Rod room upgrades.

[WaffleJaw]

I got a little sick on Saturday due to allergies...I couldn't focus my eyes on rod work,and had a 30 dollar home depot card from my Bday...So I got some upgrades done on my work space that Ive been wanting to do for while to make working multiple rods a little easier.

The first thing I wanted to do was elevate my drying area off the table to keep it away from dust,etc while working other rods...Bought a Rubbermaid shelving unit (rated 50lbs) for around 21 bucks....Doing this also makes putting rods in the chuck easier because I can stand and not lean over my jig. I was also able to move it further back...Now I can dry rods up to 8-8 1/2' finally..


The next thing was to make an automatic epoxy mixer..I had an extra 9rpm motor I bought as a back up.
Before I would just flip my drying motor over,attach my home made chuck and auto mix it that way...It works fine,but adds a lot of unnecessary steps..Plus I bought a new chuck for the drying motor,so it was even more of a pain.
8 bucks later at Home depot,I bought a lamp cord with an on/off switch...A 4'' wide L bracket...Two machine nuts......Bent the bracket by hand (like a real man) drill an extra hole...Wired up the cord...and bam!...Auto mixer!..It took me all of 10 minutes to make and the wide L bracket doesn't require a stand under it.


I also ran into a fabric store and bought a spool stand to hold the thread..Before I kept them in a large rubbermaid tub....Which was always a tangled mess.
Later on Ill add another dryer and probably more shelving....But for now this should makes things a whole lot easier,and maybe help the next guy in setting up a rod room.

[Bubba_Bruiser]

Pretty sweet Pancake. I like the shelving and the thread holder. Just an off the wall question, any suggestion for matching John Deere green and yellow? I know what I see on the net, but they can be different when they come out of the box.

I need one of those banners hahahaha.

[carolina-rig-01]

Looks like a great mancave you got there Flapjack.

[Tavery5]

Very nice, you spent your time and money well...

[Garry2rs]

You gave me a couple of good ideas...Thanks for sharing.

[Jrob78]

Looks good man! The mixer looks great, I like those wall hooks too. One thing I would caution is making sure to keep the room vacuumed and dusted. Dusty thread wouldn't be a good thing, I keep mine in their little bags for that reason.

Do you have another dryer motor for your wrapper?

You need a DTC banner Bubba?

[WaffleJaw]

Thanks guys...Im really happy with the setup so far.
Yea Joe that's why I kept my thread in the sealed rubbermaid container before....But this room has very little air movement,plus I have that little fan I converted into a dust collector that I run constantly..So far Ive never had an issue with dust on thread or wet rods....I thought about making a cover for the thread holder just to be extra safe since Kaci uses the other half of the room as her hair salon....Which should be a nightmare for me,but never a problem?...Which is great!haha!
No that's the only dryer I run for now....Ive always had the dryer as a separate unit so I could plug a rod in to dry and still have my wrapper free for another rod to work on.


Bubba I have no clue what colors would work 'best' for a John Deer rod...As you said,when you order off the net..The colors are almost always a shade or two different.
Madeira seems to be somewhat consistent though.
Someone on RB can probably help ya out way more than I could....
I have Madeira 1651 and 1735..Which I think is their basic green and yellow which looks really nice and rich to me?...If it was my rod,Id probably just run those honestly.

[CiK]

Looks great! Its about getting efficient in the work. I am going to show my wife this..........you get a whole room where I am using the dining room table.

And I really like the nicknames everybody is coming for you.

[DVT Mike]

Looks good. Keeping things neat and organized seems like work at first, but it sure makes most activities more enjoyable in the long run.