Derick, We are on the same page. On the nfc carbon casting seats ($29 each now at nfc) that I have, a 15mm outside diameter American tackle insert just doesn’t work. I measured the insert and it was 14.7mm, not 15mm. I don’t know if this is normal or if I received the wrong size insert. the seat on the thread side has a 15.5mm inside diameter. I wrapped the insert with a couple of layers of ta
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Derick, I was wondering the same thing a couple of weeks ago. I ordered a Am Tackle insert, the RSI-4 that has a 15mm OD. When I test fit it in the NFC Carbon fiber seat, it had too much wiggle room for my liking. I am going to order the RSI-1 insert that has a 15.1mm OD and give that one a try. I think it will fit the seat much better but can't confirm that yet. I can say that with the 15m
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Thanks everyone for the replies
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I’m still new to rod building and I am currently building a PB731mhxf as a casting rod for pitching and soft plastics. I’m using split nfc soft touch grips with the butt to the back of the reel seat being 11”. I tried my hand at using the 2 string static load method to place my guides. This is only my 4th build and I’ve used the test each time to tweak the guides. This is my first time placing
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Michael, thanks for the reply! I’ll give it a go.
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Hi everyone. I’m new rod building. I have built 3 rod over the past year, nothing super nice, just ultra light for the kids where I can practice wrapping and finishing. I fish for bass almost exclusively and my only bass build so far was a swb807. I used a kw10, kw5.5, then a few kb’s and then kt’s out to the tip, all size 5. The guides were alconite. I have a point blank 691mxf that I want t
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