Josh_Bovaird Posted January 12, 2017 Posted January 12, 2017 Im curious on how you guys go about reaming butt ends like the Winn grips or solid eva. Working on a rod now and used the reamer and just don't feel like i got it 100% straight and figured there had to be an easier way. Quote
Super User S Hovanec Posted January 12, 2017 Super User Posted January 12, 2017 I'll shoot you an answer when I get home. 1 Quote
Delaware Valley Tackle Posted January 13, 2017 Posted January 13, 2017 Having a senior moment. What do you mean by solid butt? Something without a pre drilled hole? 2 Quote
Super User S Hovanec Posted January 13, 2017 Super User Posted January 13, 2017 Please excuse me if I ramble. I hope this makes sense. Reaming and keeping the hole concentric is one of the more difficult tasks, especially if using premade grips. The holes are usually way undersized and need much reaming. I started out using various round files. Then I discovered if I kept using the next larger drill bit in my hand drill, it would stay pretty centered. Then using Batson Dream Reamers, was able to finish it off to fit the blank. Now what I do is bore my cork to fit a mandrel that is just undersized to the blank, glue up on the mandrel, turn the grip and not much reaming is required to fit the blank. Same when I make EVA grips from blocks. The last Winn Grip I used, I cut the solid cap off, reamed the grip, installed it and glued it back on once the grip was on the rod. I also installed one of the rubber butt cap/plugs from Mudhole. You can kinda see the outline of it in the second pic. Before. After. 3 Quote
bassguytom Posted January 13, 2017 Posted January 13, 2017 I got my butt reamed solidly by my wife when I got home 3 hours late from poker night last week. I hope this helps. Sorry couldn't hold off on that one. I'll try to be better in 2017. 5 Quote
Super User S Hovanec Posted January 13, 2017 Super User Posted January 13, 2017 4 minutes ago, Bassguytom said: I got my butt reamed solidly by my wife when I got home 3 hours late from poker night last week. I hope this helps. Sorry couldn't hold off on that one. I'll try to be better in 2017. Yea. There's no real way to discuss reaming and butt plugs and not have it taken out of context! Lol 2 Quote
Super User RoLo Posted January 13, 2017 Super User Posted January 13, 2017 I was in position to be the first responder, but decided to let you boys blaze the trail Roger 2 Quote
Josh_Bovaird Posted January 13, 2017 Author Posted January 13, 2017 12 hours ago, Delaware Valley Tackle said: Having a senior moment. What do you mean by solid butt? Something without a pre drilled hole? Yea a pre drilled end that is capped off Quote
Super User S Hovanec Posted January 13, 2017 Super User Posted January 13, 2017 1 hour ago, Josh_Bovaird said: Yea a pre drilled end that is capped off My work around to that is to drill through the end so you can ream properly and then install a functional yet cosmetically pleasing cap. 1 Quote
Batson Posted January 13, 2017 Posted January 13, 2017 This is something that’s always been a bit of a pain, so we came out with a ream-through design for Cork and EVA this year. Just ream it like a normal grip and glue the cap onto the butt. http://alpsforecast.com/products/fighting-butts-1/fighting-butt-super-grade-corkevahdcc/ http://alpsforecast.com/products/fighting-butts-1/fighting-butt-super-grade-corkevahdcc-2/ http://alpsforecast.com/products/fighting-butts-1/fighting-butt-evahdcc/ 1 Quote
Super User scaleface Posted January 13, 2017 Super User Posted January 13, 2017 20 hours ago, RoLo said: I was in position to be the first responder, but decided to let you boys blaze the trail Roger I know nothing . 2 Quote
Josh_Bovaird Posted January 14, 2017 Author Posted January 14, 2017 On January 12, 2017 at 8:07 PM, S Hovanec said: Please excuse me if I ramble. I hope this makes sense. Reaming and keeping the hole concentric is one of the more difficult tasks, especially if using premade grips. The holes are usually way undersized and need much reaming. I started out using various round files. Then I discovered if I kept using the next larger drill bit in my hand drill, it would stay pretty centered. Then using Batson Dream Reamers, was able to finish it off to fit the blank. Now what I do is bore my cork to fit a mandrel that is just undersized to the blank, glue up on the mandrel, turn the grip and not much reaming is required to fit the blank. Same when I make EVA grips from blocks. The last Winn Grip I used, I cut the solid cap off, reamed the grip, installed it and glued it back on once the grip was on the rod. I also installed one of the rubber butt cap/plugs from Mudhole. You can kinda see the outline of it in the second pic. Before. After. Awesome info as usual! Thanks again and I really appreciate the time into everyones help. This rod building is an addiction, now if i could just order all the right size stuff the first time haha 18 hours ago, Batson said: This is something that’s always been a bit of a pain, so we came out with a ream-through design for Cork and EVA this year. Just ream it like a normal grip and glue the cap onto the butt. http://alpsforecast.com/products/fighting-butts-1/fighting-butt-super-grade-corkevahdcc/ http://alpsforecast.com/products/fighting-butts-1/fighting-butt-super-grade-corkevahdcc-2/ http://alpsforecast.com/products/fighting-butts-1/fighting-butt-evahdcc/ Ill check them out I need to place an order and I'm gonna be ordering an alps graphite seat to try on the next build. Where can I order FB2.625ECC-375? 20 hours ago, S Hovanec said: My work around to that is to drill through the end so you can ream properly and then install a functional yet cosmetically pleasing cap. Just added some caps to my order, thanks again! Quote
Batson Posted January 16, 2017 Posted January 16, 2017 On 1/14/2017 at 3:30 AM, Josh_Bovaird said: Ill check them out I need to place an order and I'm gonna be ordering an alps graphite seat to try on the next build. Where can I order FB2.625ECC-375? You can order them from anyone of our distributors, some may have it in stock but if they don't just give them a call (we have 800 rod blanks and over 5000 components, it's hard for them to stock everything, plus that of the competitors).http://batsonenterprises.com/distributor-list/ 1 Quote
Super User MickD Posted February 6, 2017 Super User Posted February 6, 2017 If the butt piece has a flat end carefully drilling on a drill press does a good job. Set up properly so you don't drill through. On jobs that have a hole in end and a flat end surface the 5/8 in diameter auto interior trim rubber fasteners from O'Rielly (sp?) work very well to fill the hole. Before epoxying them in I wash in alcohol and scrub the gluing surfaces with sandpaper to remove any mold release that might interfere with the adhesion of the epoxy. Sometimes on cork jobs that have a hole I just save some of the cork shavings from turning the butt knob and mix with epoxy, plug the hole with that. Quote
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