salvaging from broken rod

[yorkshireman]

I have kept the handle and reel seat from a rod that was broken. The remains of the broken blank still in there.
Is it possible to salvage the handle and/or reel seat? Is it worth it?
I remember using lashings of Araldite when I tried my hand at rod building many years ago - stubborn stuff Araldite!

Yorkshireman

[bloke]

Yorkshireman
Greetings from a fellow Yorkshireman.....we are like the Scots but not so generous !
I am afraid the handle is a right off but you might try removing the cork and pouring boiling water over the reel seat to soften the glue and you might find it will slide off with luck. Otherwise I would poke the fire with it !
Mick

[ScottRods]

Araldite is very brittle at higher temperatures. It certainly will start to come apart above 60 deg C.

Two options. As Mick says boil it or put it in the oven.

I suggest you put it in boiling water in the oven. That way the araldite may not give off any fumes.

I used to use it in a commercial application and we'd break old joints in an environmental chamber at 60 deg C. So its worth a try.

[yorkshireman]

Thanks for the advice. I will let you know how I get on - if I survive!

YM

[muddler]

I used a reel seat salvaged from my favorite rod when it broke last year. I cut the reel seat off the rod and then just ran a normal drill up the centre to drill out the old blank, epoxy etc. until the diameter was sufficient for it to slip onto the new blank It worked fine for me.

Muddler

[ScottRods]

I kept an old one from a broken rod cut off just above the handle as a line winder. ;D