Using PVC Pipe

[antonywardle]

I recently made myself a rod holder to keep my rods in,

but I kept bumping in to it and it would occasionally fall over, so I needed to stop this by putting some braces on it. I looked around the shed and couldn't find any. What I did find was an old bit of PVC pipe and my heat gun, so I thought I'd have a go at making some. So out with the head gun and some bit of wood.

  

 

I cut a piece and heat it up before flattening and bending it to how i thought it should look. Then I made a second one.

After that I just attached it the the wall and the rod holder and it seems to have stabilized pretty well.

I then found a piece of 90 mm down pipe, so while I was in the mood for playing, I thought I'd have a go at making a place to store my tools in my boat. First I cut the pipe in the middle and heated it up to start bending it

I flattened it down and then made up a wooden jig to help me bend a few angles

 

 

finishing up with drilling a couple of holes and slots to see if this idea might work. 

Turned out a bit better than I thought. I should be able to mount it in the boat. I can't remember if I saw something similar in @zmk1962 boat and that is where I got the inspiration from, so if I did, thanks Zoran! The screw driver in the middle will become that brain spike thing that someone else mentioned, I just need to find one that I can sacrifice. I did all this outside, I have no idea if heating up PVC gives off any fumes. 

 

Thanks for reading 

Edited January 16, 2018 by antonywardle
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[Ducky]

Thinking outside the square... I like it!

[zmk1962]

Great stuff @antonywardle and thank you for the mention.  Maybe you saw it when you popped over and the boat was hooked up - battle ready for a trip the next day. Hmmm good idea to repurpose the PVC pipe - I will have to remember and keep that idea in the kit bag.

I do indeed have a utility holder mounted on my bait board....knife, ikijime, split ring pliers, hook removal pliers, bait needle. I have also mounted a port nav light (red) for visibility when night fishing (preserves night vision), and a tap for a quick rinse of the hands. The switches for the light and tap/deckwash/live bait tank are all mounted on top of the light fitting. 

..... and the garage rod storage ..... to keep all the toys out of the way and from being damaged....

Seems we are all heading in the same direction on gear storage ! ...

Cheers

Zoran

[antonywardle]

That deep rig looks good. How did you make it?

 

[zmk1962]

Purchase that one - Alvey Reef King - spooled with 2000m of 200lb braid. 

I just added the boom and pulleys on top as I found it unwieldly trying to use it with the bottom mounted short s/s spigot that it comes with. I also knocked up the ply frame it sits in - found it a lot easier to transport that way (the reel is heavy!!!).

The Alvey is my rig for Browns - I am very old school in regard to deep dropping - and get heaps from all my mates for not going electric. But there's just something special about bringing up a fish that way vs electric...and after using it I don't need to go to the gym for an upper body workout! 

Here's a clip from a few years back - ffwd the boring bits (2:00 Alvey in use, 4:30 the catch of the day) - its what I call the Alvey Reef King vs Miya Epoch 8 .... I out-fished them that day - he he he !!!   

Cheers

Zoran

[Fab1]

7 hours ago, antonywardle said:

I recently made myself a rod holder to keep my rods in,

but I kept bumping in to it and it would occasionally fall over, so I needed to stop this by putting some braces on it. I looked around the shed and couldn't find any. What I did find was an old bit of PVC pipe and my heat gun, so I thought I'd have a go at making some. So out with the head gun and some bit of wood.

  

 

I cut a piece and heat it up before flattening and bending it to how i thought it should look. Then I made a second one.

After that I just attached it the the wall and the rod holder and it seems to have stabilized pretty well.

I then found a piece of 90 mm down pipe, so while I was in the mood for playing, I thought I'd have a go at making a place to store my tools in my boat. First I cut the pipe in the middle and heated it up to start bending it

I flattened it down and then made up a wooden jig to help me bend a few angles

 

 

finishing up with drilling a couple of holes and slots to see if this idea might work. 

Turned out a bit better than I thought. I should be able to mount it in the boat. I can't remember if I saw something similar in @zmk1962 boat and that is where I got the inspiration from, so if I did, thanks Zoran! The screw driver in the middle will become that brain spike thing that someone else mentioned, I just need to find one that I can sacrifice. I did all this outside, I have no idea if heating up PVC gives off any fumes. 

 

Thanks for reading 

Pvc is the poor mans timber.Nice work.Good on you for having a crack.

By the way if I had the gear Zoran has I'd need to take out a second mortgage.

[zmk1962]

Ha ha ha !   Good one Fab.  My Mrs and I see it as an investment in our leisure!

BTW I do believe in buying quality and buying once - that doesn’t mean buying the most expensive.

That gear was accumulated over 30+ years.  Eg  my first overhead a Penn 320GTI bought 1986, the  twin Penn 45GLS in 1996, the twin 330GTIs 2005 - all going strong as I do regular maintenance. One of the 330s landed a 70kg marlin in 2015.  The rods are mostly Penn and Silstar. I find the Penn gear indestructible if washed down after each trip, oiled and given some maintenance every 18-24mths.

Cheers

Zoran

PS - guess some will now call me OCD and a hoarder !

 

[Fab1]

27 minutes ago, zmk1962 said:

Ha ha ha !   Good one Fab.  My Mrs and I see it as an investment in our leisure!

BTW I do believe in buying quality and buying once - that doesn’t mean buying the most expensive.

That gear was accumulated over 30+ years.  Eg  my first overhead a Penn 320GTI bought 1986, the  twin Penn 45GLS in 1996, the twin 330GTIs 2005 - all going strong as I do regular maintenance. One of the 330s landed a 70kg marlin in 2015.  The rods are mostly Penn and Silstar. I find the Penn gear indestructible if washed down after each trip, oiled and given some maintenance every 18-24mths.

Cheers

Zoran

PS - guess some will now call me OCD and a hoarder !

 

Nothing wrong with that at all mate especially when you have the mrs on board.

I could equip myself for fishing with a length of cotton and my results at the end would be the same.Coming home empty handed.lol.I still blame Yowie though.