I am the dumbest rodbuilder in the world!

[clyde holmes]

Aaaaaha! But in every mistake other tricks come out. Pipe cutter for an old or crappy reel seat. Gonna keep that one in mind. Sounds better than my Dremel

[ausable_ny]

Here's another way. If you have access to a Dremel or similar tool, put a cut-off blade in it and slice thru one side of the reel seet...from top to bottom, then peel it off. I've used this method several times when re-building rods. You know whichever way you choose the reel seat is going to be trashed, right. If you use the dremel method, PLEASE make sure you wear eye protection. Good luck.

Ken

[bdesavage]

Blue I got one for You,
Finally started on the SWAP Rod, got my "spigot rod" fitted, mixed the epoxy , applied to the rod got a 1/4 in. dowel to seat it, inserted it used the dowel topush it in, set dowel down, cleaned up the "spigot",
put it aside to dry. Forgot about the dowel with the epoxy residue on it... Now I get to chisel and sand my tying desk, Unless someone knows of a use for a dowel going across a tying desk at about a 30 degree angel and about 8 inches in

[hackleman57]

. . . if they stay in bed all day! Hey, ol' blue, you stepped up to the plate and that's what matters most. I'd still give Batson a call. They may have a section that'll fit properly and then you'll be able to start over.

You already received good recommendations. I'd try to removed the seat by heating it. If you used 2-part epoxy, it should be fairly easy to disassemble.

One of my favorite mistakes is when I heated up a metal reel seat (already on a blank) over a gas stove to remove it and when pulling it apart, grabbed the seat with my bare hand. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOuch!

Ron