When wrapping in bands, how do u keep the threads from twisting around each other and wrapping in "ropes"? I seem to have this problem when trying to keep tension on just two threads. As I pinch the threads all that twist gets backed up down toward the spools , thread gets all wound around each other and I suppose it's too entangled to flatten out as it passes thru my fingers . How do
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I built a batson SUR1508. cut 3" off top and bottom to make it 12' even. It is stiff and fairly fast. By the way you describe it, i think this would work for what you are trying to do.
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I am tyring to find one of these. This is an 11'6" fiberglass 1 piece blank, comes in Honey and Black. I believe it is discontinued, and they only make the lighter 3M version now. Does anyone know where I might be able to find one? Closeout somewhere? Someone's closet? They do make a 13"6" version, that is heavy, but I am just not sure I want to cut TWO FEET off a blank. That
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Ya know, i gotta say, I complain as much as anyone about shipping costs. Here in Houston, we have a terrific rod building supply store, Fishing Tackle Unlimited. But houston is big. and many of us live 20+ miles away. It's about 20 miles from Galveston too. It has occurred to me that at 20mpg, it takes $6 in gas alone to get there and back. I have to take a toll road, which is another $5 total.
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I started not too long ago. The flexcoat startup kit got me started, it cost maybe $150. It has all the epoxy, hand wrapper with thread tensioner, DVD, book, etc etc. . One thing I wish i had purchased early on: the Madeira 30 spool assortment for $98 from Mudhole. This is a real bargain at ~$3 per 1100 yard spool. This is used for the decorative cross wraps on the fore grip or butt section of s
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OK, John, Thank you. I did this wrap single thread at a time, and it did not take me that long. I am not in a race! It is 35 degrees outside! But i understand exactly what you are saying, and I will think about this next wrap. I will also keep my eyes out in pics of other wraps and see if i can see this effect you are talking about at the seams. Thanks. Jim
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"You could also go out as far as you want with the wrap and place the first guide on top of the wrap." Yeah, i sort of thought of this... after the fact. I already laid down and put epoxy onto my underwraps. I have not wrapped the guides though. The multiaxis wrap is another good way to get more images in that little space. "scales" as suggested by Mark is the leader r
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I see where people wrap "background" in bands when doing closed wraps. I'm not sure what constitutes "background" though, for, let's say a spider. Is the background everything on the "box out" plus 1 wrap? Let's say I'm on the 3rd pass on box out plus 1, creating the background that the spider legs sit on top of. would i wrap a single band of 3 threads out on all 4
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I am building a shark rod, 40-100lb 7 ft. Not much room for decorative wrap with the long foregrip and 8 guides. I have 119 mm between 1st And 2nd guide wraps. Base circumference at 1st guide is 51 mm and tip is 46. A square wrap would have 2 repeats before tie off? I would rather do a compressed spacing to get more images in that space. Diamond would work of course, but what else ? I never see
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OK, I think you are both right. I went back after the CP had dried, and the threads had tightened back up considerably. amazingly, actually. Can't believe how much the CP caused them to loosen. anyway, i checked carefully that the wrap threads were still being anchored by the base wrap. very carefully. They did seem to be. I applied the high build finish, and packed those threads in a little a
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I had a disaster happen, and i would like to avoid this in the future, and see if there is a miraculous way to salvage my wrap. I did an open wrap, with 2 chevrons pointing toward each other on a surf rod above the fore grip. There were 4 of these images where the 2 chevrons met up and were pointed in at each other on the top side of the rod. on the under side, there were two full images, and i
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I am going to attempt to wrap a Maltese cross (as described by BD Ehler in his tutorial) on the butt or fore grip area of a surf rod (so it's fairly large diameter). I understand the basic layout and wrapping sequence. What i do not know is how big to make the diamond wrap over the middle "cross" layout thread, and then how big to make the "box" layout thread around the diamon
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