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What size tip?
Posted by: kevin gross (---.static.izoom.net)
Date: January 07, 2011 11:54PM

Ok guys here is my question. I measured the tip of my rod blank and its .235 inches. What size tip top do i need? All the other rods i put together came with the tip tops so i have never had to figure that one out before. Again thanks for your help!

Kevin Gross
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Re: What size tip?
Posted by: Ken Preston (---.bltmmd.fios.verizon.net)
Date: January 08, 2011 12:00AM

.235 should be a 6mm tip tube size

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Re: What size tip?
Posted by: George Forster (---.hsd1.co.comcast.net)
Date: January 08, 2011 01:08AM

Tip top tubes are measured in 64ths of an inch. 16/64=.250. I would buy a 16 and 18, just to be sure.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/08/2011 01:11AM by George Forster.

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Re: What size tip?
Posted by: Mike Barkley (---.nap.wideopenwest.com)
Date: January 08, 2011 03:21AM

On your next order pick up a tip sizer. They are a couple bucks and indispensable. Keep in mind that the tubes on tips are measured in 64ths of an inch while the rings and just about everything else is in mm's

Mike (Southgate, MI)
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Re: What size tip?
Posted by: Ray Zarychta (---.ri.ri.cox.net)
Date: January 08, 2011 06:54AM

You should also be able to create a spreadsheet with a combination of mm, inches, 64ths measurements to cover all sizes and as long as you have an instrument to measure the tip diameter your good. Some vendors even offer a small chart that can be taped to a convenient area around you work bench.

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Re: What size tip?
Posted by: Ken Preston (---.bltmmd.fios.verizon.net)
Date: January 08, 2011 08:36AM

Kevin (and all else).... My mistake! .257 is a size 16. I just measured it with digital caliper and checked against a tip sizer.

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Re: What size tip?
Posted by: George Forster (---.hsd1.co.comcast.net)
Date: January 08, 2011 08:51AM

Kevin,
You'll also want to take your mesurement about an inch from the end, to allow for taper.
George

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Re: What size tip?
Posted by: Bob Riggins (---.200-68.tampabay.res.rr.com)
Date: January 08, 2011 01:13PM

Multiply the measured tip size in inches by 64. Round up to the next highest available size.

.235" X 64 = 15.04 rounded to 16

Just out of curiosity, what kind of rod are you building? This seems mighty large for a tip. Are you sure you didn't measure it in mm.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/08/2011 01:30PM by Bob Riggins.

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