rod building and rebuilding

[wellcraftv20step]

I find that using a rheostat or speed control along with an old sewing machine foot switch is the best way to go. It allows you to spin the rod at the speed you want without the leg cramps, no worring about how much pressure your applying to the pedal ,this lets you control the speed of the wrap simply with pressure of your thumb and index finger

[Redneck]

I built a few My Dad has just about become a Master at it. he has box's of stuff a nice adjustable rod holder. He still uses a BBQ roticary to spin the rod while curing the epoxy and spins the thread by hand still. if I had to guess he probabaly built 60-70 rods so far. He used to go to grage sales and buy old rods redo some of them and turn the rest into custom icefishing rods or small/short boat rods for the kid's. Very satisfying and addictive like the othes said and you cane match the colors to your gear.

[Kracker Jack]

Well I finally got around to it like a month ago ago built that manual rod wrapper. It about 1/2 day to build it. The bobbin is made to slide back and forth to get to those odd guides, the thread tensioner armature is actually a stainless ARM cut off a small dredge we use for striper fishing. She turned out really cool.

[Kracker Jack]

Practicing a little on some single foot guides. I'm gonna make me some speckle trout rods first.

[Kracker Jack]

Another practice session on some older Penn standup rod.

[Redneck]

I'm jealous Kracker nice set up. That's a pretty sturdy looking rod your wrapping. Did you build the handle?

[Kracker Jack]

Redneck, the brown fenwick in the first picture is the rod that started this whole thing. I've been wanting to refinish that rod for a long time. The fenwick is a 15# to 40# class that will be set up with a tld 15 I have laying around for taug fishing. The other Penn rod is a old school 40# to 80#. We have a bunch of old school 6/0 combos that need repair so I'm practicing my wraps on them.

[Striper80]

Originally Posted by Redneck

I built a few My Dad has just about become a Master at it. he has box's of stuff a nice adjustable rod holder. He still uses a BBQ roticary to spin the rod while curing the epoxy and spins the thread by hand still. if I had to guess he probabaly built 60-70 rods so far. He used to go to grage sales and buy old rods redo some of them and turn the rest into custom icefishing rods or small/short boat rods for the kid's. Very satisfying and addictive like the othes said and you cane match the colors to your gear.

Thanks for the idea about the rotisserie motor. I used a drill ith tape on the handle to regulate the speed. It just so happens I have one of those motors in my attic.

[spoggy]

Built a few rods in my day. Mostly noodle rods for steelhead up here. Nice looking work!