I am definitely in the +/- cork dust and epoxy filler perhaps just by itself, but a winding check on top of this is the ticket. Unless you're some sort of sculptor, this will give you a perfect cosmetic finish.
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Mike Hubbert Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "As a career bench chemist, weight is much simpler and more accurate than volumes...". This may be true in general, but not in this case it isn't. In the example of the Flex Coat data, the weight ratio is 1:0.838. Great. Now let's say that you and I want to prepare 3mls total of combined mix.
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Chris Catignani Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > (For the record...I measure with syringes) But if I were to weigh epoxy it would go like this.... Put an empty cup on the scale and weigh....it weighs 1 gram. Now put in resin...say 2 grams (scale will be at 3 grams). Now put in hardener...2 grams (scale will be at 5 grams). ...come on Ern
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Tom Kirkman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Rod wrapping epoxies have been formulated to be measured and mixed by volume. This greatly simplifies the process and does not require the purchase of any special equipment such as a scale. I suppose you could call a pair of syringes special equipment, but they're terribly inexpensive and can be used ove
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Does the same rule apply to fly seats also?
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Tom Kirkman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Robert, > Why would there be any extra epoxy?" Surely you aren't filling in the space between the masking tape bushings (at least I hope not). Encapsulating means you're just coating over the ends of the tape to seal out any moisture. Wow. WOW!!!!!!! OK Tom, I'm either going to be the only
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Michael Danek Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > To be sure that any contaminants like mold release > are not present on the bores of reel seats I put > scotchbrite into the patch slot of a shotgun > cleaning rod and spin it through the bore with a > drill driver for about 30-40 seconds. I like that!
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Tom Kirkman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > One of the recent threads below featured a post > touting the old myth about prepping surfaces with > coarse sandpaper for best adhesion. For the newer > builders out there that may have never seen it, > this is the article by chemist and epoxy > formulator Ralph O'Quinn from RodMaker Magazine on
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Herb..."I thought you wanted a one piece reamer." I'm not sure what that means Herb, but I have several grit reamers that I have been using for years. They are of different diameters and tapers. They are getting worn, and I want to revive them as needed. I was just looking for the technique. You seem to have come up with it. I just thought that instead of stripping them to accom
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Thank you guys. I will give it a go. I will either try to clean off my old reamers, or likely visit my local flea market that always has numerous old fishing rods for sale for a few bucks. I'll clean one up, cut it into appropriate sections, and start from scratch!
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Thanks Herb! Couple of questions... When dusting with the grit, is the reamer shaft lying on the table and you are rolling it until it gets covered...or do you have it suspended in the air by one hand while dusting with the grit in the other? Then, once you give it the squeeze, will any "waves' you might instill on it disappear once on the dryer? I am assuming that by the way you descr
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Because I build so few rods, and because the first reamers I ever used for my cork handles/grips were simple grit reamers, I continue to use them to this day. I have several that have gotten pretty sparse over time, and I would like to recoat them if I could. I have the grit I intend to use, but I'm not at all sure what to use for epoxy or how to apply it or the grit. I have seen references th
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Mike Hubbert Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Building the F 590-4F It’s on the turner as we speak. I’ll let you know in a couple days. Hey Mike, Any word on that F 590-4F?
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Thanks Mike!
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Well, now that that's taken care of, any meaningful feedback or thoughts on the blank?
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Herb, Would you mind repeating that? :-)
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Yes...likely a dumb question, but since I don't know the answer, it isn't dumb for me! I purchased a Loomis fly rod about twenty-five years ago that had 0 rings somewhere along the threaded stem, somehow related to the double locking nuts. The only reason I knew of their existence is that they eventually both broke, and their being loosely attached after snapping brought them to my attention.
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Richard Bowers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have seen these guides and talked directly to > Mike McCoy (owner of Snake Brand) - these guides > are a wonder to behold! Mike has put his patented > process to use creating curved guide feet that > match the curvature of the blank, and has > developed a special micro-weld process to make
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Michael Danek Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's not the seat edge that's important, it's > where the reel stem is located. I'm not sure all > reel seats have the same dimension from their edge > to the stem. To be sure you get what you want, > focus on the reel stem position. That MAY be true, but how much variation could there possib
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I think Pat nailed it logically. It appears that eight inch handles seem to be pretty popular among average sized people, but if you were to have especially long arms, perhaps a touch longer. This should be good for bass type freshwater, and most inshore saltwater use. So that is what you have to work with. If eight inches is the ticket, the bottom of your reel seat will sit at that eight inc
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Mike Danek wrote..."yes, but if the rod recovers in a direction not opposite to its defection, there will be an error." What error? There is no error. Whatever the combination of forces exerted on the rod at any particular time will result in whatever you end up with. Regardless of the characteristics of the rod, nobody is going to make the same cast with all of its various forc
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Tom wrote..."My fly tends to go exactly where I cast it, whether that is where I intended or not." Yes...funny, and also simple laws of physics. Mike wrote..."Nobody casts on the same plane or axis each time. So all this stuff about tracking and oscillations affecting casting accuracy are out the window. They would change on each axis so if they really made any difference you
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Herb, I see that you recommended REC guides in both snake and single foot models. Do you have a preference in general, or possibly one type for one application, and the other type for a different application? I seem to be seeing more votes for snake guides these days as opposed to single foot guides. For saltwater application and an 8 weight blank, what would your preference be?
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Are there any bona fide reasons that rods in the 7-8-9 weight ranges are better built with snake guides vs. single foot wire ring guides as runners? I hopefully will be starting an 8 wt. for salt water some time in the near future.
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Scott I went to the site and now find myself both happy and unhappy essentially for the same reason. I'm happy for you, as it appears that you apparently sold out every fly rod grip you had to offer. I'm a little unhappy because it appears that you apparently sold out every fly rod grip you had to offer. All in four days. Also, I'm not very good with computers, but I did not find any s
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John Santos Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > (I think he does 1/3’s of each part - I only added 4 drops to 1cc of combined epoxy). Actually John, although all "drops" are not created equal, after over forty years of watching IV bag drip rates, the average drop is about 1/15th of a cc (or ml if you prefer...one and the same). So in essence, you
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Ron Weber Wrote: > No such thing as 2 stripper guides on a rod Technically true. I should have used the term "two double foot guides", but terminology aside, I was about to say that you get the point. But maybe you didn't. You can call those two guides Peter and Paul for all I care, the issue remains the same.
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Measuring guide diameters, whether inside or outside, for the purpose of putting the ones you already own in size places is one thing. But I have seen written on this board multiple times people giving advice on guide sizes for various weight fly rods using the "numbers". For example...for a 9 weight rod...Two strippers, #16 and #12, then single foot guides of one #5, two #4s and the
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John, Odd that there is no response to your question yet. I too am looking for some information related to fly guide sizing. Whether snake or single foot guides, I'm not really sure what the numerical designations of the guides mean to me. Is there in fact a standardization for these numbers? Do the numbers correspond to standardized diameters relative to those numbers? I have seen some
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With proper thread tension, I wouldn't expect any guides to be "really loose". Also, I am assuming that that is what "locking wraps" are for.
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