Alex Customs rods, What's coming off the Lathe !

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Quote from: Rivverrat on February 20, 2021, 09:01:55 PM

   Alex, your work has shown improvement in a very short time & keeps improving. It matters not that we are both are amatuer rod builders.  It matters most that you enjoy it. .. Jeff  

thanks Jeff, well, I try to see this rodbuilding thing as a way to help my friends to customized their rods or have a custom rod at a decent price and at the same time I get some (little) spare money for my fishing addiction, I always wanted a custom rod since many years ago, almost when I noticed that I really liked to be at the beach, on a boat or pier with a fishing rod in my hand but never got the fund$$ to pay $350-450 for a decent custom rod forget about thinking to have a $500-$700 custom seeker, Calstar, etc, who would've said that few years later I will be building custom rods, not me!



Quote from: Rivverrat on February 20, 2021, 09:01:55 PM
.......There is much more to a custom rod than fancy thread or working wood & metal... Jeff  
completely agree with you on that compadre
The Baja Guy

steelfish

Quote from: steelfish on September 09, 2019, 07:59:46 PMInstead of making a new thread for every rod repaired, restored or built by your truly, I will post in this thread some fishing rod jobs that I think worth to share

ok, back to the roots, I will taking the purpose of this thread back on the track again, that it was just to show my rod building jobs that might not worth to have a separated thread, as simple restoring jobs, rebuilding a rod on its original colors, repairing one or two guides, etc.

Im basically copying Alan's idea on his thread "whats coming off the bench"

so, this are two of my last jobs, installing all guides on a Calstar rod and Seeker rod and wrapping them on Mexican Flag colors, yep, I know, ANOTHER mexican flag color rod wrap but what can I do, is what they ask for, 80% of the guys that have me wrap mexican flag colors on their rods are USA expats that live in Baja  ;)

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thorhammer

Alex, just when I think your wraps are as clean and tight as it gets, you prove me wrong and go up a notch. I think I'm actually getting worse lately.

Shellbelly

"Little boy,  you can get glad in the same pants you just got mad in."  (My Momma)
"You shot it boy, you're gonna clean it and eat it".  (My Dad)

steelfish

thanks guys  :d

this is another one from the last week

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Swami805

Do what you can with that you have where you are

Donnyboat

Hi Alex, once again we expect another great job, ecelent, thanks for showing us, cheers Don
Don, or donnyboat

JasonGotaProblem

I need to start making use of more black banding as spacers between colors on black rods. It looks super clean.
Any machine is a smoke machine if you use it wrong enough.

steelfish

my compadre liked those HZRDUZ themed rods that much he wanted another 2 with the same them and colors

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Midway Tommy

Nice Alex! Those colors are really sharp together! Well done!
Love those open face spinning reels! (Especially ABU & ABU/Zebco Cardinals)

Tommy D (ORCA), NE



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RELAXING w/ MY BEST FRIEND (My wife Bonnie)

gstours

Alex, my hat is off to you.  Very well done 👍.

steelfish

a set of 3 customized factory rods as a gift for a 14yo boy from his father.

my friend brought his son to pick the rods up and this boy was pretty exited and happy when saw them, he jumped and hugged his father for the great gift and after that he shacked hands with me and told me they were Grrrrreat !! LOL.

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..... and I though rodbuilding was only a matter of putting components together but its also about putting feelings and hearts together.
- ALex
 
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