Broken Rods

[A-Jay]

42 minutes ago, Jigfishn10 said:

On the opposite side of the guide you can carve the epoxy and thread wrap down to the blank and you can pretty much pull the rest of the wrap right off. Guide should pop off from there. No need to be fussy, it’s a broken rod.

The Spooling Station 3000?  

 

j/k

 

How do you like it? I was thinking of getting one this winter.

It very decent.

Especially love it for re-spooling spinning reel spools.

Zero line twist.

A-Jay

[Darth-Baiter]

I put them in the garbage.  followed by a brief moment of silence before I log in to TW

[casts_by_fly]

17 hours ago, GTN-NY said:

How do you take line guides off?

 

Razor blade.  If I'm salvaging a blank or doing a rebuild on that rod, then take the blade across the top of the reel foot so you don't scratch the blank.  a good sharp razor blade will make short work of the epoxy and thread.  You only need to make a single cut line down the top and the rest will peel off.  Painted guides you might make a little scuff in the paint, but a sharpie is enough to blend the color back.  Once you rewrap it you won't see it.

[ironbjorn]

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[Chris Catignani]

23 hours ago, GTN-NY said:

How do you take line guides off?

Take a razor blade and cut the treads off the top of the guide foot.