Something else I'm working on....Rod rebuild

RiverAngler · September 27, 2016, 01:55:29 AM

I have a Shimano Crucial, 7ft, rated 10-17lb that I love and didn't want to give up. The guide wraps started coming apart after being used nearly everyday for the last 14 years. The sun, and UV just took its toll on the expoy. So I bought a new set of Fuji "concept" alconites for it. The rod was finished in black. I stripped it down to bare graphite, then tinted some DII with mallard green mineral tint and refinished it. The cork and reel seat had no issues, Now I'm doing my first ever cross wrap on it. It's not finished yet, but wanted opinions from my ohana on how it looks. I don't have a good camera, so excuse the cell phone pics (Nexus 6).

B.D. Ehler's "Snowflake" from Dale Clemens thread art book.

Ralph

Jerseybros · September 27, 2016, 02:03:39 AM

looks like a great wrap for your first time ever doing it!!

RiverAngler · September 27, 2016, 02:06:53 AM

Thanks! Still have a ways to go to close it. I work on it when I can. I'm learning LOTS doing this. I do rod repair on the Sac Delta, but it's usually "plain-jane" stuff like replacing guides or an occasional hook keeper. Being my rod, I felt like I needed to "stretch" a bit.

Tightlines667 · September 27, 2016, 02:37:37 AM

Looking good to me.

Pretty advanced closed wrap there. Pattern seems just a little bit 'busy' to me, but the wraps look tight, and pretty square. I bet the finsh will give this pattern alot of depth. you can tell alot of thought, and time went into it.

*Admins:

I would move this post over to the:

Fishing Rods/Fishing Rods" section

http://alantani.com/index.php?board=36.0

Bill B · September 27, 2016, 03:00:52 AM

Looking good brother....Bill

STRIPER LOU · September 27, 2016, 04:11:18 AM

Now that's a serious wrap!!!! Very nice job indeed.
.................. Lou

Shark Hunter · September 27, 2016, 04:15:53 AM

Good work on that Ralph. Looks Great.

Tiddlerbasher · September 27, 2016, 08:52:14 AM

Lovely work

cbar45 · September 27, 2016, 10:47:00 AM

Way to challenge yourself for a first wrap! You're right at the point where it's starting to close--and if I may suggest--it helps to focus on the space left in the open areas, i.e. those blue diamonds where the rod blank is showing through. They should be roughly the same size going from tip to butt.

In this case, you may find it necessary to pack the threads that surround the smaller diamonds a lot tighter--so as to increase the open areas; while burnishing the thread around the larger diamonds--such that the pattern spreads out a bit more. Keep up the good work.

chad

Alto Mare · September 27, 2016, 10:54:47 AM

It looks awesome, but I don't believe it is your first one

Great job!

RiverAngler · September 27, 2016, 11:39:04 AM

Thanks all! Chad, that's why I took a break on it. I know I have some serious packing left to do before closing it up.
Sal, no, seriously, it's my first time. I did A LOT of reading and watching you tube vids first. To be honest I cut it off 4 times before I got this far.

mo65 · September 27, 2016, 05:20:15 PM

Wow...I think you definitely have the gist of it!

sdlehr · September 27, 2016, 05:46:41 PM

Quote from: Tightlines666 on September 27, 2016, 02:37:37 AM
*Admins:

I would move this post over to the:

Fishing Rods/Fishing Rods" section

http://alantani.com/index.php?board=36.0

Done! Thanks John.

RiverAngler · September 27, 2016, 08:07:11 PM

Thanks Doc! Wasn't sure where to post it.

RiverAngler · September 28, 2016, 12:21:03 AM

Thanks Mo! The hard part was figuring out how to compensate for the rod taper during the layout of the crosses. I actually had some one point me to a Excel spread sheet that just had me plug in the numbers, and it calculated it for me within .5mm. The rest is just tedium

(jk). I can only work on it for about an hour or so before my old eyes start buggin'. Then I have to step back and take a break.