I’m looking for guide spacing for a 7109 x ray blank



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/07/2023 08:45AM by Rey Morales.

I just built the MB 7108 Xray as a conventional casting setup. Here was the spacing I used. 13 guides not including tiptop. Spacing from tip down.

Guide# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
cm 9 18 27 36 45 54 63 73 84.5 97.5 111 129.5 151
Inch 3.543307083 7.086614166 10.62992125 14.17322833 17.71653542 21.2598425 24.80314958 28.74015745 33.2677165 38.38582673 43.70078736 50.98425192 59.44881884

Thankyou, im currently using 10 guides plus tip. Should this be done?

The guide train I used was Fuji with a KW10 as butt guide, then a KW5.5, Then I believe (3) KB 4.5's and the remainder KT 4.5's. These are very small guides (micros) so takes some extras to keep the line off the blank when flexing. If you are using larger conventional guides you might not need as many. Do a mock layout and be sure to do 2-line static load test and that will tell you whether you have enough. Here's info on 2-line static load test.. [anglersresource.net]

Fuji’s guide spacing chart…

Line touching the blank in a deep bend doesn’t hurt a thing. As long as it doesn’t dip below in a bow string effect. Personally I’d rather save the tip weight.