Are there any rod wrappers out besides the Sully that operates in such a way that you can take a break in the middle of a wrap and then pick up right where you left off?
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Are there any rod wrappers out besides the Sully that operates in such a way that you can take a break in the middle of a wrap and then pick up right where you left off?
TENSION!
I havent seen a wrapper yet that if you have the tension adjustment set too tight....that when you let loose of it wouldnt unroll like an old window roller blind!
I have a wooden wrapper here I bought from somewhere out west??..when I started that I couldnt get the tension EXACTLY like I wanted it...so Id just keep it loose and kept tension on the thread manually.
Later on I bought a Clemons ( Identical to a Renzetti) with an 8 spool head and stuck the wooden one away. The Clemons has about as fine a tension control as I guy could want
Actually, Sully, the Sully wrapper does just that, but it sells for $150 to $190. I was hoping someone knew of one that operated that way and was cheaper.
Bruce
I tie with a manual one now, which was given to me and of which I'm very appreciative. But, as soon as you stop wrapping, the thread goes limp and unravels some.
Take a look at this web site...I built one similar and you can stop the wrap anytime you want.
Brad
http://www.therodshop.biz/ecowrapper.htm
I have the Sully, and it is awesome. It is worth every bit of it if you are wrapping very much. And yes, it does stop and hold at any point. A very nice feature, IMO. I don't know of any cheaper options, though.
Bruce,
I have the Cabelas one that I got ten years ago, and it's still going strong.40 bucks
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...233&hasJS=true
I agree with Sully. It's all in the tension. I made my rod wrapper and you can see my tension setup in my first blog article. It works fine and is easy to set. I set my tension, now, so that I let go and have it stick, but anymore tension would do the window shade thing.
On the ones that I use I put a piece of round elastic cord, available at your craft or sewing center, over the blank on the V block.
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...pperholder.jpg
Holds the blank in place while you work and will keep it in place while you go eat dinner. Some of the V block units are using Velcro to hold the blank but will not keep in place as well as the elastic.
The first one was a couple of nails in the wood, a loop in the elastic and stretched over and tied the other end to the nail.
GJ
Best "tensioning" devices Ive found are basically simple.
A threaded rod goes thru a hole drilled in the "upright"...Shove rod thru and on each side put a teflon washer. spool goes on either side and a plain old flat washer over the spool.....then a coiled wire spring...another flat washer and finally a wing nut.
As you crank down on the wing nut you increase the tension on the spool....and you can go from NONE...all the way to "you cant even pull the thread off the spool" tight.
The more holes you drill and use this setup on the "upright" ( made of wood or whatever) the more spools of various thread you can "carry" at one time. My rig carrys 8 spools.
My tention holder is a weighted spring type clothespin. Clip it on and go to bed. BILL