My wife says to tone it down a bit. Curt
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I drill one end 1/2 way through and flip the grip and finish the drilling from the other side, quite accurate for a drill press. Curt
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And don't forget to prep all the surfaces to be glued including the ends of the wood incert. Curt
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Slow down when you feed the material into the blade keep the preshure on the blade light let it cut it wont offset the blade as much .
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Slow down when you feed the material into the blade keep the preshure on the blade light let it cut it wont offset the blade as much .
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The wife says Looks to me a lot like a bit-o-honey candy bar, I say blond granite Curt
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If you have any of that ac plywood left you could rip a 2" pcs. with a 45deg. angle in it and rip 45deg. triangle to fit in the top of the other piece to finish the edge, stain and urathain.
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something my grandfather said to me as a teenager in the late 60's, It's what we learn after we know it all, that really counts. Curt
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When you finish a rod with Lumiseal, how soon can you wrap guides on with uot hurting the finish. Thamks all for the help. Curt
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outlaw country
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outlaw country
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In need a blank to perform as described below. I have a friend that charters on the Delaware bay. He primarily fishes for flounder. every now and again hooking up a 20lb. rock fish, customers have a tendency to break rods ment for flounder. What he is looking for is a rod that can give the customer a fun fight with the flounder but be able to handel the 20lb,er without breakage. I in
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PS its called butchers twine
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The type of cord that you would use for tying meat to cook. has good thickness so not a thousand raps it absorbs the epoxie well. and don't forget to prep the blank before you wrap. Curt
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Think of the folks that do the packing and shiping, they have famlys too, a little pay would be nise.
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It might be a whyle befor they anser thay are all at the ICRBE this weekend.
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I think checkering would be incredable on a grip, id like to see it when your done I have been watching a frend ofmine that checkers fore years I think you have a great idea checkering in strategic locations on the grip for specific hand contact points the more I think about it I defiantly want to see a finished grip I just know it will be ausom.. Curt
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I have used the cord they use for tieing meat for cooking it absorbs the epoxie well I think it is cotton has about a 3/32" thick fills the gap fast without a lot of marerial, its also light. makes for a good adhetion too the blank. put it on like a cross wrap openings to the blank Curt
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I use the cord that cooks use for tieing meat for cooking, wraped in a cross wrap open space to the blank is important, the cord absorbs the epoxe as apposed to nylon cord, its fairly thick so it takes up space without a lot of layors. Curt
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I don't know about for rod building but I know a guy that builds custom golf clubs and dose a lot of leather grips. maby a serch in golf building might help. Curt
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see post 1-6 john morse
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whare can you get them? none of the regulars list them.
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I have that exact lazer level. the onlyt problem is that the beam is a little wide and grainey. I also tried a lazre site for other toys it was better but still a little thick. still looking for a tight sharp beam or at least closer. Curt Never take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night!
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face book and others tend to be trouble and most certainly abused.
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Ill talk to a computer guy at work and see how it can be done or not. thanks Curt
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It is worth a whole lot more than they charge for it!
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I haven't figured out how to un hide my e-mail, I have try'ed to send you a e-mail for some reason i cant get it to work, not much of a computer person, If you get this my e-mail is curtisdrumm@gmail.com thanks for your help. Curt
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last winter I built 3 fly rods, im going to build 2 more, there was a request last winter by some one info on calculater, it worked really well for adding or deleting guides, adjusting layout, saved a lot of work-time before static test . To my point I cant find the web site that has it all I know is a fly rod site, wondering if anyone here can remember or has info on the site. Thanks for y
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Hi David I hope you have a great turnout and have a great weekend. Curtis
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Build a rod that fits the most popular type of fishing in your area, cant do any better than that providing the info you have.
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