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Here's a second on the dremel tool. The thing is great. Be careful though. The reel seat I had to take off was a Fuji Graphite with metal hoods. Use the slow speeds on the graphite parts and the higher speeds on the metal parts. MikeCC's way is the way to do it. If you go all the way through, you might nick the blank and could possibly weaken it a tad bit.
It will take that reel seat off in a few seconds.
John brings up a very valid point. Since you are going to have to buy everything else, you might as well just save that rod and get a Batson blank. From what I have seen on this site, the prices are VERY reasonable. Instead, you get two rods for a slightly higher price since everything you'll be taking off that one rod will be just about useless anyways.
I think this is the better choice than destroying that one rod. Plus, if you ever decide for some reason that you really don't want to build the Batson, you'll still have the Sabre. On the otherhand, if you strip down the Sabre and you decide you don't want to rebuild... well you can see where I'm going with this.
Best of luck on whatever you decide.
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