Thanks Les, Kendall, and Logan Logan Summers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >I ran CCS on it and came > up with 600g/70deg. If I had been able to find > those #s before purchasing I never would have > bought the blank because I would have known that > it would not fit my needs...Regardless of any > other characteristics, 600g is 600g
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@Tom I never said that building on the straightest axis makes the rod heavier
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Tom Kirkman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- . > This is what all spine finders will automatically > find - the softest axis. Gary clearly demonstrates how to manually find the spine in the exact same fashion a spine finder would. Gary said "the place the blank wants to stay, it wants to bend easier this way." You call this the softest axis, th
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Mike Ballard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am saying > that because it is so easy to prove that building > on the spine does NOT prevent rod twist. Again, nobody here, and not Gary, is talking about rod twist. It's like I'm saying seat belts help prevent injury and you reply seat belts don't prevent crashes - not what I'm saying. >
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@Tom Gary acknowledged the confusion and mixed use of the term and then actually said "I don't what the Spine is or where it is, I just know where the guides go" so essentially you can call it the stiffest axis, the bagel of the rod, or the axisest axis it doesn't matter- he is saying build rods like this... and then demonstrates what is commonly understood to be finding the spine/splin
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Spencer Phipps Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > El, > So, you are saying if I built a rod out of bamboo, > E glass, S glass, early generation carbon fiber, > and X Ray material, as long as the IP and AA were > identical you wouldn't care which one you used in > your application? Nope, was just asking if you were going to build a rod sp
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@Mike I'm only even mentioning this because I've seen a number of times people say "the guy who started the whole spine thing was a salesmen" - that doesn't mean anything at all, that's the fallacy of genetics. Many discoveries and inventions have come from people who weren't "experts" in that field. @Tom that's one part fallacy of irrelevance (since Gary et al never me
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@John Wright I can't say to what extent a difference is made, but I trust the master of the craft Gary Loomis. He says to build according to the spine, and acknowledges the wide spread confusion about the topic. What he says in this video makes sense to me, and his humble presentation just seems so matter of fact and reasonable. Show that one to your students alongside opposing views, bu
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Spencer Phipps Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not what the system was designed to do, it's for > comparison purposes only, would be no better than > asking who makes the best inch, or best pound. With the utmost respect, I disagree with the limited application of CCS data. Maybe that was its intended purpose at creation, but this site is filled wi
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For anybody here who makes blank purchases and rod builds depending on CCS numbers - what CCS specs to you look for for specific techniques and presentations? What CCS data = a good spinnerbait rod? What CCS data = a good 1/4 oz Jig rod? 1/2 oz jig rod? BFS rod? Drop shot? What CCS data = a good... Please don't just say "it depends" - we all know it depends, if you fee
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So for those who are cutting an arbor into 2 or 3 pieces you are only putting epoxy around the arbor and leaving space in between - and that holds up fine compared to using the whole arbor?
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So which would weigh more: a full 3 inch arbor 3 .5 inch arbor pieces and epoxy in the gaps? Or are you not adding epoxy to the gaps, just epoxy around the arbor?
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Thanks for all the insight fellas, I'll see how snug/loose it is and be confident in the recommended solutions.
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I'm building a rod for my daughter and was planning on using a colored tip top, but a size is 5.5 (2.2mm) and its slightly bigger than the rod tip factory measurement at 5 (2mm) . Should I shim it with thread? Tape? Just use a bunch of extra glue? Not that big a difference? How much of a gap would be too much? I don't foresee heavy use or heavy fish, just trying to make a "pretty"
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What's the best way to ream a 14 inch full grip when the length and taper of the reamer doesn't get it done straight through?
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@DEAN I think your only option at this point is to get appropriately sized bearings for where the guides will go and attach the bearings to the blank. After the bearings are attached to the blank you need to attach the guides to the bearings, this way all of the guides will freely Orient themselves to the spines axis. Or you can use it to cast Really big spells like a giant wizard
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@Tom - I believe David, correct me if I'm wrong, is stating that anybody on this board or IRL wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a rod built on the spine or straightest axis or on its spleen or if the spine had Scoliosis. I believe him, I imagine the real world difference to be imperceptible to regular humans. I think part of the reason is this: Start the video at 7:22 and wat
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Michael Danek Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If most blanks are represented by the 6 we tested > then over 80% of the blanks have less than a 3 % > difference in TNF due to orientation, and are as > straight as these which had no "straightest axis" > that I could detect, and we use guides like I do > which have a total weight of
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@brian - don't be skeptical. The lighter line keeps the spool light which affects the spool inertia - plus with light lures braid absolutely casts farther with less effort. I plan to give BFS a go either this season or next, Keep us posted how your rod build comes out.
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I've got a lot of respect for you Dennis
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Is say it depends on your output and purpose of the build. Building for clients and making money, it'll keep your hands free for 2 minutes and produce a pretty clean mix. Just building for yourself, I'd put 40 bucks into another blank or splurge on a set of titanium guides for a Light or medium light build.
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Sam my friend I wish you the best, hopefully you have a full recovery. In the meantime please stick around and continue to ask questions, the dogs don't always bite on this block. As for your spine finder - if you have a blank that is already totally straight then it might as well build on the spine. Whether you build with the spine inside out or upside-down do some experimenting and discover
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Gary interprets the spine in the video Tom, people can watch and see that he doesn't agree with you. @Al, no argument here man - I gave up building custom rods decades ago. Shimano has a rod that is 140% more sensitive so that's all I use now - and they build on the curve of the straightest spine, but put the guides on an axis. @Mike, you're right - ignore what Gary said because Tom said.
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@Mike Actually one of the sponsors bought the site... can't get any more sponsored than that haha
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Perfect, progress!
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Tom, if you watch the video you will see that Gary rolls the blank to find the spine in the traditional sense, never once does he even imply anything regarding a straight axis. I'm not sure if this is some fallacy of ambiguity here where you are somehow referencing some specific different spine than most people mean when they talk about this - when you say "MANY rod builders..." I'm not
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@Mark, got me to chuckle with that one haha. I'm gonna look up the Morris incident, we can all learn from others' mistakes. @Michael - I like the way you think! @Ernie, glad I could brighten up your day a little @Chris, glad you got a kick too. And real talk, humans have a natural tendency to make messes and go on the grass with the "stay off" sign.
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Gary doesn't mention rodtorquetwistload once in that video.
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@Mark and Tom a lot of people complain when somebody makes a NEW thread about old topics, people respond with "just search, don't make a new thread, there's lots of old ones." Then somebody replies to an old thread because they searched and instead of making a new thread bring up a little piece of the past for the rest of us to enjoy, while following the advice of not making a new threa
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I trust Gary Loomis, I'm pretty sure he's not an insurance salesman and he still to this day advocates for building on the spine:
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