My New Handle

Thanks for the encouraging comments Bob.

It is a proof of concept for me at the moment. The dowel definately needs something done to it, maybe bike tape, maybe wood oil it, maybe hit it with bright blue rustoleum, or even sand it to fit my fingers a bit. The aluminum is screwed to the dowel with a couple of old screws I had in my box and haven't even been countersunk. Now Ive flown a fair bit with it, and used the adjustments I am happy it works, and the adjustments are very easy to make, I will make another one for real use. The holes are all one centimeter apart but I guessed the up/down center point, so this time I will scribe the centers, punch them, and drill with a drill press After I took this photo I made some little grooved fittings out of JB weld that were on the front bracket far ends to hold my lines wrapped around the handle. Didnt work well at all. Lol. I need to re think how to do that. Might make a bit of dowel that attaches easily on and off to the bracket part at one end, then I can rotate the handle easily to wind my lines up on it. I use stranded stainless .008 so I need to look after my lines well.

I''l post some photos when the upgraded and better looking model comes out. :-)

Take it easy.

Cheers,
Gary