"Click and fish" rodholder

Last crawled date: 1 year, 10 months ago

This is my second entry for the Trapper rodholder challenge.

Easier to manufacture, less weight, better design, less moving parts, faster adjustment, lower cost.

Place the rodholder on the edge of the canoe, push down, take your fishing rod, throw out your line, place rod into the holder, adjust to the desired position, catch fish.

*******List of materials*******
* Rubber
* Corck
* Stainless steel
* Spring steel
* Aluminum

*******Parts*******
Base:
The base is made of spring steel that is formed with punched out sheet metal. It is self-clamping and doesn’t need any screws to be attached to the edge of the canoe. Just push it onto the edge.
On top of the base there will be a cylinder with thread welded or screwed on (for the thread read further).
The choice of spring steel enables us to use a less thick material for the base because of its resilient property.
To make it the user easier to detach the holder of the canoe, there is a lip on both sides that will allow your fingers to get a better grip on the holder.

Holder:
The holder itself is made of stainless steel (polished for a nice appearance) and is also formed with punched out sheet metal. To prevent damaging of the fishing rod it is needed that the contact area of the holder with the rod has some corck on it.
The design of the holder has the contour of a fish, this design allows to save material and reduce the weight. However it is still strong enough to handle a big fat fish on the hook.

Locknut:
The locknut can be fabricated out of aluminum. Doesn’t rust, strong, easy to machine, lightweight.
For the thread I used the system that we see on the caps of plastic bottles. This causes that it is easier to fit the locknut on the base and that there are only a few rotations needed.
To make it easier to loosen/tighten the locknut there are 6 little bars attached to it, this also makes it look a bit like the steering wheel of a ship.

Rings:
Those will perform the best when they are fabricated out of recycled rubber instead of corck.
Used for clamping the holder in the desired position.

Pads:
The other pads can be fabricated out of recycled rubber or corck.

*******Painting?*******
If any (metal) part has to be painted, the best choice will be powder coating.
Advantages of powder coating:
• No solvents, near zero Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)
• Possibility of (much) thicker coatings without running or sagging
• Recycling of the overspray (maximum material usage efficiency of 98%)
• Less hazardous waste than conventional liquid coatings
• Less operating costs
• Operator friendly
• Robust
• Easy clean-up and maintenance
• High volume production rates
• One layer
• Time saving