How can i make so a beautiful Grip?
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How thick is the EVA?

This Rose isn't a EVA-block like/how this:
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I cut all teh different pieces up, glue them together like a jigsaw puzzle, then I wrap it around a small core of EVA. lol, it's a lot easier just to order an EVA grip inlay from me...but I would never do anything like the Rose for someone else due to the amount of time it takes (I spent abotu 20 hours on that grip).

Here is my method on making grip inlays, it takes me less than 5 minutes to make them as you can see in the videos. It took me a LOT of research and a lot of tinkering to come up with this technique. This is how they do Marquetry, how they make veneers, so it's nothign new. I just took those techniques and made them work with the materials I use and how to instal them on fishing rods I figured out on my own. I really would like to do a Decorative Grips DVD/Book, I've been saying this for 3 years though.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/19/2013 09:37AM by Billy Vivona.

Billy
What kind of glue did you use to glue the sections together before you sliced them thin
I am thinking that contact sement would not let you push the pieces into each other ??

Bill - willierods.com

Billy Vivona Wrote:
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>... then I wrap it
> around a small core of EVA.
I saw the video... but do you use glue to do this?

>lol, it's a lot easier
> just to order an EVA grip inlay from me...
I don't live in USA so i think it's expensive to import!
How does one EVA grip costs?
Without shipping....

Thank you for the Video-Links!
Very interesting for me.

Mark, I try to keep teh price of the grips under $150 for a set. Abotu $30 per hour which is really cheap considering most builders around here get $50-75 an hour to wrap a basic rod.

Just one color of thread ?????

Bill - willierods.com

Thanks for posting those videos.

You've definitely dialed in the process of making those grips. Very nice!

Billy,

I've done some of the more geometric style grips based on pictures you and others have posted, but I haven't yet attempted any of the "marquetry style" grip skins (for lack of a better description) you demonstrated here. On a much more detailed grip do you find you need to alter the thickness of the skin?

I've done a lot of marquetry with veneers over the years so I want to try something pretty challenging in foam. On the more intricate patterns you've done or have seen others do, would you use a similar thickness skin or have it thinner or thicker if there were many more color transitions? Basically, do you find a high number of seams or the narrow width of some color transitions to require different handling?

Adam, thank you.
John, I customize teh inlay that I'm doing so that it's easy for me to cut and glue them up. I try to avoid thin pointy areas. I do not want to make somethign that has an "ameoba" shape, as it is difficult to glue up. The thickness should be 2mm regardless. This gives you enough room to sand flush, and not go all teh way through. Plus you can easily wrap a 2mm piece. If you make the inlay thick, say 4mm - it is harder to wrap around and there is more of a chance of the pieces splitting open. Contact cement doesn't like to be stretched.

I hope this answerred your question? If not let me know an dI'll try again. I learned all of this by trial and error and adjusting and modifying my technques. I had nobody to ask, and it took me a couple of years to dial it in. I'm willing to share, but somewhat reluctant due to how much I put into this.

Very informative and gave me a lot to think about
Thanks for posting first time I put the sound on --- You did not say anything ????

Bill - willierods.com

Thanks Billy, you answered my question.

Hello Billy.

Thanks for sharing yet again and your ease at instruction gets better every time you instruct.

Well thanks again and hope your shop gets back up soon so you can get back to what you do.

Tight Wraps My Friend.

Bob,

New Bern, NC.

@Billy
Where do you buy your colored eva-blocks?
I know mudhole.com but they don't have enough colors (i miss yellow, white... and and and).

Mark, I am the only supplier of unbored blocks in stock. xlrods@yahoo.com and we can talk. I'm not a sponsor here any more so I cannot post, but I'm just answerring your question and not spamming or skirting the rules.

Can you please say me the metrics in millimeter (mm) of one eva-block and whats the price?

You have to e-mail me, I'm not a sponsor here so I cannot post that info