another rebuild

[hangar]

hi.im at it again.this time i'm rebuilding my late bros rod.10ft one piece butterworth he built himself in late 70s.the rod was a bit of a mess the rod varnish was all patchie so i striped it with a hobbie knife and removed all the old guides cut off the old reel seat and it come up pretty good.ill give it a lite sanding and start the rebuilding soon after i buy some choice parts for it .the problem is that its been tucked away for so long it has a permanant curve at the tip of about 20 mm for about the last 800 mm is there any way to re-straighten the rod by a bit of preset and a little heat or should i just do the rebuild as is.not hard to find the spine anyway cheers peter.

[hangar]

just following up on the bend in the rod,can we fix it?rod the rebuilder. cheers peter

[Cameron Sims]

butterworth 10ft is a great rod i have got a mt8120 butterworth
certainly worth tying to get the bend out it will be worth it
good luck
cam

[Stuart]

If you get stuck I can get the bend out for you at no charge, well maybe a beer while you waite.

Stu

[hangar]

thanks stu for your offer i dont know what area your in but im in bonbeach vic i did try a little heat on the rod with not much success but i didnt want to over do it either

[Stuart]

Heat is the only way to get a bend out of a rod blank. You need to bend the blank a fair bit more opposite to the bend and then warm the blank to the point that you can’t hold it for more then 2 seconds. Let it cool on its own, once cool or warm take the blank and see if it’s straight or still bent. If the bend is still visible then repeat the process. This will take several attempts but it will be straight as an arrow. I sent a pm with my phone number to talk you through the process if you’re not confident.

Stu

[hangar]

thanks for the advise stu i'll give it another shot this weekend i'll let you know how it goes. peter

[hangar]

well i did it,i bought a blow torch to get some more heat into the blank and was thinking about it while i was watching the footy this weekend.being a cold day i had the heater on and bingo the light came on, so i marked the area with tape and put a line on the top of the curve,sat it in front of the heater and the rest is history.got it straight as.now for the rest of the rebuild, should turn out nice and i'll send in some pix thanks for your input. peter ;D

[dogsbody]

Your a thinking man Peter. Good luck with the rest.

Dave