Andy, Good luck to you and your family. I would like to think you for all that you have done for the rod builders and the rod building industry. Keep in touch! Lynn Williams
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Thanks, Todd, Jay and Karry I appreciate all the information. Lynn Williams
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I have a couple of catfish tournament fisherman that would like some rods built. They would like a 1 piece med/heavy 7 ½ foot E-Glass blank. The rods they’re using now are med/heavy casting lure wt. 1-4oz, the line they are using is 80lb Spiderwire and they are using 8oz weight. I have searched some, but did not find what they are looking for in a blank. Any ideas on blanks, guides and set up
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Welcome Brad, This is a well run forum, this forum has a lot of quality rod builders with lots of quality information to share. Lynn Williams
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David, Backlash Components has clear, high gloss shrink tubing just for that purpose. The 2” is $0.40 a foot and the 3” is $0.45 plus shipping 25 foot minimum. You can email them at info@BacklashComponents.Com Lynn
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Great job Jimi! The colors turned out good. It seems easier to read than the old site, also it’s easy to get around the site and find the information you need.
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Ken, I’m glad you liked the article. You are right it was very frustrating wrapping the tip top without a support of some kind. About 5 or 6 years ago I tried some different ideas for tip top support and ended up with this one. I tried to design the tip top support so it would fit as many rod wrappers as possible. I apologize for the late response; I just got back in town. I also would
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Thanks Tom & Scott for the information. Lynn Williams
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I am looking at purchasing a mini metal lathe something around 7 X 14. Most of the work on the lathe will be small items like reel seats, winding checks and butt caps but still would like to be able to do larger items also. I know that the Grizzly, Harbor Freight, Micro-Mark, Homier and Cummins lathes are made in China at the same factory. Some have different features but the parts are interchang
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Bryan, You can contact Bill Stevens he may be able to help you out. (He the man) Lynn Williams
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Bryan, You can purchase the CD’s by going to the RodMaker Magazine site and click on Back Issues. I purchased all three CD’s at the show in February and they are definitely worth the money. Here is the page to purchase the CD's Lynn Williams
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Alex, I used Hankscraft Model E Motors to build my 4 rod wall dryer they are a little expensive around $32.00 each or more but very good motors. There are a lot of different types of motors that will work from $2.00 and up but the cheap motors I got did not last me very long. The Hankscraft Motors has less heat than any other motors I’ve tried. and I never had a Hankscraft motors go bad. I
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Over 11 years and 100,000 copies, that’s not bad for a magazine that was only going to last a couple of years from what some people said. They said the magazine would run out of thing to write about. Great job Tom! Lynn Williams
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Steve, I would like to thank you for sharing your idea on the Vibronic rods and the handle design, and also your newest handle with everyone. What a great concept. In today’s world people are not good about sharing ideas and I do understand stand why. Because there are people or company’s that will take advantage of you. It’s good to have innovators like yourself in the rod building craf
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Joe, Powell rods was purchased by Keith Bryan in 2002, he worked for Powell rods before he purchased the company. Keith also moved the company I think in 2004 to Novato, CA which is north of the San Francisco area. Keith is an avid bass fisherman so he added a line of bass rods. I worked with Keith a little on some bass rods before I moved from California to Kentucky. If you would like to get
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Thanks Scott, I am interested to see what you have come up with. Lynn Williams
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Kip, I have been working on this very idea for about 6 to 8 months. I have two guys trying this type of rods right now. The only problem is most people want some type of reel seat, this is what I have been spending most my time on this type of set up. Lynn Williams
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William, I would check with Lance at Swampland on the Castaway XP3 blanks and also look at the exposed blank reel seat that they offer. These guys are great to work with. Lynn Williams
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Billy, Very good information, Thanks for your time compiling this info and posting it for everyone. Lynn Williams
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Jeremiah, Welcome, There is a lot of information on this board and if you can't find what your looking for just ask. I think all of us started out wrapping and drying rods by hand, the tools and equipment will come in time the main thing is to pay attention to detail when building and finishing rods this is what makes a good builder. There is a article in the library here called Fit and Finis
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I think the St.Croix 4C69MLXF & 5C68MXF blanks with Fuji components is one of the best set up for a drop shot rod out there. I have built a lot of them for tournament guys some spinning some conventional casting but I think the best is a spiral wrap. Just lately I got some Castaway blanks that I think will be good also. Check with Bill Stevens or Lance Dupre at Swampland for Castaway blanks
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Tony, I started to build my own buffing system but after pricing out the parts I think it is more cost affected to purchase the complete unit. I got mine from Lamar Fishing Company about four or five years ago but not sure if they still offer the buffing system. You can check Penn State Industries I know they have a buffing system. I’m not sure about nickel silver butting system set up and
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Henry, I did a quick measurement this morning on a # 3 guide that I got from Custom Tackle. The OD guide frame is around 4.09mm the OD of the guide ring is around 3.19mm and the ID of the ring 1.83mm this a rough measurement. You can also check these sites out. Hope this helps. Lynn Williams
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Just a quick comment, After receiving a few books on rod building my local library coordinator was very impressed with the RodMaker Magazine Public Library Program. Great job Tom Lynn
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Brent, I went with the counter tops a couple of years ago and they work well for wrapping etc. Also you can design your own workbench at McMaster-Carr. Go to home page and on the left side of the page were its say “Find Products” type in 1591 Lynn
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Thanks for the information everyone. Lynn
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The Corian that I have is in ½” sheets and I know it comes in ¾”. Can you get Corian in other thickness besides ½” and ¾”? How is everyone cutting and mounting the Corian to fit on the Mandrels to turn? Lynn
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Scott, I have both type of cork jigs and tried all kind of saws but nothing work very well. Mike posted the information on the Razor saw from hobbylink about a month or so back so I order one to try. This saw works great with both jigs its cuts very clean. “Thanks Mike” I would take Mike’s advice about buying more than one saw their only $4.79 each. Lynn
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I’ve been through the Loomis factory and you are right women apply the finish with a brush. It is neat to watch them apply the finish they only spend a minute or two if that long on each rod. There is on touch up or using a flame on the finish the rod is on a 200 rpm finishing machine. Most of the wrapping is sublet out to independent wrappers. Lynn
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Billy, That sound like a good idea. Thanks for sharing your idea and information with everyone. Lynn
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