chuck, this is for snakehead rod mainly used for frog lure weight around 10-30gr sorry i forget mentioned it before
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hi need sugestion about 2pcs graphite blank with mid section joint fast/x-fast action, heavy power with line test min 10lbs and max 25lbs length 7' and price max $100 thanks
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thank you the blank i talking abut is st croix SCII 2C07HF2 and the reelseat is fuji SKTS16 who has ID 15mm the problem is i have bought bunch of this reel seat including WCS winding check.all in the same size and i have a plant to ordering those blank to completing my inventory it's so difficult to find another blank with same spec in different size..specially the 2 pcs blank
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just wondering if it referring to very end of blank's bottom or referring to place where the reel seal will be set? i have fuji reel seat 16 and the blank that i want to order has butt size 0.645 is it will be fit?? thanks
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this is maybe off topic but recently i accept order to strip and rewrap 3 old SW rod all the guide are double foot and have underwrap with 2-3 color combination this take me full 12 days to finish and i just recieve approx 25dollar it's sad enough but when you have baby that need to be raised every penny is count
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when i sand twice with different grid , 1st using 220 and 2nd use 1000 it happen too maybe because the residue from 2nd grid go into 1st gird scratch
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i know this...in indonesia where i live many factory rod that made localy or from another asian country has some scratchy sound too it usualy happen in 1st time the rod use(flex) or when we test to bend it in shop the sound is from the guide wrap. i think because the epoxy not yet break in after few bend/flex the soung will gone
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Mike, sure i will do it in my next job.. i think i'll let this wrap become wavy now.. as a reminder of my learning curve.because this 2 rods are my 1st build
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Tom i wont argue with you but maybe there is difference in fisherman(customer) habit in US with in my country and if you ask them about term of spine i believe in 100 customer ,0 has ever heard about it because in here we used rod backbone term. LOL i'm new to rod building and have read your article about rod spine above few months ago and your test in that article give me new perspective ab
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1st thing fisherman do when he pick a rod from rack store is guide alignment straight or not 2nd thing they will check for guide placement are on spine or not if a rod don't passed this two things they will put back it back and walk to another rod this is situation on fishing shop with factory rod and what will happen to a customer of custom rod if their rod don't match with this criteria?eit
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Roger, are you talking about guide wrap? for guide wrap i dnt have any trouble.I did what you mentioned above but decorative wrap is my main problem
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Raymond: yes i used wooden block fo sanding
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Roger and Tom thanks for your responds this is my methods for applying finish. for 200mm wrap and blank's OD 14mm i mixed 0,5ml of each part(1ml in total) i drop the epoxy with my brush randomly in entire wrap until i have nothing in my mixing pot then i spread it lengthwise with my brush until it look "level" and then i wait for sagging and watch closely if there is dried area th
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i know it strange situation i have just made 2 decorative wrap. 1 is 8 axis chevron (open) and the other 1 is tiger wrap the 8 axis is very smooth, i flush it with finish until it sag and turn 180degree and repeat again until no more sag with tiger i did same thing but it can't smooth, so i sanded and recoat again with very thin finish unfortunately i wavy again so i repeat the sanding and r
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it still big problem with me in decorative wrap, no matter i sand it smoothly and evenly. when i applied finish it start to wavy again, not much but still dont get glass look specially when i see it from rod bottom /top so i have idea to spray it with urethane after it smooth sanded. is it acceptable?i feel it like cheat i'll do it only at split grip section so flexibility is not the problem
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i used clear acrylic paint too. but instead spraying it with airbrush, i used brush. just to make sure it soak in each thread
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try google lucida font pattern i have post a link but rodbuilding.org dont allowed it
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customer's satisfaction is the KEY
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agree with Tom i dont use rod CP now. i just bought waterbased clear acrylic paint from art store. cheaper then normal CP :D
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as long as you get good and hard finish both methods is okay but I prefer syringe because it's easy to use and cheap
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for 2lbs braid wood,rock or vegetation in water can make it fray too
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If you have fuji japan catalog 2012 in page 22 you can see they have actual size ID and OD each ring size and there is sizing for each frame too. to bad they dont have the anglish version for this catalog like Col Chaseling said it can help you to choose the right micro size to start you can download the PDF version of that catalog just google it
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you can buy split reel seat or you can make your own here is the tutorial
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I used 30RPM for lite formula.it give good result but if i have a chance to upgrade it, i'll use 200rpm
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for camo dip(hydrograph) you can check rodwerx on sponsor list
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lorenzo it all depend on action of your blank if you build fast or x-fast you can make it all #4 or start with #6-#5 with stripper location further from reel but in medium or slow blank i think fuji KR with #10 KW stripper closer to reel is good.because if you make stripper far away in this blank, line will touch or through below the blank between reel and stripper it happen to me once
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which hand do you used for cast? from what i read in yur 1st post, i guest you used right hand to cast
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fuji KR concept used #10 KW (double foot) guide that has height 14,6mm amtak microwave used #20/6 stripper (single foot) and very tall,height A 28,75mm; height B 43,75mm ;height C 46,70mm. it's from their web but they didn't have any diagram to describe which one is A, B or C I think we dont need stripper that tall in BC rod. but like everyone said if you not try ,you never know. maybe you ca
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Bob from what i see in mudhole their carbon is textured, you can add top coat if you want smooth&glossy look epoxy+sanding paper+urethane clear will work Lorenzo I have a plan to build my own carbon grip and still curious with butt cap too.thanks to bring this topic so we can hear from the expert
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it's funny if you don't like the slogan "build it yourself and save money" they put in this catalog what do you think the rod factory feel when they see the COVER..LOL
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