Hello All. I like my Phenix E lixer 601. Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Hello Michael. Hope This Works. No it did not work. Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Hello Colten & Tom. Volume/Issue.......................Article.........................................................................................Author...................Page. 17/6 Weave: Thread Art Glossary of Words and Terms.(Same As V-7, I-4, Pg.-17 Dec Wraps) By Jim Upton. 26 Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Hello Tom. Is this the one you mean? Volume/Issue...Article...Page. 12/5 Handles; Off Center Turning. 26 Or baybe this one? Volume/Issue...Article...................////Author.................Page. 11/3 Grips, Round or Concentric? By Tom Kirkman. 18 Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Hello All. Here are a couple articles for your consumption: Volume/Issue.....................Artiocle..........................................Author...........................................Page 6/6 Blanks: Characteristics, Properties and Terms, Part 1. By Emory Harry, And Jack Hurt. 28 7/1 Blanks: Characteristics, Properties and Terms, Part 2. By Emory Harry, And Jack Hurt. 16
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Hello Tom. I must not be real good at encapsulating tape because it always. takes me a little more epoxy to completely cover the tape then to thinly coat a bushing. I know it's not much but I've seen guy's on this site cry obout.01grams. When I build a tape bushing it is never perfectly flat on the edges (lots of little gaps) to hold epoxy. Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Hello Michael. I've got a question for you; how much does the extra epoxy weigh? You know when you encapsulate a tape arbor you use more epoxy than a thin coat on an arbor. Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Thank you Chris. No seeing eye dog yet but the doctors need to come to a consensus or I'm going to have to find better doctors. Thanks again and hopefully I'll be seeing you next year. Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Hello Peter. You can order 18" blocks from MudHole with about any sized hole you want drilled through them, just turn down and your ready to go. Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Hi Herb. Not Me!
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Hello All. You can call them grips, cores, handles or any number of things, they are written about in so many different ways that you would have to read hundreds of articles to even scratch the surface: and this is not all by a long shot. Volume/Issue...........Article...............................................Author.........................................Page. 15/4 Carbon Fiber, (It'
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Hello All. What I do is lay down a coat of epoxy-let it cure a day or two then sand down too smooth then paint and a last coat to protect whatever you painted on it. Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Hello Aleks. I like them. 1. When will they be released for public consumption? 2. What size types and assortments will be available? 3. Will there be ring color choices? Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Hello Tolo. Here is some info for you. Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Hello Geoff. Have a good time, I can't make it this year.. Have FUN & SAFE Travels. Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Thanks Billy and Michael. I have a retina doctor and a neurosurgeon looking into the problem. The eye doctor thinks it's a tumor sitting on my optic nerves, but the neurosurgeon thinks it is something else, we'll see (I Hope). Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Hello All. I know you will have a good time this year, but unfortunately I will not make it this year as I have had some medical set-backs that I can't control. Be safe and have FUN, maybe next year if the doctors can get their stuff together. Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Hello Tolo. Have you tried these? Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Hi Tom. Check Test file:///F:/HPSCANS/scan.pdf Did not work Sorry folks, I tried to put a copy of the article Tom did about Morris in the Volume 27 Issue 1 of RodMaker Magazine Editors Page and in the "Rod Building News" section he penned a commentative also. I will miss Morris too. Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Hello Francis. This is an oldie but goodie, I almost forgot I had.Hope it helps (and still works with newer threads). Threads Per Centimeter 00 Silk Threads = 80 Threads Per Centimeter = 203 Per Inch 00 Reg. Nylon Threads = 88 Threads Per Centimeter = 225 A - Reg. - NCP Nylon Threads = 57 Threads Per Centimeter = 145 Per Inch. A – HT Metallic Threads = 67 Threads Per Centimeter = 169 P
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Hello All. Try the book on "Ergonomics": Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Hello All. Here are some articles on inscriptions: Volume/Issue..........Article..........Author.......................Page. 12/6 Inscription Diamond. By Randy Duket. 18 16/5 Inscriptions, A Foundation For… Better Hand Inscriptions. By Tom Kirkman & Dave Mayer. 22 3/4 Inscriptions, Fixing Mistakes (in the area). 22 2/3 Inscriptions, For Your Custom Rod. 10 2/3 Inscriptions,
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Hello Jeffrey. It's not pretty but it's all I got. See how the bars get thinner as the diameter gets smaller? Hope this helps. Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Hello All. I think more has been written about handles than anything else in rod building. This is not all of them either. Volume/Issue......Article........................Author...................................Page. 17/6 Handle And Seat Comfort. 22 20/5 Handle Length for Surf Rods Pt.1. By Tom Kirkman. 10 11/6 Handle With A Bareback. By Stan McClean. 16 11/2 Handle, Hot (Hand W
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Hello Ken. You are right pricing has been worked over the coals over the years, here are a few articles to read if you wish. Volume/Issue...Article.......................Author..................Page. 8/5 Pricing Custom Rods (Part 3). By Tom Kirkman. 22 8/3 Pricing Custom Rods Part 1 of 3. By Tom Kirkman. 16 8/4 Pricing Custom Rods Part 2 of 3. By Tom Kirkman. 22 10/5 Pricing fo
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Hello Tom. I found it; it was in the Techniques section under "Balancing Fly Rods". I was stuck on the seat barrel thing. Volume/Issue...............Article.................Page. 4/4 Techniques: Balancing Fly Rods. 18 Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Hello Tom. When I read this the other day I remembered you did an article on reel seat tubes, I had some time today and looked it up; it was on shortening and not extending them. So if anyone wants to shorten a Seat Barrel heres the article for you. Volume/Issue...Article........Page. 24/1 Seat Barrel Length. 20 Memory is not what it used to be! Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Hello Jeff. Get a hold of Roger Wilson and he will give you a list of places to get them. Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.
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Hello All. Here are a few of the stories about "spine" Volume/Issue.....Article........Author....;.;.....Page. 16/2 Spine Legacy: A Magic Wand. By Rich Forhan. 30 3/4 Spine, Another Way To Find It. By Don Morton. 18 2/4 Spine. 16 6/1 Spine: Playing With Rod Spine. By Rich Forhan. 14 13/6 Spine?, What About It. By Tom Kirkman. 24 19/6 Spine?, What About It. By
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Hello Tom. Here is one that is in the library. Comments: Completed Rod CR NAME: Inventory. DATE: Inventory# / Build#: Inventory # 8 / Build # 44 E.DATE: More Comments: Hours: Cost: BLANK: MAKE: Pacific Bay. $40.00 MODEL: XST56XH-B. Stand-Up Tuna. LINE: 50-80#. LURE: 2-10oz. ACTION: Fast. POWER: Ex-Heavy. LENGTH/WEIGHT: 5' 5-5/8&qu
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