Broken Rod rebuild

[robman]

Hi Team,

I had a mate fall on my Strudwick soft bodz spinning rod and snapped it in half, BUGGER. It has recoil guides and some nice hardware. If I wanted to reuse the parts to build another rod how would I go about it?

My thinking which could be very wrong is.

1. Remove tip with heat gun?
2. Cut off guides with stanley knife?
3. grip and reel seat no idea.?

Can the grip and real seat be salvaged or is it a bin job?

This was a really nice light rod, made while Strudwick were doing some good work. It was 6'6" one piece spinning rod, what would be an excellent fast light weight blank to use? The rod was used for small hard bodies and soft plastics.

All the best for the new year.

Regards
Rob

[Bruce_Bogtrotter]

you won't successfully get the grips & reel seat off, the guides will/should be usable. what you can do, if the break is in the middle is remove the butt cap, get a piece of an old blank about 4"-6" long with the same taper as broken rod, cover in glue & insert in butt,not yours, push until it comes out the break, more glue & fit tip section as well, rotate until lined up as before break, clean excess glue & bind over the break & about an inch either side, epoxy, let dry & away you go. it will never be quite as strong as before & will have a flat spot in it. But will be handy as a spare or a mates rod, better than putting in the bin.. alternatively, you can always put a ferrule in it & make it a two pce, similar result to a repair,

[Brad Clark]

Rob,

My advice would be to take steps 1 & 2 as you have outlined and then visit http://www.therodworks.com.au and get yourself a Samurai S002 or S003 blank. You can also get the reel seat and grips etc from there.

I have built on the S003 and it is a great blank.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

[Mark Fisher]

Strip the broken rod and re-build a new blank - whichever brand you choose is up to you. Don't waste your time on a repair to the broken rod. It will never perform to its best again.

Mark