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Needed to make two baitcaster/spinning rod holders for my Wife's new Fish Cat 4.
She just carries two rods only, so just needed a rod holder on each side.
Fish Cat has only a very small area to wrap a strap around with tackle bags sewn on and clearance needed for apron post.
I have made these in past and they work and hold up great.
USED
1 1/2 inch PVC
1 X 1/8 inch aluminum bar
pop rivets and gun
1 inch webbing for straps
snaps for straps
Goop adhesive
Cut two 12 inch pieces of PVC.
Cut two 9 inch pieces of aluminum.
Drilled 1/8 inch holes in brackets as shown.
Rounded corners and sanded smooth.
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Taped brackets to PVC where I wanted.
Used the 3 middle holes of brackets as guides to drill corresponding 3 holes in to PVC. Using bracket holes as guides insured dead on alignment with PVC holes.
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Attaching bracket to PVC.
I used 1/8 x 1/4 inch aluminum pop rivets.
For me these worked best, as riveting to soft plastic can have some issues.
The next two pics are a test piece/example.
Rivet does expand enough to get good bite.
Rivet does stick out some so I put a big drop of epoxy on each rivet to create a smooth bump so rod handles do not catch or hang up.
Could not pull this test piece apart.
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Brackets pop riveted to PVC and bent
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Measured and cut webbing for straps. Had Wife sew on 1/2 of snap on each strap (very clean!).
Figured where I wanted straps and glued straps to brackets.
Let dry over night.
In first pic of brackets you will see two holes drilled into each end.
After glue dried I took a heated nail and melted holes thru webbing using holes in bracket as guides.
I than ran a small zip ties through. This adds extra strength to keep glued strap from ever pulling away from bracket.
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Finished
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She just carries two rods only, so just needed a rod holder on each side.
Fish Cat has only a very small area to wrap a strap around with tackle bags sewn on and clearance needed for apron post.
I have made these in past and they work and hold up great.
USED
1 1/2 inch PVC
1 X 1/8 inch aluminum bar
pop rivets and gun
1 inch webbing for straps
snaps for straps
Goop adhesive
Cut two 12 inch pieces of PVC.
Cut two 9 inch pieces of aluminum.
Drilled 1/8 inch holes in brackets as shown.
Rounded corners and sanded smooth.
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Taped brackets to PVC where I wanted.
Used the 3 middle holes of brackets as guides to drill corresponding 3 holes in to PVC. Using bracket holes as guides insured dead on alignment with PVC holes.
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Attaching bracket to PVC.
I used 1/8 x 1/4 inch aluminum pop rivets.
For me these worked best, as riveting to soft plastic can have some issues.
The next two pics are a test piece/example.
Rivet does expand enough to get good bite.
Rivet does stick out some so I put a big drop of epoxy on each rivet to create a smooth bump so rod handles do not catch or hang up.
Could not pull this test piece apart.
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Brackets pop riveted to PVC and bent
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Measured and cut webbing for straps. Had Wife sew on 1/2 of snap on each strap (very clean!).
Figured where I wanted straps and glued straps to brackets.
Let dry over night.
In first pic of brackets you will see two holes drilled into each end.
After glue dried I took a heated nail and melted holes thru webbing using holes in bracket as guides.
I than ran a small zip ties through. This adds extra strength to keep glued strap from ever pulling away from bracket.
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Finished
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