Hello all. I am trying to build myself a micro panfish rod. I found a 20" UL blank and now I'm just trying to get it all together. I know I can buy premade ice rod handles, but I want to checkerboard the cork so I'm looking to save some room on the reel seat. The local shop where I usually buy components doesn't really have what I need so I thought I would ask here where I'm sure some ice ro
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Terry Kirk Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Where do you get your custom cork from, how is it > more custom than any other cork handle built from > cork? Which custom guides do you get and where > can one find custom thread? How many custom rods > does one have to turn out before they are mass > produced? Lol
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That is the first one. Like I said, I never would that thought those colors worked but I think it cam out great. The handle hadnt been finished in that pic, but thats how it was stacked. I think it came out awesome.
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Hello to you guys. I recently came across a couple of old orange and black zebra kencor blanks. I am having a more experienced rod builder build these for me. That being said, I want to have a 2 dollar bill inlayed either on the bottom portion of a split grip, or just above the foregrip where traditionally a decorative wrap will go. Some of you guys know what the blank looks like, it is the tenle
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That is it exactly, thank you.
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I dont remember the name of the program I am looking for, but it would help pick out thread combos. It was a free program, and it had a blank, and options for inserting different color combos going up and down the virtual blank. Do any of you know what I am talking about? Thinking back, it might have been a flash site rather than a program. Anyway, any help is appreciated.
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You could try a heavy duty cardboard tube. Thats what cabelas shipped my crappie rod in. Definitely lighter than PVC.
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Thats what I figured. I was just curious because it would save space.
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Well, I did say at least. I was guessing. I only gave it a once over. I will look for markings this weekend. I am saying from the 70s because it was in my uncles garage, and he was born in 1947. Maybe the 60s would be a better guess.
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It is currently still at my uncles. I will have to get it this weekend to figure it out. It is at least from the 70s if that is any indication.
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Hello again. I was going through my uncles garage and I came across an old fly blank rod. The guides are rusty, the wraps are coming undone, and overall it is in bad shape. The blank though has a really nice action, and I would like to turn it into a crappie rod. Anyway, I stripped off the guides and handle and I am left with the blank. Now, under the wraps the blank is way darker than what was e
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Hello all. I bought a pac bay rodsmith RW-3L at the west coast show, and I havent been able to put it together yet. I recently moved into a new place and I dont have room for it yet. Anyway, in the past I used a grizzly hobby lathe to turn my handles, then I glued everything up and hand wrapped. With the new power wrapper can I forgo the hobby lathe and turn the cork on the rod using the power wr
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When you say white poker chips, do you mean the cheap plastic ones they sell at CVS right? Not the ABS or clay expensive ones?
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I have a hobby lathe, not a heavy duty lathe so I have never tried to turn anything but cork and foam. TAP has stores you can walk in? I thought it was mail order only.
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I am going to try to make a rod with dodger colors on the handle, guides, and maybe a marblization. So, I am going to put thin foam accent rings in the cork and I know the white will get dingy after use on the water. Is it common to put finish on cork? I am racking my brain trying to think how else to put white in my handle, and other than from a sheet of foamies I cant think of anything I can do
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