Does anyone know what this is regarding reel seats? Is it impregnated or dried and soaked in some kind of resin??
Thanks,
Trout120
Thanks,
Trout120
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Posts: 18 02/08/2009 23:38 |
From what I know, it is both of those things!! Dried wood blanks are set in a pressure apparatus that is filled with a plastic soup. Its put under pressure
which causes the soup to fill every pore and void with the liquid material. Plastic impregnated. Used quite often where woods tend to be unstable such as
burls, and spalts. When you machine the stuff, in lieu of putting a finish on, you just polish it with fine grit papers....the finish is built (Impregnated)
in. It is not likely to break down like conventional finished products.
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Posts: 41 02/09/2009 01:23 |
. . . and it's really ugly, gaudy, and cheesy-looking!
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Posts: 493 02/09/2009 09:46 |
mattcliff wrote:I've seen plenty of ugly stabilized reel seats, but just because it's stabilized doesn't make it ugly. I have a rod with a stabilized dark koa wood reel seat that is understated and beautiful. Stabilization does resist slide band marks and adds a bit of weight back where you want it for balance too. |
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Posts: 42 02/09/2009 12:57 |
tiptop wrote: Fair enough. I actually don't necessarily mind reel seat fillers that look like plastic, if they're well done, like the older Bakelite fillers. My problem with most stabilized fillers is that even though they're apparently made of wood, they LOOK like plastic masquerading as wood -- like the fake-wood side panels on 1970s station wagons. Ugh. |
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Posts: 64 02/09/2009 13:22 |
Hi, Can stabilized reel seats that you send off to get done professionally can they be varnished afterward ? Will the varnish stay on. One advantage to stab.
reel seat is the filler doesn't bow or warp when mortised like on figured woods.
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Posts: 1051 02/09/2009 21:43 |
grass n glue wrote:I wouldn't think that there would be any problem with varnish sticking.I finish my stabilized reelseats with Tru-Oil and it sticks just fine. |
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Posts: 65 02/11/2009 21:04 |
Thanks, Green Drake. O.K. where should I send my fillers to have then stabilized? I don't want to try this again doing it myself. Thanks
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Posts: 506 02/12/2009 07:32 |
Clint Bova, a central OH rod builder, sends his out and the results are first rate. He sends the unturned blanks which are approx. 1" x 1" x
6". You could email him and ask where he sends them. His email address is: cbova@columbus.rr.com
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Posts: 487 02/12/2009 09:46 |
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Wood Stabilizing Products International 2940 Fayette Avenue Ionia, IA 50645 www.stabilizedwood.com I haven't used them but I once used a company just like this in the Dallas/Ft Worth area. And yes, you can varnish over stabilized wood. All the Stabilization does is keeps burls from blowing up on you in the lathe. Bob |
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Posts: 66 02/13/2009 09:28 |
Thanks guys.
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stabolization of reel seat inserts | #11 | ||
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Posts: 14 02/13/2009 14:45 |
I am currently building a system for stabolizing reelseat inserts. I have had problems using cherry pieces, from a tree in my yard, splitting while turning.
I'm also experimenting with corncob. I have seen grips and seat inserts made from corncob and I think they're unique. I have only completed the vacuum
side, but will add pressure from compressed air also.
I have surface stabolized cherry, and spalted maple with ca glue, a technique that is difficukt to master. Tru-Oil before or after ca glue gives a nice finish. Chuck in E. Tennessee |
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