Post by agmd on Mar 8, 2007 19:34:35 GMT -5
Long, cold, nasty, winter. Most of my time has been divided between stoking the wood stove and building rods. Project #1 should have been a simple straight forward graphite build. But for some reason I never do anything simple. I had to build my own reel seat w/ removable fighting butt. A project a bit beyond my experience, but after a few false starts, hang ups, and goofs, the seat and grip is finished and the rod is ready for wrapping.
Rod #2 started out to be more difficult. It started out as a South Bend 119 Double Built 8 1/2. My guess is it will throw a 5 or 6 wt line. First problem -- the mid section was short 1 1/2 inches at the top. That alone was not too bad. Lots of 3 piece rods suffer from short mid syndrome. But the female ferrule had lost all its tabs. Nice NS ferrules too. I was able to turn a shoulder and solder on a short section of brass ferrule which was turned to a fine taper where it meets the cane. Second problem -- The cork had the dry grey rots and was pretty well beat up. The reel seat was a piece of tinny junk the day it left the factory and the years had not improved it. So I mad a new grip and reel seat. The seat is a cap and ring over an apple wood insert. The C&R was turned out of brass and has been blackened. The wood is on the blank and this weekend I will spray lacquer the hardware and then finish gluing it up. THEN I can finally put away the lathe and set up the wrapping bench.
When I have something to the point where it is worth showing off, I'll post some pix.
AgMD
Rod #2 started out to be more difficult. It started out as a South Bend 119 Double Built 8 1/2. My guess is it will throw a 5 or 6 wt line. First problem -- the mid section was short 1 1/2 inches at the top. That alone was not too bad. Lots of 3 piece rods suffer from short mid syndrome. But the female ferrule had lost all its tabs. Nice NS ferrules too. I was able to turn a shoulder and solder on a short section of brass ferrule which was turned to a fine taper where it meets the cane. Second problem -- The cork had the dry grey rots and was pretty well beat up. The reel seat was a piece of tinny junk the day it left the factory and the years had not improved it. So I mad a new grip and reel seat. The seat is a cap and ring over an apple wood insert. The C&R was turned out of brass and has been blackened. The wood is on the blank and this weekend I will spray lacquer the hardware and then finish gluing it up. THEN I can finally put away the lathe and set up the wrapping bench.
When I have something to the point where it is worth showing off, I'll post some pix.
AgMD