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Re: Securing single foot guides prior ro wrapping.
Posted by:
John lasky
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Date: November 23, 2004 09:04AM
Good morning, I have to be honest I dont secure the guide foot with anything. when I first started using single foot guides I was taping them down but that was a pain and often (esp the tiny guides) often the guide would move . by accident I found I didnt need anything. I make 4 or 5 wraps then insert the guide under the thread tightly at a slight angle this will hold the guide down , then ill make a few more tight turns over the guide foot , I then straighten out the foot and pack my first couple of wraps straight and then wrap the rest of the way . once you get a few wraps on the foot it stays right in place. this is the easiest way for me and its cut my wrapping time down quite a bit as im not playing with the tape... "John" Re: Securing single foot guides prior ro wrapping.
Posted by:
Paul Dunstan
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Date: November 24, 2004 04:07PM
Gentlemen - when I posed the question it never occurred to me that I would get so many responses from so many (clearly) inventive people! Thanks a bunch! Paul Re: Securing single foot guides prior ro wrapping.
Posted by:
Ken Preston
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Date: November 24, 2004 05:30PM
I'm on the side of the surgical tubing crowd. 1/ Determine how you want to use the spine and mark it 2/ Slide a bunch of them down the rod blank. 3/ Put on the tiptop 3/ Wrap any ferrules 4/ Determine where the "key guide" should go (on a light rod whip it from side to side - where you see a "cross over" or "x" in the resultant sine wave that is the optimum placement for your first guide). 5/ Do a static deflection test and insert guides where necessary either side of the "key guide" by sliding guides under the surgical tubing slices 6/ Start your wrap over the toes of the guide foot (5-10 turns). When you are within several turns of the tubing cut it with a pair of small embroidery scissors / surgical scissors (large finger holes / small curved nose). This is safer than cutting with a razor blade (too many chances to cut the wrapping thread or knicking the standing (already wrapped) threads. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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