I know Money is tight but .........................

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Well I got board last night, last season my cork grip shattered/split so to speak.
So last night I went to the storage room hacked of the leg on an old wooden chair that was in bad condition.
Sanded the leg and stained it,
I don’t have a drill press so I took the hand drill and drilled holes on either end 'til the met up, LOL, got lucky here,
I removed the 2 eyes and the hook keeper of the base of the rod cleaned up the grip area after removing excess cork parts, , then proceeded to slide the chair leg down the base of the rod, hahahaha.
The result is a wooden chair rod grip, lol.
It now strikes me as really funny, the epoxy job is really messy, but I don’t think this handle will shatter anytime soon.

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lol,later
MIke

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Mike;
Kewl!!! Nice peice of work!!

I feel more like I do now than I did when I got here!

Cactus

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Hey thanks
Well its kind of a good job the grip part is ok, lol, but you never seen the eyes with the big mounds of epoxy on 'em when I put the eyes back on the rod, I’m still laughing.
later
Mike

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I just love creativity and the willingness to “make do” - our grandparents would have been proud of you!

LadyFisher, Publisher of
FAOL

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Thanks LF, yeah it was fun and it passed away an evening and the better part of this morning. I think as a person who only works part-time, I’m the king of make do,

[This message has been edited by Newfoundlander (edited 22 November 2005).]

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Mike thats awesome. My hat is off to you, job well done and a classic one at that.

Philip

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Thanks, It was that heavy 8 wt rod I was talking about in a previous post regarding a 9’ 5 wt purchase to replace it, now she is even heavier, .
She is stiff but fish come in quite quick on her and she does cast a decent line as far as my skill goes anyway. Maybe I’ll just settle for a new line purchase this year, have double taper line on it now, but I notice with this line I didn’t get a nice swing in the current, maybe a weight forward line would help with the swing.
later
Mike

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What fun. I appreciate your creativity.
How is the chair with only three legs though?

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Thanks
As ugly as it was with four legs, , anyone wanna buy some wood grips, I have 3 left but you will have to drill your own holes,

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reel seats are’nt any easier to drill by hand I can atest to that…but they sure look nice with a little effort…Silver contact points make nice rings for em too…takes alot more work than even reelseats…I may work fulltime…but the pays not the greatest…

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I’ve never done any rod work before, so I feel fortunate to have it come out as well as it did. Luckily for me the reel seat is still in great condition and still very well mounted and sturdy, only the cork bit the dust.
Oh I’m sure I could have ordered a cork from w.w.doak or similar but the idea poped in my head and I just went with it,

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Great job on the handle. Why not just cut the guides off the butt of the rod and do them fresh. You could use a little heat from a lighter to soften the epoxy (either for cutting off or) when you want to smooth out the final result. You could also use a BBQ rotisserie motor to make a devise to rotate the blank while the epoxy hardens. There must be instructions on the web somewhere. After all the work on the handle it would be nice to have the guides up to standard again.

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Newfoundlander;
Bring the other 3 legs to the 2006 Fish-In along with the drill and make repairs for us.

I feel more like I do now than I did when I got here!

Cactus

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Mike,
LOL!..“Necessity is the Mother of invention”. You were thinking “outside the box” & that is a very good thing…we need more creativity like yours.
Thanks for sharing!
Mike

This site’s about sharing!

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Well done, your Majesty! If you’re the King of make do, I must be a Prince. Can’t say I’ve done what you’ve done. Though I have caned a dozen or so country chairs and last year took an old 8 weight and put a bait casting handle onto it to make a ten foot noodle rod for Salmon fishing with my Abu Garcia reel on it. Works great!

If your rod ever breaks, you could save the handle for a fish bonker for when you catch and keep. lol!

Steve

I fish, therefore I swam.

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Thanks Gents,
No Greg, , I’m gonna leave the rod like it is as a reminder of my first crack at major rod repair.
She looks rugged and the lower guides were those double foot guides like you see on spinning gear, the name for these guides escapes me now. The epoxy is not in the way and will not hinder the lines performance as only the top section of the pole has snake guides.

later
Mike

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Mike, you might want to use some grip tape on the new wooden grip, or add some fine silics sand, or dance floor wax into some epoxy, and give the grip a coat. If you had left the cork grip on, you could have repaired it with latex friction tape. This stuff is latex covered cotton gauze, and grips itself- kinda self adhesive. It’s available from Lee Valley Tools for under $3. I don’t know if there’s a store on the Rock, but Halifax has one. It’s also useful for emergency bandages as well. Hope this helps. Jamie

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Thanks Jamie
I have never heard of this store, but will keep those suggestions in mind for when I run out of chair legs, .
later
Mike