Rod Building Set - Fishing Product Review

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Part 2 - The Tools

F.R. "Fritz" Nordengren
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You can build a rod with those items without much else.

I ordered the Rod Building Set, which includes $150 worth of tools for $99. It includes:

A Flex Coat Hand wrapper (a work bench to turn the rod on
A drying Motor and stand (4 rpm motor)
A video by Artie Heber with step-by-step demonstrations
3 rod reamers
3 color gel pens for labeling and signing your rod
a tip sizer
tip top adhesive
and a tool pack including a burnisher, pick, and winding cutter.

I’m not sure I would have ordered all the things separately, but the price of the Rod Wrapper and motor are nearly the price of the kit, so it’s a good value.

Rod kits, the parts to build a rod, are as inexpensive at $35 in the Cabela’ s catalog and go as high as $163. I’m sure you can spend more or less. The video presentation makes one point, and that is, just by following a few simple steps, you will have a better-made rod than most off the shelf rods. That step is finding the rod’s spine.

A rod blank, when it is manufactured, has a natural curve to it. Finding that curve, and aligning the guides along it or on the opposite side – depending on the style of rod, give it more responsiveness and better strength and cast ability.  As I watched the obviously home made video, I was impressed with how clear and easy to follow the instructions are. While there were a few points slightly different than the printed instructions, it did a great job of showing what to do. 

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