How hard is it to replace an eye or two on a pole?
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How hard is it to replace an eye or two on a pole?
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Ask Skeetbum on the Florida board....he does that and builds rods too
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I've built some rods in the past and IMO it would be harder to get the old eye base off and the rod cleaned up than it would to wrap and epoxy a new one in place. Of course, my typical mode of operation any more is a few wraps with black electrical tape and good to go.
Don Don can fix it for you
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Just going to put new one above the broke one
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Not hard John. Need some wrapping thread and a couple of heavy books, run thread through bottom pages of bottom book and put another book or something for weight on top of first book to create tension on thread. Super glue guide foot on rod start your wrap and then just spin rod section in hands to wrap . Once thread gets a few wraps on got start pushing thread back against itself with thumb nail. Watch a couple of YouTube videos to see how to tie it off use varnish to seal threads. Harder to say than do.
i can show you
come on down, got 3 or 4 I need to put eyes on. I take the top section of my 18s and and lay the tip along the side of the rod and hook the snap in the hook keeper. when I titen the line it bends the top eye on the second section back and eventually breaks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billbob
I'd figure a diff way to transport them. Gotta be a way to put something soft there or take some tension off. Live and we learn but we gotta change a few things to get better.
I replaced a eye on a rod last night . I just super glued the eye in place to hold it while I then took dental floss( I use to use this a lot when working on bowstrings and it is very strong and last pretty good also) and wrapped it back and forth several wraps. Then I used a black marker to color the white floss. After that I glued everything down heavily with super glue. Looked pretty good so I will see how time will tell on doing it this way.:twocents
That's what I was thinking about doing to, got to find some eyes that are braced on either side or they will just break again unless I change my ways.Quote:
Originally Posted by scrat
Ain't the pertiest but bet it will hold.Attachment 269209
That's how you learn. I keep any broken rod just for the guides and that's a good way to practice wrapping. Try to remind me and I'll bring you some wrapping thread.
Cool, thanks.
Got a couple more to do but they are in the rod box, ain't digging em out, got an early date with a boat ramp in the morning.
Bought some of these from China. They are cheap so if I just use one it was worth buying the whole sets. Just takes a little longer to come from China so I bought 4 sets which was probably cheaper than the stores $1.13 and free shipping. No doubt they are the same thing that is sold in most stores also.
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