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19 days ago
steve hall
i am using Sakura Gelly Roll Pens. work best on a layer of finish. Got this from Bill Falconer. if you mess up or dont like how it looks wipe off and try again. there are many colors.
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20 days ago
steve hall
its 4.25 if anyone else needs it
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20 days ago
steve hall
if anyone has one already would it be possible to take a measurement from the wall to the center of the chuck? Thanks
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7 weeks ago
steve hall
like roger wilson. approach is slowly and sufficient support
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7 weeks ago
steve hall
some guides are asymmetric, and the wrap looks odd when compared to the guide foot. For example Alps XN guide and Fuji GMMNSG. The foot towards the tip is shorter so the wrap looks longer. I have done rods both ways "X" amount from the foot which makes the wrap asymmetric. OR made the wrap symmetric which makes it look long. i am leaning towards asymmetric even though the ey
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3 months ago
steve hall
fyi, just got off the phone with black hole rods and I was told they do not share build sheets any longer… so does anyone have reel seat placement dimension for a suzuki s962. thanks
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4 months ago
steve hall
there are fine tipped paint pens, sharpie makes them, come in yellow or white.
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5 months ago
steve hall
@bob Foster, how high from the floor is the top of the bench?
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6 months ago
steve hall
Awesome thank you for the information I have had awesome experiences with decal connection..
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6 months ago
steve hall
Daryl Ferguson Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Decal Connection or Island Decals would be my > choice. Hi Daryl, can you share a link to Island decal? i just seem to get Hawaiian island decal as a return.
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10 months ago
steve hall
in the beginning i was consistently seeing bubbles while drawing epoxy into the syringes. some methods and what i witnessed. if you store your bottles right side up with the inserts, air will be trapped or slow replaced with epoxy when you invert the bottle, thus when you draw depending on the speed of the draw air will be pulled into the syringe. for over a year i was storing my bottles up
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1 year ago
steve hall
I have an array of UC blanks for my personal sticks and built several for my fishing partner and local fisherman. have yet to build any slow pitch style rods. mainly building west coast surface jigs sticks 9'-10'
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