Rod Builders help

[RookieSteeler]

Hello All,

I have purchased a few blanks (8'6" Med Heavy and 5'6" light) and would like some help with building or having someone build it for me. Can anyone shed some light on where I can find some information about where I can find them? I would like the 8'6" to be my new bobber pole and the 5'6" to be my trout pole. Thanks in advance.

Rookie

[StickFish]

There is a ton of information on building a rod on the Internet. At the top of this forum is a great collection of information. Mudhole's web site has some great how to's as well in their rod building 101 section. There are books and DVD's as well.

Where are you located? I would offer to build your rods for you, but I sense an interest in doing it yourself also I'm a tad back logged :whistle:

So lets start with some particulars - what exact blanks did you get and have you purchased any materials yet? Next what sort of handles do you want to put on, will they be spinning or casting rods? Standard Casting wrap or Spiral?

[RookieSteeler]

Not sure of the specs of the blanks. One was purchased at the Lamiglass sale (8'6") and the shorter rod was a gift from my uncle. I would like these to be spinning rods. I currently do not have any accessories for those rods yet. I would appreciate it if someone could help me build a rod or build it for me, if anyone has the time. Thanks again.


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[Wintu]

Call Lamiglas they will get you on the right track,they just had a class.

[Shai]

Depending on your location you could take another trip to woodland and visit with the guys at anglers workshop, they can help you choose your components and give you great simple instructions on building your first rod, they may also recomend a book.

Basicaly what you will need for each rod will be a handle kit, a giude set w/ tip top, some thread and epoxy. Tools can be buoght or improvised, simple v notch wood blocks work great for wrapping stands and you can buy a tensioner or put your thread in a coffee cup(clean) and run it through the pages of a book, put more books on top till you have the desired tension.

When I started out I turned my rods by hand, every 5 min. for the first 1/2 hour and incrementely less as the epoxy cured, I don't recomend it :passout:, $25 bucks or less on ebay will get you a simple 6 or 8 rpm rod dryer. I tried the whole rip apart the sewing machine and make a turning motor out of it thing too, also not highly recomended, you'll have a pile of parts cluttering your kitchen table and an unhappy wife/girlfriend, (in my case husband)

Some basic needs are razors or clippers for your thread, mixing cups and sticks for epoxy, brushes, some alcahol or acetone (hardware store) will make clean up easy, and lots and lots and lots of paper towels :wink:. An alcahol burner will be handy, and some tip top glue.

Do a little research on-line, like stickfish said mudhole has some great resources for beginners. Ask lot's o questions on forums like this one, check out the sticky at the top of this forum too. You should be able to build these up on your own and have two rods to be proud of forever. It's easy to re-wrap your rod too if you're not happy with your initial results (just pay particular attention when building the handle, they don't come off)

Good luck, and have fun.

[StickFish]

Not sure of the specs of the blanks. One was purchased at the Lamiglass sale (8'6") and the shorter rod was a gift from my uncle. I would like these to be spinning rods. I currently do not have any accessories for those rods yet. I would appreciate it if someone could help me build a rod or build it for me, if anyone has the time. Thanks again.


Rookie

There should be a tag on your Lamiglas that has a model number, so at least you will know what weight line the rod supports. More than likely the Alps LXn guides will be a good match, or American Tackle Ring Lock, or Fuji CLNAG or BLNAG. One trick will be positioning the guides. If you already have the reel you are going to use, your first step is to build the handle. On Rodbuilding's web site are instructions for guide placement using the Fuji new Concept spacing, it takes into account the size of your reel and its spindel angle to place the guides correctly. You can also look up the generic spacing, but you will generally be using single foot spinning guides and low fly rod style guides further up the tip section.

If you are near by, I'd be glad to help you fit the cork or let you borrow my reamers to do that yourself. Reamers are very easy to build, first rod I did I used a metal rat tail rasp - worked just fine.

I would follow Shai's advice and take your blanks to Anglers and spend some time with their very helpful staff getting the right parts

[Bobbin for steel]

Is there some tape / ID numbers and letters on the bottom of the blank?