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Slick Butt Installation
Posted by: George McRobbie (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: September 10, 2005 06:25AM

What is the best way to make bushings to secure a slick butt to the blank without adding too much weight?

The blank diameter is 0.5" and its a 15 to 25 lb class blank which I'm making into a light weight trolling rod with Aftco lightweight roller guides.

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Re: Slick Butt Installation
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.riogrd01.nj.comcast.net)
Date: September 10, 2005 06:44AM

I would use Flex coat foam arbors cut to the size you like

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Re: Slick Butt Installation
Posted by: George McRobbie (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: September 10, 2005 06:57AM

Barry D Thomas Sr Wrote:
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> I would use Flex coat foam arbors cut to the size
> you like


How many of these arbors would you use?

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Re: Slick Butt Installation
Posted by: Michael Joyce (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: September 10, 2005 07:22AM

Some of the slick butts have matching I.D. EVA arbors. They come in the full legth of the butt. I think it was the "Pac Bay" slick butts. Theres always masking tape or fiberglass tape.

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Re: Slick Butt Installation
Posted by: steve parks (---.mob.bellsouth.net)
Date: September 10, 2005 01:10PM

This might be a little over kill but I use three 2" wide arbors made from drywall mesh tape. That was on an 8" slick butt. On a 12" butt I would probably use four arbors. Like I said it may be a little over kill but I wanna make sure it's there and stays there. This is also using rod bond. I've heard that Kardol works really well also.

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