Flush mount rod holder extension - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

StinkyMatt · 02-20-2012, 10:31 PM

Just take a belt sander and go to town. Grind that baby down and it will fit nice and snug.

William Novotny · 02-21-2012, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by StinkyMatt

Just take a belt sander and go to town. Grind that baby down and it will fit nice and snug.

Agreed

we are getting into some pretty fancy equipment for some scrap pvc I had laying around! Lol

Salt Water Flies · 02-21-2012, 07:34 AM

LOL

Yeah I'm lucky I have a small lathe. After the Navy, I went into machining and welding. Went back to school after the machining trades started to crap out. Got my bachelor and master degrees and now I'm an adjunct humanities prof., just in time for that career to crap out. lol Thank god I fish, it's the only thing that keeps my sanity sometimes.
Tony

GregAndrew · 02-21-2012, 03:46 PM

If you heat up a 6 - 8 inch section of pvc on your stove, and stretch it by about 1/2 inch, it should shrink the diameter to something very close. Then some very minor sanding to fine tune it. Keep the pvc spinning the entire time you are heating it and don't heat it any more than you need to for stretching it.

GregAndrew · 02-21-2012, 03:47 PM

Also, start with enough pvc that you have extra on either end to hold on to. Then cut off one end.

TEAMFISH · 02-21-2012, 04:04 PM

This fits real nice in my flush mounts, Holds the Go-Pro pretty well too.PVC POLE 002.jpg

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YakMedic · 02-21-2012, 06:40 PM

Man I must be really short, those rod holders seemed a little to far for me in there current location. You gotta get some blood on that thing. Sorry again I left it smelling like halibut when I dropped it off to you....

02-21-2012, 04:04 PM	#6
TEAMFISH Team Kayak Obesessions Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Torrance Posts: 256	This fits real nice in my flush mounts, Holds the Go-Pro pretty well too.PVC POLE 002.jpg PVC POLE 003.jpg Last edited by TEAMFISH; 02-21-2012 at 04:06 PM. Reason: forgot to mention

02-20-2012, 10:31 PM	#1
StinkyMatt Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Under a bridge Posts: 2,169	Just take a belt sander and go to town. Grind that baby down and it will fit nice and snug.

02-21-2012, 07:34 AM	#3
Salt Water Flies Junior Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 28	LOL Yeah I'm lucky I have a small lathe. After the Navy, I went into machining and welding. Went back to school after the machining trades started to crap out. Got my bachelor and master degrees and now I'm an adjunct humanities prof., just in time for that career to crap out. lol Thank god I fish, it's the only thing that keeps my sanity sometimes. Tony

02-21-2012, 03:46 PM	#4
GregAndrew Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,384	If you heat up a 6 - 8 inch section of pvc on your stove, and stretch it by about 1/2 inch, it should shrink the diameter to something very close. Then some very minor sanding to fine tune it. Keep the pvc spinning the entire time you are heating it and don't heat it any more than you need to for stretching it.

02-21-2012, 03:47 PM	#5
GregAndrew Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,384	Also, start with enough pvc that you have extra on either end to hold on to. Then cut off one end.

02-21-2012, 06:40 PM	#7
YakMedic Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Wrightwood Posts: 623	Man I must be really short, those rod holders seemed a little to far for me in there current location. You gotta get some blood on that thing. Sorry again I left it smelling like halibut when I dropped it off to you....