I would use a sleeve repair. Sleeves are often stronger than the original blank. Sleeves aren't as pretty, but you should be able to hide it under the guide wraps.


Tom

Well, gosh, unless you were buying a project rod, check about returning it or a shipping insurance claim.

If you wind up keeping the rod, I think it won't be too hard to turn up a replacement blank or section. People break or damage tips most often, so somebody probably has one minus the tip section, but others in good condition. It also wouldn't be too difficult to find a very close fiberglass section to be substituted with only very slight changes to the ferrule. Thus, I would look for a replacement section before making any substantial change to the male spigot to accommodate a repair of the broken section.

Hi All,

Thanks for the suggestions. The shipment was crushed I guess and it is was a facebook marketplace thing. I believe Scott worked out something with the seller and still wound up with the rod, so I said I would see what I could do to get it working again.

First thing I did was to post in the Wanted section to see if anyone had that section - that would be nice!

Good Idea! I will give them a call.

I take it all back - forget what I wrote below - it simply won't work . . .

Okay. Thinking outside of the box here. Here's my three going-in assumptions:

1. From the pix, it looks like the break is occurring above a fully engaged spigot from the lower section

2. The section isn't fishable as-is (obviously) but in the off chance you find a replacement section, we don't want to modify any other section as part of the repair

3. The integrity of the damaged section above the break is good - that is, no cracks continuing on into the guide wrap.

With nothing else to lose, if it were mine, I'd consider cutting the broken section flush just below the guide wrap and dress it like a female ferrule for the adjoining spigot.

I'd map out the adjoining spigot and try to estimate the gap I now have in the cut section. From the pix it looks like the break occurred above a fully engaged spigot so you may have enough space around it when it intersects with the newly cut blank to controllably fill.

I'd consider making a thin epoxy mold of the intersecting spigot, paying close attention to the use of a releasing agent/method.

Once I had a cured spigot mold, I'd figure out how to mount it to a cork mandrel and turn down the outer diameter so it fits inside the damaged section ID. Probably end up making and destroying a few of these thin-walled spacers along the way so id plan for that . . .

Epoxy the thin-walled spacer in-place and keep everything straight while drying.

This way you end up only modifying the broken section in case you find a replacement.

Might not be the best approach but hopefully it spawns a better thought from someone else.

I saw on the "Wanted" board that you broke a section of your 6 pc Lamiglas and are looking for a replacement piece. I do not have one to offer, but I broke the same section myself and was able to repair it with an insert. Here is a picture of mine with the repair in place. You can see the repair as the dark section inside the rod segment.



Just clean up the ends of the broken pieces and cut a section out of an expendable rod for an insert. My repair did not affect the action at all. Since your's is broken close to a ferrule, be sure you do not impact the normal ferrule connection with the repair. It may require that you trim down the male portion of that ferrule.

PS: It breaks my heart to see that.

Donny's repair is a long ways from the spigot, which is what makes this repair different. Without getting overly creative, I think an oversleeve is the only practical way to go.

I would wait and see if you can find another section from Lamiglas or whoever before you do anything with it.The buyer and the shipper came to an agreement so it cant be returned.I would just put it on the back burner until you find something.I definitely wouldnt alter the male ferrule in any way in case you do find another section.Even if you found a complete blank at a good price,then you would have lot of spare sections.That would be a large disappointment when he first opened the parcel.