Just get a cheap wood lathe to make rod handle . Looking for wood turning instruction book or e book . Try to make a butt cap today with a piece of pine , turn out not bad , should look better if I use red cedar for material
Cool. Gotta see how this comes-out. Cedar probably strong and light.
:) If you are new to turning wood , there are hundreds of U tube videos to learn from .
There is a lots of free wood to turn , tree parts , packing crates ,pallets .
Have fun turning small bowels and spindles first , to get familiar with the cutters and how they work .
I will be happy to post pictures of some fixtures to help with butts and foregrips . And glue up jigs for different pieces of wood to make up turnings .
Looks like you did well from the photos. I have a few lathes myself. Like Joe mentioned, there's tons of stuff online to go off of and learn from. Looks like there's a mandrel in there too. You can turn a pen real quick on one of those. That's what I had started on first.
Would like to see how your rod handle comes out. Please post some photos later on.
I watch some video on Youtube for basic chisel function , need to learn how to clamp a long piece of wood perfectly on 1 side to reel a hole in center
Quote from: quang tran on April 04, 2026, 02:38:10 AMI watch some video on Youtube for basic chisel function , need to learn how to clamp a long piece of wood perfectly on 1 side to reel a hole in center
That is the most challenging part . Even with extra long shank drill bits and working the hole from both ends . That`s if you are doing one piece long turnings . Segmented glue ups are easier with pre drilled center holes .
Got it Joe , I just do some short pieces and glue them together just like cork rinds . Now I need to set up a place for these toys
Looks like a winner. I was gonna build a lathe a couple years ago; as far as I got was to store a bunch of cedar in the garage. Maybe yet. Planned on turning some lure plugs.
Frank