Posted By: Wolfdog91
Conibear stand pictorial *pic heavy* - 01/16/22 04:30 AM
So before I start , Disclaimer : I AM NOT AN EXPERT ON THIS. I don't run hundreds of conis , I don't have decades of experience so on and so on.I've had a few people inbox me since my post yesterday asking how I made my stands so figured I'd make this little pictorial to show how I'm building these. And and also show the calculations I'm using . Hopefully this can help somone out . My 330's are a little weird so my exact measurements may not work on all brands so just take the measurements on your trap and do the quick calculations that I'm gonna show and you'll get a good fit for yours. Also some of my measurements look off in the pictures but it's hard to take a good pic with one hand and hold the tape on the other. The calculations with give you extremely close measurements but they don't have to be perfect. A little bending will make these fit even if they have some slop
Ok first off material. I'm using 1/4' hot roll round stock. I got it in 20' sticks at my local metal supply for a little over $5 a stick. How ever if your making tall stands or stands that are gonna take ALOT of abuse 5/16" rod is supposed to be much better.
So first thing is figure out how tall you want your stands I'm making mine around 20" tall for shallow water. To that add and extra 3 1/2" (3.5") for your bends. You gonna come down from the top of your rod make a mark at 1 3/4" and from that mark come down another 1 3/4" and make another mark.
Ok now clamp your rod in a vice at the first mark and just use a hammer to beat it into a 90 degree angle like so
Ok now clamp you rod at the second mark and again just use your hammer to do your second bend
Ok now that's, basically what you want ,you might have to do some slight bending to get it nice and square though but your going to need two if these per stand
Ok first off material. I'm using 1/4' hot roll round stock. I got it in 20' sticks at my local metal supply for a little over $5 a stick. How ever if your making tall stands or stands that are gonna take ALOT of abuse 5/16" rod is supposed to be much better.
So first thing is figure out how tall you want your stands I'm making mine around 20" tall for shallow water. To that add and extra 3 1/2" (3.5") for your bends. You gonna come down from the top of your rod make a mark at 1 3/4" and from that mark come down another 1 3/4" and make another mark.
Ok now clamp your rod in a vice at the first mark and just use a hammer to beat it into a 90 degree angle like so
Ok now clamp you rod at the second mark and again just use your hammer to do your second bend
Ok now that's, basically what you want ,you might have to do some slight bending to get it nice and square though but your going to need two if these per stand