I am in the process of trying to turn a Shimano Clarus casting rod into a split grip so i can better fit in with all my buddys who have the fancy new style rods.
If anyone is familiar with the Clarus line, you know that it has a large rubber piece on the butt end of the rod below the cork. I thought this was a solid piece of rubber that was glued to the blank so i went to town on grinding it down and rounding it out. well, i found out that it is actually 2 pieces. A rubber sleeve that is glued to the blank, and a rubber cap that is glued to the sleeve. I ground the cap right out with a dewalt hand grinder. I didnt hit the blank at all. There is a large hunk of glue that you can see in the picture.
My two questions are:
1) How can i get rid of the giant hunk of dry glue? Its hard as a nail and i dont want to grind it down for fear of damaging the blank.
2) Any suggestions of what i could use to cap the end off when i am finished. I dont want to remove all the cork and cap and re-cork it all.
Any help would be appreciated.
McCarter himself
