[VFB] I'm back

[Tom Davenport]

Well, I'm back.  (I never actually went off list, I just deleted each  
day's mail without reading it).

But school is over, the wedding is over, and it is happy time!  I  
plan to try to get some fishing in every day.

Tony, today i bought a drill chuck headstock for my lathe and made a  
mandrel from a 3/8" carriage bolt.  I made my first test using a reel  
seat blank that I had rejected because the bore had drifted so far  
off center.  It turned perfectly true using the mandrel.  So the  
problems I was having with off-center bores on my finished reel seats  
were caused by the wooden jigs I was using.  Thanks for showing me  
how to make and use the mandrel.

My first summer project will be to build a rod using one of my own  
reel seats  and a Sage XP rod.  I have the blank, and  noticed each  
piece had a white dot on it.  I assume this indicates the spline.   
Does anyone out there know for sure?

Also, does anyone have the spacing for the eyelets for a Sage XP 9ft.  
5 wt.?

Thanks, Tom