Rod Wrapper

[lastchance]

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?

[Sully]

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

[lastchance]

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.

[Kaboom1]

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?

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

[ol' blue]

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.

[Betty Hiner]

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

[kbproctor]

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.

[bamboo10]

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.



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

[Mojo]

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

What did you use (if you did) and where did you purchase the "constant" tension wire from?

[Kaboom1]

What did you use (if you did) and where did you purchase the "constant" tension wire from?

Mojo
I made them from music wire bought at the model airplane shop. I will try and get a picture posted ASAP.

Brad