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Another find while wandering a local vide grenier was this bag of cask stoppers for €3. I think they're oak and decided that they might make nice rod butt buttons.

I had a length of 3/8" BSF threaded rod left over from a previous project so I had all I needed for the job.

I fitted the cask stopper in my lathe and drilled a 10mm hole as centralised as possible (with my limited skill!). I then cut a suitable length of the threaded rod which was glued in with 2 part epoxy. Once that had gone off I filed down the end of the threaded rod and checked that the thread would screw into a rod end cap.
I had an old landing net threaded cap which I put in the lathe chuck. The cask stopper was then screwed into this and turned to shape before finishing with sandpaper and sanding sealer.

Very nice CM much better than those rubber thing'ys.
Happy angling in the warm weather.
John.

They look great, well done.

Lovely job. Well done indeed.

Wal.

Thank you for your kind words of encouragement.
Here are a few more that I made this afternoon.

Excellent, pm me your address and I'll send you some green felt washers.

Wal.

Lovely job, what a great idea and recycling too!
Fantastic!
Mr B

Well done, a great idea and a great result!

They look superb

Wallys-Cast wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 8:40 am Excellent, pm me your address and I'll send you some green felt washers.

Wal.

That's very generous of you Wal. I think I'll follow the suggestion of a fellow TFF member and try to make my own if I can source some suitable felt. Otherwise you may hear back from me!