A good friend of mine has asked me to build a spinning rod as a gift for his son who is graduating high school. He has seen the rods I have build and I keep my builds pretty basic. At most I may add a trim band but I am more about function over flash. He asked me to do something a little more decorative for his son since it is his graduation gift. The blank is natural with clear coat and he decid
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Thanks for the replies. Good information to know for the future if I build for a friend or something.
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I ordered a few rod blanks from Rod Geeks and they came a few weeks ago. I pulled them out of the tube and inspected them to make sure they were ok and then put them back in the tube as I was working on some other builds. Yesterday I pulled out the C260LF that I am building for a crappie/small creek rod and it didn't have a decal with the rod specs. I checked the other 2 rods and they didn't eith
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Thanks for all the replies and insight, looks like I have a few different options to try in the future.
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Daryl Ferguson Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A better choice, IMO, would be a mini belt sander. > You can pick them up for around $50.00. I have a Work Sharp for my knives, which is essentially a mini belt sander. Has a few different grit belts, and is easy to work with. Never thought about that option before.
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I have been using a small file to prep my guide feet like most do. Does anyone use a dremel? I feel like it would be faster but might be too agressive.
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My wife gets on me about never throwing anything away fishing related also. I never complain about her shoes, clothes, or purses but I always have too much fishing stuff. I just got into rod build so I don't have that much stuff yet, but I have been making my own lures for years, mainly jigs, bucktails, and soft plastics. I don't sell them because I don't want to jump through the hoops with t
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Spencer, It is spinning, can't believe I left that out. Roger, Thanks for the advice!
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Hello all, New to the forum and love it. Been reading a lot of the posts over the past few weeks. I just got a rod building kit for Christmas and a couple rod kits to get started. One of the rods I got is a 6' rod, rated for 4-8 lb test, 1/16-1/14 oz. lures. I looked up some different spacing guides and most call for 6 guides on a 6' rod, this rod only came with 5. Can anyone help with what th
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