just a thought why not get rid of the wood and put the threaded rod through 1 end of the pvc with a couple of nuts to hold it in place
IMO you just need something that the top of the pole can rest on. Thats how most Carp fisherman do it. The metal base gets screwed down and you pole just rests on the alarm with the butt of the on the ground. Basically like a Y stick concept. Why don't you look up Rod Pods though and try to copy one of those? Seems like thats why you want to do? FYI a couple things to keep in mind is you want to make an intelligent design so it can be collapsed for travel and not be 1,000 pounds. If you can't do that then you matters well spend the 80-100 bucks for a nice one.I use my sand spikes and a mallet though personally. I just can't use an alarm that way but they are more of a Carp luxury... other than that it does the trick.
It weighs like a pound... weight is hardly a problem. I do understand your point about something for it to rest on. But that can be solved. No a Rod Pod is not anything liek I am looking to build. This is what I am looking to build, just out of wood and PVC. As I said I was building this froms craps i had. I didnt want to buy anything (ofcourse I have to buy PVC but thats fine).
Something like that I would probably just try to buy locally if it were under $10 each. It looks like its for smaller tackle, I figured from the looks of what you were trying to build it was to hold something larger - for example my sand spikes were originally made to hold 12 foot surf rods/2lb reels securely while the current is tugging at the bait/lead on the bottom.Those are just 3 foot sections of 1 1/2 PVC cut at 45º with old cheap aluminum curtain rods bolted on to give it extra depth into the sand. (Since the sand is poor at holding things.)
Osmo, i would imagine you would want your pole tip up a little higher, no??? Maybe changing the angle the block is on the rod would help bring your tip up. I don't do alot of shore fishing but I always keep my rod tip up, not aiming straight ahead. Maybe that is just me though I give you an A for creativity though
lmao...i hate to say it but you are going to lose more fish than you catch just trying to get the pole off the wood what ever happened to the "y" stick hahaha make it so the rod comes out/off effortlessly