a small electric space heater to keep the room warm. That is exactly why many folks and shops have rod dryer - ovens. i.e. boxes containing the dryer along with light bulbs or other sources of heat, to be able to bring up the heat and hold it a
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John, The conventional way to use the skeletal reel seat is to use an insert of some material to replace the normal plastic molded part of the reel seat. For example, St. Croix has marketed their Avid series of rods with a skeletal reel seat using a nice cork insert between the front and back part of the reel seat. Others commonly use various kinds of wood that have been turned down to the
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Barry, If the pac bay shaft is 1/2 inch, it is quite likely that the shaft size is 1/2 X 20 threads per inch. The Little Machine shop has a back plate with a threaded 1/2 X 20 threaded hole which will fit their standard chuck. (#2022) The three Jaw 3 inch chuck # 1187 works very well for rod building. I have this exact combination on one of my older lathes with a smaller shaft and
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Ditto to scott and steves remarks. Take care Roger
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Here is another way to make the seats. If you have a lathe, you can make up an arbor that is a tight fit on the skeletal seat. Then, simply flip on your lathe and either use a parting tool or abrasive cut off wheel to make the skeletal seat with clean and straight edges. With the right tool, it works very slick and leaves a very clean and straight edge. Take care Roger
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Thorne Brothers in Minneapolis are the folks who developed it and have it available. Take care Roger
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James, Depending on your location, and parcel service, you may have trouble getting to you that is not frozen. Many trucks are not heated, and many of the planes and dock areas are not heated either. If your area, as is ours, at - below zero - you need to specifically ask your delivery service, if they have any recommendations for non frozen product to your door. Take care Roger
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James, Rod socks do work and are a nice tool to have. I do believe that a person needs a couple different styles. One - if moving a rod, without a reel, to have a sock that is full length to enclose and protect the rod. Two - a rod sock that is only long enough to cover all of the guides plus about 2 inches, and a piece of elastic on the large end to snap over the reel. This style will
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Robert, I would simply suggest that you fish for a day with a rod of your choice. Then, fish for a day with the same identical rod that is perfectly balanced, when fishing for very finicky fish - with light jigs. Feel is so important in this style fishing, as is the overall sensitivity of the system. For fishing for the first hour or so, there is likely little difference between the tw
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At least one type of Synthetic Cork has been developed and is being sold by a well known outlet in Minneapolis, I was over at this outlet - when the chemist who developed the store was there working. This style synthetic cork is actually a form of Plastic Foam. It is lighter than cork, is a bit harder than cork and machines - sands, and shapes at about the same rate as genuine cork. It
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I 2nd Bills comments on the use of a balanced rod. I further think that it is important on HOW a rod is balanced. Balance may be achieved with minimum weight by using the longest balance arm on a lever. i.e. Keep all of the weight in a mass at the very butt end of the rod. For those who want to put LEAD or weight up the inside of a Blank --- DON't do it. A very very very bad id
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Tony, I doubt you will have any problem. I really have heard of no problems with guides coming loose from any of the Fuji guides, irrespective of model. I have used the very guides that you are going to use on a similar rod and have never had issues. Take care Roger
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Jay, Wrap up a couple of rods each way and give us your test results. Take care Roger
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Buzz, I will echo Marc's comments about calling Karen at Bingham. I had a simiar request and she found that one of the Pac Bay guides were identical and perhaps are the same source as the Berkley guides. I received my order of guides and tips yesterday and they are the perfect guides for the job. Again, thanks again Karen for wonderful service. Roger
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Gary, I have designed and built several different power wrappers over the years. After using them, I simply won't go back to hand wrapping for anything. The big advantage of power wrapping for me is the absolute control that I have over the rod and thread tension. My current power wrappers are DC bi directional variable speed wrappers that start and stop on a dime, can reverse direction
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The thread size on these chucks is 3/4 inch shaft by 16 threads per inch. i.e. 3/4X16 hole thread. If your head stock shaft on the pack bay wrapper has a 3/4 inch shaft with 16 threads per inch, it will fit. Take care Roger p.s. If you aren't sure and have such a wrapper - take off the chuck - go to a hardware store and pick up a 3/4 X16 threads per inch nut. It the nut fits smoot
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Pete, I reverse the tall soft aluminum jaws so that the wide flat side of the jaws are toward the butt of the rod. I may have even modified the jaws so that the ends of the jaws were square. (I used an abrasive cut off chop saw to shear off the ends of the jaws to be square. Then, I used a disk sander to smooth the ends of the jaws. ) Then, after trying a few different things, now use 1/16t
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Roy, A couple of thoughts: 1. If you want the tape to stick well to the rod blank - do NOT use the blue painters tape. The blue painters tape is purposely low tack, so that it comes off easily. 2. Rather - use a NAME BRAND - tape - of the big manufacturer. Also, if possible, purchase the tape from a location, which does a lot of business so that the tape is fresh. Often, if buying from a so
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