Thanks everybody. I took some time out today and took my micrometer to the base to make sure everything was straight and not bent. Then I checked the jaws and tried out a couple of the grip mandrels that I know run true and there is definitely a wobble going on in the whole front section of the chuck. The jaws seem to be fine and it looks to be in the main body in front of the part that tightens
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I use TightBond II and usually seal my spey rod (DH rod) grips with a clear coat. But I usually use Burl cork rings and exotic wood end caps for my builds. It seems to still give a good grip and helps when using them in Saltwater. I use cork sealer on standard cork rings. Hope this helps you out..
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Hi everybody. I recently decided to upgrade my Pac Bay Power Wrapper chuck and install the Alps Chuck Upgrade. I usually hand wrap but recently had a wobble going on in my Rikon lathe, so I decided to turn the cork grips on my power wrapper. The plastic chuck that comes with the power wrapper doesn’t hold up long so I haven’t used it in years due to it starting to wobble too. Pac Bay was nice eno
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Dan Murphy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have had similar problems-I think mine go back > to using thread sealer that was too old. I have had the same problem. I received some old stock Flexcoat CP from Cabela’s and had it screw up my build. I had a gift certificate for the store so I picked up some supplies there. I usually only pick supplies up f
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Thank you Spencer Phipps. Lots of great info and help. Yeah I like the underhand cast that my uncle taught me. My shoulder injury from my time in the Marine Corps would act up after a long day on the Salmon River and it's tributaries so he taught me a great underhand cast to help me out. My memory is basically gone these days from all the meds they have me on till my next surgery so I am going to
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PROBLEM SOLVED. THANKS EVERYBODY. It has been over 5 years since I built a rod and had to stop for awhile due to needing back surgeries from someone hitting me while I was waiting at a set of lights on a highway service road. So I have been out of the loop for awhile. Right now I am waiting on my final back surgery to be done and then I will be up and running again, enjoying the outdoors and s
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It has been over 5 years since my last build due to having to go through back operations, but the last 4 Spey rods that I built, I used those reverse pilot bits in different sizes to do the foregrips and they worked awesome! I would put a couple of heat shrink tubes over the grip and then mark the shaft with tape so I would know how far to pull each size through. Then I would do a quick clean up
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Congrats on your first Spey build.
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