KR Guide Placement Software

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Posted by: Tony Papazian (---)

Date: February 16, 2021 08:31PM

I've only built a few rods but this will be my first using the KL-H guides. I've entered all the information into the software & this is what it came up with. Can someone explain how to take this information & convert it into inches so I know where to put the guides? Am I assuming correctly that the stripper guide is to be at 19" in front of the spool axle? If that's correct I'm just confused with the rest of the numbers.

Stripper: 16H

2nd Guide: 8H

3rd Guide: 5.5 M

Number of running guides: 5

YOUR BUILD SHEET:

Stripper Position beyond spool axle tip: 19"

Stripper to Second Reduction Guide: -0.56"

Second Reducer to Third Reduction Guide: -0.41"

Third Reducer to Choke Guide: -0.5"

Total Reduction Train Length: -1.47"

Choke Point Position beyond Spool Axle Tip: 17.53"