06-05-2008, 10:52 AM
Yes, I had thought of doing that. I make my own sinkers so I have a ton of lead I can melt. Sounds risky to pour molten lead into a fiberglass blank, so I was thinking about pouring the lead into a bunch of tiny pellets and mixing this with bondo and stuffing the mix up inside the blank.
The slide on the wooden handle.
I have a lathe and all I need to bore them out is a forstner bit with an extension, though if a custom rod company makes something that makes this easier, I'm all ears!
I had though about making a wood handle that fits up into the blank, but wasn't sure how hollow the blank was. I can turn the handle with a VERY long tang with a taper that fits up into the handle, but I'm not sure how to reinforce the blank near the butt to keep it from splitting if I did this.
So maybe I'll stick to a bored wooden "overlay" and fill the blank with lead.
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The slide on the wooden handle.
I have a lathe and all I need to bore them out is a forstner bit with an extension, though if a custom rod company makes something that makes this easier, I'm all ears!
I had though about making a wood handle that fits up into the blank, but wasn't sure how hollow the blank was. I can turn the handle with a VERY long tang with a taper that fits up into the handle, but I'm not sure how to reinforce the blank near the butt to keep it from splitting if I did this.
So maybe I'll stick to a bored wooden "overlay" and fill the blank with lead.
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