Soobz 141 Report post Posted December 31, 2020 Some idiot broke the tip of my Savage Black rod. I've repaired it, so I thought I'd document it. Damage was right at the very tip I wanted to reuse the tip if I could, so I had to strip back the epoxy and remove the old rod graphite, a simple scrape with stanley knife exposed the wrap I unwound that and measured the old tip thickness No wonder it broke, so bloody thin Removing the old rod section I was now not worried about damaging it so I used a hot air gun which would damage the resin of the graphite but hopefully not the eyelet but would melt any glue. Easy peasy. I put a 1.4mm drill down it to clean out the gunk but was obvious the sleeve was 1.5mm to allow for glue space so I also put a 1.5mm down it Forgot to take a photo, but the break was pretty clean and the break end on the remainder of the rod was 1.45mm so I decided to glue the tip straight on. I used superglue aka cyanoacrylate which apparently is commonly used. To align it I used a bamboo skewer through 3 eyes with tape around it to match each eye diameter, a blurry photo but I think you get the idea I then bound (wrapped) the eye end to the rod with 80lb braid and used a bit of superglue to hold that in place. I'm probably going to epoxy it as well. I could have used thinner braid but this stuff I use for assist hooks and I liked the idea of a bright orange tip The 6'10 rod is more like 6'9 now , but at least it's not a bin job! 5 keenfisho, yellow door 1, gregtech and 2 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elecmuso 29 Report post Posted December 31, 2020 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elecmuso 29 Report post Posted December 31, 2020 Nice job. I was interested because I have one to fix myself. But when I looked at the ceramic part of your recycled tip I noticed a notch in the ceramic. Where it is circled. Is that meant to be like that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Softy 2,441 Report post Posted December 31, 2020 i know where to go when i break another rod. Good job! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soobz 141 Report post Posted December 31, 2020 12 hours ago, Elecmuso said: Nice job. I was interested because I have one to fix myself. But when I looked at the ceramic part of your recycled tip I noticed a notch in the ceramic. Where it is circled. Is that meant to be like that? It's a reflection or something, just checked under strong magnification and it's all smooth. I used soft/padded tools when I removed it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elecmuso 29 Report post Posted January 1 Cool. Actually I can see now how it could be a reflection. Sorry I mentioned it - you've done a great job. Now its my turn. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soobz 141 Report post Posted January 3 Thought I better stick in a final shot. Epoxy on. Think I will leave it unpainted. 3 keenfisho, Squid Inc. and yellow door 1 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
