Tom: The white dots should be lined up on the assembled blank. They've already determined the spline for you. Are the run-off water levels going down? We should fish somewhere. The board at Sportsman's Warehouse indicated that the fishing on Huntington Creek is excellent - mid-day emergers, some dries......
Larry J >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6/4/2006 1:02 AM >>> 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
