fatchap Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 (edited) A keen fisherman mate of mine asked me to make a one off rod rest so he can show off on his next fishing holiday in Devon. He gave me a plastic one to model off, he wants wood, and brass. so after many hours of bandsaw work and sanding up to 2000 grit. And making the 3/8 BSF thread attachment which he wanted to pivot, I have come up with this........ To be honest with the materials, time etc he is going to keel over when I tell him the price, especially when compared to the plastic one he gave me to copy, 2.99 on the bay, this one slightly more expensive but dont do the job any differently. Edited June 17, 2018 by fatchap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 Very Nice, could have used antler instead, just to make it even more exclusive and expensive! I hope he appreciates the man hours that went in to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 Nice, but as TIGHTCHOKE says it would also be a bit special using antler ...maybe next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatchap Posted June 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 sadly not my decision chaps, I agree antler would have looked nice, but he wanted olive wood and olive he got. I'm off to the workshop to have a rifle through my antler stocks, bit of luck there maybe a rod rest friendly bit in there. Thanks for the replies chaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 3 hours ago, fatchap said: sadly not my decision chaps, I agree antler would have looked nice, but he wanted olive wood and olive he got. I'm off to the workshop to have a rifle through my antler stocks, bit of luck there maybe a rod rest friendly bit in there. Thanks for the replies chaps. There has been some bits just come up in the sales section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 Taking a second look and that wingnut could really do with replacing! Something made out of gold or platinum and maybe some jewels too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatchap Posted June 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 5 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Taking a second look and that wingnut could really do with replacing! Something made out of gold or platinum and maybe some jewels too. I did ask her Maj to give it the royal seal, but she was busy playing poker Gold wingnuts eh?.......maybe on the next one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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