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GF600L
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GF600L
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bottom, 66 piece inlay
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in case i forget what i'm looking for
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inlay idea stolen from billy, trim band idea stolen from gary. thanks guys.
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cork inlay inspired by Billy V
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wrapped +1
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turkey feathers with st. johns cross.
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death stick
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i was under the impression that as a small business you were required to either pay when you buy or pay yourself via the sales and use tax form dr-15.
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never used a dremel, thought about it, tried one cut on a scap piece, but decided it was too hard to control and wouldn't give good crisp lines.
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thanks Mark there are some other inlays i did in the photo section. sort of copied tatoos or with the fish, found a pic of a fish i liked and laid some tracing paper over it and made a tribal effect out of it. not much more to say about doing other than what i said above, i didn't seem that hard to do. do an easy couple of piece one first, maybe some initials or something. try it on a scrap pie
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one more tip. i found it easier to not worry about the inlay pieces sticking up and when they dried i would use the exacto to trim it closer to flush before i sanded it down.
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i worked those grips off of the blank. it was nice to be able to move it around a lot while i was digging out the cork and the tarpon goes all the way around the blank. i think it would be a lot harder to do on the blank. maybe you could shape it with the power wrapper and some all thread. i've been using 1/4" in the past but just learned from others that this is kinda dangerous. if it pops
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yes that is how i did it. i also turned the cork before i glued the rings so i could keep as many imperfections away from the inlay as possible, and i made a stencil to trace the picture on with and then used it to cut out the pieces. i used an exacto type blade holder, easier to work with than a razor blade. hope this helps.
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i'll call them monday, thanks
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is there a paint i could use that would match the st croix forest green blank. small patch of paint lifted on me. thanks
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i use burnt cork and mudhole's cork ring slicing jig shimed as per instructions" to create slices as thin as 1/32". 1 1/4 fender washers make good shims, they all seem to be different thickness. find a thick one and your good to go. rubberized cork rings make for very durable edges too. but its harder to cut.
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i have a lot of rods with guides for tips and i like it. i believe the bending problem comes from putting the lure/hook on the hook keeper and spinning the reel handle with a little too much umph. pulling straight back on the guide and bending it. i recently put one on a 30# cobia rod to see if it would hold and it bent pretty quickly. caught a 50# cobia on it and it held fine. but the additiona
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that seems right to me.
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not taken in any sort of a bad way. i really appreciate you taking the time to help me out. each wrap i learn more but with help from this forum i learn quicker than i ever could alone. it looks better after i pulled some of the threads out from under the box and first dog in the arm but i diffenetly see what your saying. the st johns cross i did before this one came out bigger than i wanted so i
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makes a lot of sense. used x1 to get that curved look cause i like that a lot better than the x4. still wrapping one thread at a time. by bands you mean laying down more than one thread right? i guess i could cut 3 or more and lay them down at one shot. still playing with colors to find fades i like. when i do i'll load up on those colors and do the thread box thing. gonna have to build another
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closing it now. gonna leave it, big box little arms. but still looks good enough. its not the space shuttle. i was doing the spiders x4 and i like that. never thought of trying a 3 or 5. thanks for the info
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is it +1 or x4. +1 doesn't really look like the picture in the book.
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