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2 part question
Posted by: david daniels (---.farmerswireless.com)
Date: April 21, 2006 04:42PM

hello everyone,
i was wondering if anyone ever used a light coat of perma gloss on burl cork handles to bring out the full color of the cork? i have read that some builders apply a light coat of tru oil on burl cork to bring out the color, and tru oil is gun stock/ wood finish. please let me know what you all think. also i was wondering where i can buy some of the small wheels with the rubber outer ring used on rod wrappers/holders? thanks for the help. david daniels.

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Re: 2 part question
Posted by: joe lucas (65.118.17.---)
Date: April 21, 2006 04:58PM

as far as the rollers go you can go to a hardware store and get storm door rollers and they can make you some o rings to fit them

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Re: 2 part question
Posted by: Carrington Tate (---.wellsfargo.com)
Date: April 21, 2006 05:56PM


[www.herbach.com]


try cut and paste in your browser, not sure how to link it..

Carrington

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Re: 2 part question
Posted by: Anonymous User (Moderator)
Date: April 21, 2006 07:00PM

You could certainly use Permagloss on your cork but it will create a bit of a harder surface that you may or may not desire. A coat of cork seal will also bring the figure and color up a bit but won't make the surface quite as hard. Just depends on what look you're after.

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Re: 2 part question
Posted by: Mark Griffin (---.lsanca.dsl-w.verizon.net)
Date: April 21, 2006 10:43PM

David,

If it's for something you're making rather than replacement parts, Joe's right... Screen door rollers from the hardware dept. and o-rings from the plumbing dept. We've got the same ball bearing wheels/o-rings that you've got on your wrapper if you strike out at the HDWE store.

Where ya been?!

Mark Griffin
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C&M Custom Tackle
San Dimas, California

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Re: 2 part question
Posted by: Stan Gregory (71.2.30.---)
Date: April 21, 2006 11:30PM

It's easy to make O-rings if you're willing to measure dimensions (width & height) required, order the necessary O-ring material, cut the material to size and glue the turkeys together.

I had the same problem of finding suitable O-rings to fit ball-bearing patio door rollers from Lowes, ordered suitable material from MSI and made enough of the things to last a lifetime of rodwrapping - ordered too much and shared the O-ring material with a couple of other builders that had this particular dillema.

There's not much to making O-rings from scratch.

Stan





Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/22/2006 12:02AM by Stan Gregory.

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Re: 2 part question
Posted by: Mike Barkley (---.nap.wideopenwest.com)
Date: April 23, 2006 10:20PM

True Oil Rocks, especially on Burl Cork. Really deepens the pattern and brings it out! The idler pulleys from Herbach that Carrington posted above ar great.

Mike (Southgate, MI)
If I don't want to, I don't have to and nobody can make me (except my wife) cuz I'm RETIRED!!

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