This feels like my next stupid rod building question in a long line of stupid rod building questions
Anybody NOT afraid to use thin section stents in their builds?
Remember, I'm only a couple of builds in and I have components coming through the door for a Fisher build I'm excited about. Here's the scenario:
This rod has a butt dia that exceeds a half inch so I'll be using a stent beneath the reel seat. Up to now I've relied on solid glass stents that seem very robust but unnecessarily heavy. I've shopped around and found a thin walled carbon fiber tube that OD-wise is a near-perfect fit for my need. The wall thickness is only ~ 0.5 mm . . . pretty thin.
It does pass the bend test - it feels like I'd need to exert A LOT of force at the ends of the 12" section to buckle the tube and I'll only be using a fraction of that for a stent (maybe 6-7"). The tube is marketed as a replacement spur for a quadcopter BTW.
Here's the questions:
1. Considering all of the bending is going to be done at the grip and this rod isn't a fighting butt rod, what are you more experienced rod builders using for stents and how thin are you willing to go?
2. Am I overlooking the advantage of having a little more weight on the back end for balance?
Pictured from left to right: thin section carbon tube, glass stent provided by Ray Lee with the seat I'm adding to the build (too big on the OD for the rod) and a soild glass stent picked up from Proof FF.
Thx!