Second built - let me know what you think

[Cornel]

Hi all

I finally finished building my second rod. Have a look at the pictures and let me know what you think

It all started with this (about 3 months ago):

Finished handle...

...and a couple of rings with no particular purpose other than the fact that titanium looks cool  

And that's how it looks now

with only this

to be mounted: butt cap (machined titanium, of course    )

Here's a close up of the guide wrap

and a couple of pictures of the butt wraps

Unfortunately, it's extremely difficult to take a clear picture of a 7.6' long object...   I'll try some more and post it if I can get a clear one...

Thanks for looking and feel free to comment

C.

[BassChaser57]

I have never built a rod but yours looks GREAT!!!

Congratulations on a job well done. Now all that is left is to show us the bass photos caught on that new rod.

WAY TO GO!!! 8-)

[Siebert Outdoors]

awsome rod dude

[harshman]

Great looking rod.

Harshman

[Gatorbassman]

WOW!!! That looks great. Where did you get the butt cap and did you do the weaving?

[Guest DavidGreen]

Cornel,

Should be a great CB rod. How long did it take on the weaves..

I would give it a 10 Up!

Tight Wraps!!!

[Alpster]

Fancy wrapping there Cornel, meticulous work and some real craftsmanship. Thanks for sharing the pics.

Ronnie

[Cornel]

Thanks everybody

I made them both (well, sort of... )

The weaving was done by me using a home made version of Wonder Weaver, Gudebrod NCP size C (black) and Sulky metallic (gold).

The butt cap was also done by me out of a solid piece of titanium on a manual lathe. The engraving was done by a very good friend of mine on a CNC mill.

REELMECH,

Over all, I estimate I put close to 100H in this rod, spread over 3 months. It took me probably more than half of this time to finish the weaves. The rest was spent in the machine shop, wrapping guides, making the tools I needed (I didn't buy any tool whatsoever, everything I used was home made or in my friends shop  ;D)

C.

[rosewalt]

VERY VERY NICE Just think at minimum wage you would have to get about $6,000.00 to break even. However I'm sure to you its priceless. Now get to work on #3

[BORDERBASSER]

My hat goes off to you.  That is FANTASTIC workmanship.  I can't believe someone could do those kinda weaves on his second rod.  Your work and talent far exceeds your experience.  That is the kinda work I would expect to see from someone with much more experience.

TJ

[flechero]

To say that you did an incredible job would be an understatement!  I'm just not sure what the next adjective is.  ...lol  I would be afraid to fish a rod that I had over 100 hours in.  (It would be the one I stepped on!)

Truely inspiring!!

[stroz]

WOW thats some sweet work way to go!!!!!!!

                                                 Stroz

[heathen]

Great looking rod, and AWESOME thread work!!!!!!!

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

10  

[ga_hawghauler]

very nice job

[Cornel]

Thanks again everybody, I took the rod for a test drive this past weekend and it behaved nicely 8-)

Oh, I almost forgot... Special thanks go to ReelMech. His stickies in this section were pretty much the most useful pieces of information I could find on rod building...

Cheers

C.