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Needed to do one more....
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Predominant red
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Jim Upton



Registered: March 2005
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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Another labor of love
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BIlly Vivona

Registered: March 2005
Location: Staten Island, New York
Posts: 2,910
Sat December 23, 2006 3:20pm

You finally finished it!! Only 400 hours, great job. Now cut it off and do it again on an actual rod.

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James Labanowski

Registered: March 2005
Location: Oxnard, California
Posts: 2,061
Sat December 23, 2006 3:21pm

Way to go Jimbo. Give us the stats pleas?????? As usual fantastic. I am starting on Barney soon. I hope it takes less time to put it on someones arm than what it surely took you. It is still too big a owhie for me.
Michael Joyce

Registered: March 2005
Location: Central MA
Posts: 1,528
Sat December 23, 2006 3:30pm

Fantastic Jim...the stats have to be mind boggling.
Jim Upton

Registered: March 2005
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
Posts: 440
Sat December 23, 2006 3:37pm

Billy; I actually got this done several months back. Took about another 90 hours. Wish I had a picture that was well focused.


Doc; Madeira #40 Polyneon for the 140 design threads in 4 layers. Gudebrod "D" Black for the 167 wraps. I forget what the finished size was 'cause I gave the collector the pattern.
Raymond_Adams

Registered: May 2005
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 2,244
Sat December 23, 2006 4:46pm

Blows me away!!! Awesome!
Charlie Nguyen

Registered: April 2005
Posts: 210
Sat December 23, 2006 8:23pm

really nice looking rod.
MERRY CHRISTMAS& HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE
Randy Search

Registered: February 2006
Posts: 78
Sat December 23, 2006 8:34pm

Awesome JIm.
Ralph Scaglione

Registered: March 2005
Posts: 1,009
Sun December 24, 2006 10:01am

Awesome, i mean what more can you say?
Sean Endres

Registered: March 2005
Location: CT
Posts: 522
Sun December 24, 2006 10:08am

WOW!!!! Absolutely amazing!!
Al Ciner

Registered: October 2005
Location: joliet,illinois
Posts: 692
Sun December 24, 2006 10:10am

I'm Speechless!!
Dave Gilberg

Registered: June 2006
Location: Catskill Mountains in NY
Posts: 17
Sun December 24, 2006 3:37pm

Jim,
You keep raising the bar. This is absolutely astounding!
Mike Barkley

Registered: March 2005
Location: Southgate, Michigan
Posts: 1,119
Sun December 24, 2006 4:14pm

HOLY Crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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