FYI dont mix up the caps on your rod bond!!!! Grabbed the jars to do a quick repair and couldn't figure how the lids got so tightly closed i couldn't open them. I even labeled the tops so i wouldn't get confused. Rookie mistake.
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I don't want to hijack thread. I have removed everything but the rear grip on my repair. Jon is the one asking for input on repairing the loose real seat hood. Please focus on his question. JS
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Jon, I have one with the same problem, i decided to tear it down and found that the front hood was a seperate piece (split seat) and was glued solid to the arbor but the arbor was spining on the blank. The center cork was also spinning, I am replacing all of the guides on mine and will be regluing the seat on new arbors. I mention this just as a FYI that it may be more than just the hood. Good
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Thanks Chad, Just sent you an email. JS
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Mr. Paulino, I looked for you email but it was hidden. I posted some questions about graphic software to make decals a week or so ago, you responded that you use Corel. Being a huge fan of your work i immediatly purchased CorelDraw x5. I have been messing with it for a couple days now and it will be great once i get up to speed. If you wouldn't mind emailing me-My address is unhidden- i have
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Thanks for the response Jim, I know what you mean about industry standard, i use autocad on a daily basis but hate how complicated the program is. There are so many other softwares that are more user friendly. Autocad is the one everyone uses and if you want to share files easily you have to use it also. I also think an aritcle in RodMaker describing the basics and defining the process of d
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Downloaded the Corel Draw trial and played with all day. it will do what i want and i found a discount copy of an unregistered older version on Amazon. Thanks for all of the input. As always this forum is a valuable tool. js
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Thank you everyone for the response. I will look into all of the items mentioned. Nuno, thanks for your response also, i was wondering what you used to do your stuff. The mechanical fish graphic in Rodmaker was amazing. I can only wish to do something like that. I will check to see what the student version of corel costs, i have a daughter who is a senior in HS. Time to pick up the yard so
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Good point Mark U. i just don't want invest the time it takes to learn a complicated program just to add my logo and some custom text to a build. I am downloading the free trail for the program Mark N suggested, will see if i can get my head around it and if it will do what i want. Keep ideas coming please,
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Thanks Mark. I looked at indesign-i think its too much for what i need and out of my budget. Photo impact is affordable but will it do text with font outlining? i will look at a little closer. Corel draw is also out of my price range. More suggestions appreciated.
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Need a little guidance. I am looking for a user friendly graphics program to make my own decal designs. I have searched the forum and picked up on the Gimp program. I must say very comprehensive for a shareware program but not user friendly at all. I am somewhat computer literate (autocad user) but can't get my head around the Gimp. Is there any other - low cost - software any of you might sugges
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Thanks for the info guys. Epoxy was Flexcoat High build. Plan on trying Prokote on the new one. It was odd to me that only one wrap faded, the one i replaced. The factory wraps were ok.(different color of blue=first rod i worked on and didn't care if it matched perfectly) I think i will not do my overwraps with metallic on the new rod and go with ncp instead. Too much work to have it fade in
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I had the opportunity to head offshore this weekend for some Red Snapper & Grouper fishing. Along with the usual suspects in offshore rods i brought my 6500 Baitrunner spinner rig to float livies of the back in hopes of a tuna or dolphin. None of that happened but i was happy to use the equipment...anyway on the way back i noticed that the underwrapof one of the guides i had replaced on the s
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Great News! Hoping this is the answer for the one guide repair. Hate mixing epoxy for one guide and wasting the rest.
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6' Folding table from Sams Club. I can pile stuff up 12'' high. I know where everything is .......Its on the table.....Somewhere.! I am a complete slob and i can't wait to here some more ideas on this. Maybe i can change my ways. Great Thread David.. JS
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Thanks Jim, Thats what i plan to do on the custom. Will place my order tomorrow for the REC guides. Thanks to all who helped. I greatly appreciate it. JS
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I just did a search of the St Croix website and am coming up with the same conclusion that it is a custom. There is no decal or serial number. It needs 2 new guides and the seat reglued. only hassle is pulling all the guides to redo the seat. I will not bother to contact them. Jim do you happen to know the thread color on the Tidemaster Series? Thanks JS
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Thanks Tom & Jim. Jim, this blank is charcoal but i will contact St. Croix tomorrow to see if there may be some warranty left on it. Thanks for the info guys. Happy Fathers day. JS
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Thanks for reply William & Jim. Trying to find out if the rod with the REC guides was a factory build or a custom kit before i contact manufacturer. Its in pretty bad shape but if it is covered that would be great. If noone has seen a factory Croix with REC guides i will assume its a custom kit and just pull it apart and repair it. There is no decal on the blank except for a remnant of a dec
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Hello Rod Genies. I have a couple St Croix factory rods to do guide and tip repair. Plus one major repair. First Question: Factory Thread Color on the Tidemaster (TS80MF) series. It appears dark green until i peel it back and its almost mint green on the underside. Must have not had cp on it. Looking for a close match. I know i can contact St. croix just trying to get a faster reponse, trying
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Russell, Look forward to hearing the ''rest of the story...'' I took a look at the link you added and was suprised to see it was from the Sarasota Herald. I read the article but then spent the next hour scanning the paper. The only problem is that paper was written 8 years before i was born and 17 years before i moved to florida. Other than a Publix ad i was unable to locate a business that i r
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Russ, We must be a brothers from another cuzin.! I agree about the fighting belt. I was planning on a gimbal. Thinking rubber because of the small reel and all that. do i need to worry about aluminum for a 20# fish? I hit all my guides with the dremel regardless of where they come from. Cant wait to show the boys my little reel on a Seeker? Billy Rocks!! This forum Rocks! BTW Tried the
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@ Russ. I didn't just jump, i vaulted at an opportunity for a great deal and a chance to ask some questions from the grand wizard himself. What a great hobby where everyone is so willing to help. I cant thank Billy enough for guiding me to the right stick for my ''baby ABU''. With that being said, he may have a deal left for you my friend. Go get it. Thanks for the feedback Russ, i will be on c
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Russ, Checked out the TriFlex. Seems to fit the bill. I would love to be in the 50 range and not the 100. But i am sure you get what you pay for. I absolutly need a tough blank. I am not the easiest on fishing gear. I composit or all glass is the only way to go. Thanks for feedback.
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Billy, Great response with the customer feedback. according to the feedback the inshore heavy is EXACTLY what i need. I will be getting intouch with you for some eva trim rings for this build anyway, so we can talk then. Thanks for getting back. Don't you people sleep?
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Thanks for the quick get backs. I criuse the forum daily and see who knows what about where...thats why the shout out Russell. I've read your posts and you put first hand experience into your replies and your saltwater experience. Thanks for the reply. I will look into the seeker. May be a little out of my price range though. As for the reel thing. I am one of those strange birds that am Righ
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Hello all and Happy Hurricane Season!! Need some help with blank choice. Red snapper just opened here on the Florida West Coast and i am putting together a rig for the big American Reds and Grouper in 100-200 depth. I just purchased my reel. Abu Garcia 7000i Left Hand Retrieve. Yes its small, but so am i. Reel will be strung with 40# power pro and fish targeted will be in the 10-15# range
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Oliver is part Curr,Coon Hound and Antelope. He is at my feet right now cleaning his neather regions. I constantly have to go to the back yard to retrieve masking tape rolls, loupe or whatever the son of B has stolen from my bench....... Little things that are easily overlooked cuz i absolutly love my dog. Way more personality than a lot of people i know. Great Thread!
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Jeff, Just contact Merrick. They will sell to the hobby builder and run the sale through one of their Dealers. I bought some camo eva from them a month ago and thats how they did it for me.
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Boca Grande, Florida Home of the Worlds Richest Tarpon Tournament. .......Scratch that, Tom mentioned night life and they role up the sidewalks at 3pm on Boca...... Orlando!!
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