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Titanium framed Fuji Consept and SiC difference?
Posted by: Sakari Siipilehto (---.adsl-net.finnetcom.net)
Date: December 04, 2005 01:44PM

Hi.

What's the difference between Fuji's titanium framed SiC and Concept guides - ie TSG and TLSG?

Cheers,
Sakari

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Re: Titanium framed Fuji Consept and SiC difference?
Posted by: Spencer Phipps (---.lsil.com)
Date: December 04, 2005 02:08PM

If the TLSG guides have SiC rings built like the Alconite rings they are they have a slightly larger ID than the standard Fuji guides, hence a thinner ceramic ring and a supposedly improved attachment system of the ring to the frame. At least that the company hype.

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Re: Titanium framed Fuji Consept and SiC difference?
Posted by: Cliff Hall (---.dialup.ufl.edu)
Date: December 04, 2005 03:34PM

For the FUJI CONCEPT-Style Guide Series: [www.fujitackle.com]

The Silicon Carbide Rings (SiC) with Titanium frames (Ti) are completely ANALOGOUS in DIMENSIONS to the Alconite Rings with the Stainless frames. The only difference is the ring ceramic and the frame metal. And the performance, but not in direct proportion to the higher price of the SiC-Ti over the Alconite-St.

Within the Fuji Concept Style Guides, the Alconite-ring Steel-frame Series have exactly the same guide frame, with respect to frame shape, heel and ring angle, and height of the ring off the blank; and almost exactly the same ring dimensions (OD, ID and thickness, within a millimeter or so), as the SiC-ring Titanium-frame Series.

Y-frame, Two-Leg, Single-foot (Spinning): TYSG
TYSG = BYAG = CYAG

Tri-Leg, Double-foot frame (Casting): TLNSG
TLNSG = BLNAG = CLNAG

Two-Leg, Single-foot frame (Low-frame): TUNSG
TUNSG = BUNAG = CUNAG

One-Leg, Single-foot frame (FLY): TLSG
TLSG = BLAG = CLAG

For a further discussion of this subject and its application, see the related Thread below. -Cliff Hall+++, Gainesville, FL-USA+++

How do I select guide sizes when ordering?
Keith Neidhart December 4, 2005 12:48PM

[www.rodbuilding.org]

Re: How do I select guide sizes when ordering?
Cliff Hall ([email protected]) Dec. 4, 2005 01:58PM



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/04/2005 05:28PM by Cliff Hall.

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Re: Titanium framed Fuji Consept and SiC difference?
Posted by: Sakari Siipilehto (---.ms.tut.fi)
Date: December 05, 2005 03:53AM

Thanks Spencer and Cliff.

So TLSG has greater ID and thinner SiC ring with improved attachement system?

Is there difference in weight? From the pics it would look that the TSG is slightly higher than the TLSG, is this true?
The pics are here:
[shop.mudhole.com]
[shop.mudhole.com]

T stands for titanium, S = SiC and G = guide, but does that L stand for?

Unfortunately I don't gain anything from knowing what others the rings correlate - I'm a fly rod builder and haven been mostly in touch with single foot snakes etc.

Cheers,

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Re: Titanium framed Fuji Consept and SiC difference?
Posted by: Cliff Hall (---.dialup.ufl.edu)
Date: December 05, 2005 10:31AM

TLSG: In this position of the Fuji code for Guide Styles, L = "FLY".
BLAG: Black color, FLY-frame, Alconite-ring, Guide

BYLG: In this position: L = "HARDLOY" Guide ring
BYLG: Black color, Y-frame, HardLoy-ring, Guide

More FUJI de-coder legends and demystification available at:
Fuji Guide Codes – simplifying the model #’s coding system [www.visualwrap.com] compiled by Billy Vivona.

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Re: Titanium framed Fuji Consept and SiC difference?
Posted by: Sakari Siipilehto (---.adsl-net.finnetcom.net)
Date: December 05, 2005 02:44PM

Thanks Cliff,

now I know why there's that L. And, on the other hand, I'm puzzled why the other is just TSG. Nice link, went to bookmarks.

But, the points are (TSG vs TLSG):
which one is higher, if any difference
which one is lighter, if any difference

Cheers,
Sakari

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Re: Titanium framed Fuji Consept and SiC difference?
Posted by: Billy Vivona (67.72.26.---)
Date: December 05, 2005 05:15PM

SAkari - I am not entirely sure of these answers - I think the TL is a little lower, adn a teeny weent drop lighter, as it has a shorter, thinner foot.

I am not sure of this, hopefully one of the fly rodders who build know the answer. I do not think there is a major differnece in weight or hieght between the 2, but I may be wrong

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