Fly Rod Case

Wow! How long did that take you to do? I’m really impressed; 1/16 hardly counts as being off at all over three feet. That’s a really nice spindle steady. Is that copper at the ends? How do you open it? Thanks for posting and I hope your Dad enjoys it for many years to come.

Happy holidays!

-- Mother Nature talks, I try to listen

Very cool turning,good job.

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Beautiful protection for a trout hunting stick!!!!!!

-- "Not skilled enough to wipe jam on toast!"

Can I ask where you got the cap?

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It took about 16 hours to complete. That included making the spindle steady, and the majority of the time was spent trying different drilling options to determine what would work best. I think one could be finished in 6 hours now.

Here is a close up of the end that opens. The knurled part is threaded and screws off. I am not sure what the metal is, but I do not think it is solid copper. The ends came from Landmark Fly Rod Tubes and were fairly inexpensive.

-- Robert --- making toothpicks one 3x3x12 blank at a time!

Thanks!

-- Mother Nature talks, I try to listen

Wow that is some serious work there! anyone would love having one of those, I would unfortunately would crush it on my first outing! LOL I am really hard on my fishing gear. Amazing work.

-- Steve - Wasilla, Alaska

Thanks all. It was a fun project.

-- Robert --- making toothpicks one 3x3x12 blank at a time!

Great project and I’m sure your father is very proud! In fact, it’s almost enough to make me want to take up turning. Thanks for sharing.

-- John C. -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth." George Washington