Here’s an article from the library concerning static testing. Norm
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The KR spinning guide concept came out in 2014 as a modified version of the NGC and was initially designed as a braided line micro-guide concept. The small diameter, limpness, and smoothness of braid allowed for lighter high framed small ringed guides to be used to rapidly choke and control the line so it smoothly enters small low profile running guides. Fuji has done a lot of research with setti
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The Cork4US cork seemed like a good deal for the quality you get. Bought a bunch at last year’s Expo. I think they will be there again this year. If I’m not mistaken, I think it is sold by HFF Custom rods and maybe Custom Rod Grips. Norm
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The EVA foam winding checks that come with the NFC soft touch carbon fiber grips are a perfect fit for a size 18 reel seat and a pretty good fit with a size 20. They come with a 1/4” ID and need to be reamed to fit the blank. If you want to try some, let me know and I’ll give you some. The American Tackle G2 aluminum winding checks are also a good fit with a size 18 reel seat. You buy the ID you
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Most of the spinning rods I make use a three guide reduction train using the 5.5M as the third reduction guide. I have done several rods using a four guide reduction train using a 6M to a 5.5 L and it worked great. I think I may have made a couple with a 7M to a 6L and they also worked great. When you check out some of the Guide spacing Fuji shows in some of their publication, they increase the r
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Yep, my mistake concave side up. Sorry about that. I’ll edit the post so it reads correctly. The weight of the guides and tip-top will allow for the curve straighten somewhat depending on the amount of curve. Norm
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When reaming a grip it’s important to let the grip slip in your hand. I put the grip on the reamer and just pulse grab the grip while turning. By pulse grabbing I mean I just grab the grip while it turning on the reamer for about a second or so, this allows the grip to reposition keeping the hole concentric. If you just grab the grip and hold it so the grip doesn’t rotate while reaming, you are a
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In my opinion, building on the straightest axis has at least two major advantages without any known disadvantages. First, the rod is straight. Nothing reflects as poorly on a rod builder then having a rod tip curving off to the right or left when looking down the guides. Almost all blanks have a curve to them, I horizontally rotate the blank so convex side of the blank is down and the concave sid
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David, as I mentioned before, I haven’t used the AmTac KR-like guides before. It may be because of their height differences from the Fuji KR guides. However, AmTac goes have a 6M and it might work as the third reduction guide when coupled with the 5.5L; i.e. 20H (51.98 mm),10H (29.2 mm), 6M (16.83 mm), and 5.5L (9.25 mm) If the AmTac guides are proving difficult, and you still want to save some
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I like to use the line formed from the bottom of reel spool through the guides because it puts the reel in play when laying out a guide train. Eye balling without a reel takes the reel out of the process. I agree a distance of 2.625” to the choke guide is way to short. I don’t know the distance from butt guide to the tip top, butt it seems that the reduction train length might be a little short.
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David - Place your butt guide (20H) and the choke guide (5.5L) as recommended by the KR-GPS for a starting point. Then position the 10H, and 6L progressively between them until they all bullseye by giving a straight line from the bottom of the reel spool to the bottom of the choke guide. This is the way I bullseye, it’s easy and works well. Don’t be afraid to move the butt guide and/or the choke
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You can use either. For most freshwater and light inshore rods I use a KL5.5M. It pairs pair nicely with 4, 4.5, 5, and even 5.5 KB/KT runners. However, the KL6L will also work fine with runners up to size 6. Basically your choice. Norm
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Here are CCS numbers for three of the NFC travel blanks I built. SJ683-4 IP = 467 gm. AA = 76.5 MB683-4 IP= 518 gm. AA = 73.5 MB704-4 IP = 740 gm. AA = 74.5 Also built the MB635-5 but did not measure it before I made it up and give it to a friend. It was more powerful than the other three blanks, and was ultra compact. All four of these blanks were suitable for bass and inshore fishing.
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Take a look at the NFC travel blanks. They have a large selection of very nice high end travel blanks. I’ve made up four them for friends and they love them. High end high modulus blanks really do have a unique feel about them. Point Blank, Rainshadow Eternity, St Croix V, NFC X-ray, CTS blanks are all extremely light and are very crisp and responsive. Hard to go wrong with any of these bla
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If you don’t have a lathe, then use your cordless drill. With a piece of threaded rod, or even a bolt with the head cut off, screw the arbor onto the threaded rod, chuck it into your cordless drill and carefully sand the arbor while turning until you get the arbor to fit your CF insert. If you go this route, I would epoxy the arbor into the insert and then ream to fit the blank. The reason for th
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You can turn a polyurethane foam arbor down to fit, or arbor with masking tape, or dry wall tape. Norm
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Al, you will love the NFC IG fly rods. I’ve made both a 5 wgt and 8 wgt. They have a very unique but pleasant feel about them and they cast exceptionally well. I’m sure I’ll be ordering more. Norm
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I’ve been very happy with both the MB736 and SJ736 X-ray blanks. In fact, I’ve never had a problem with any NFC blank I’ve built. They were all of very high quality, and made into exceptionally well performing rods. In my hands, the SJ736 X-ray blanks have consistently measure more powerful and faster then the MB731 X-ray blanks. Just my observations. Norm
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I would consider them to be the same. Norm
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A double foot KR concept for a surf rod with size 8, 7, or 6 runners (single ft or double ft), as outlines above, will work fine with 30 to 50 # braid. It would be considered a conventional KR layout vs a micro layout. Single foot KL guides would also work, but they are considered NGC guides. Could use KL30, KL20, KL12 to your runners. Another NGC option, KW30, KL20, KL12, to your runners would a
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Any good gap filling rod epoxy will work, such as U40 rod bond or ProPaste. Even a lower viscosity epoxy, such as Devcon Two Ton epoxy, May also work. Clean up with alcohol, and make sure you don’t inadvertently get epoxy onto the threaded barrel and glue the hood to the reel seat. Norm
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I don’t do a lot of surf rods, and those that I’ve done I used KW guides in a NGC. However, with that said Fuji recommends the RV25 (55.9 mm), RV16 (36 mm), and KW12H (25.6 mm) as reduction train height grouping for surf rods. The SeaGuide XQ25H (55 mm), XQ16H (35 mm), and XQ12H (26 mm) are very similar in height to the Fuji guides, so they should serve as a suitable substitute. An XQ10 could be
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Here’s the CSS numbers I got for the theNFC MB736 and SJ736 X-ray blanks a few years back. Have measured several more of each and the numbers were very similar. NFC MB736 X-ray IP 668 AA 71 NFC SJ736 X-ray IP 793 AA 75 Maybe you got your blanks mixed up, or didn’t get the proper blanks. Norm
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If you are going to use double foot KW guides for your surf rod, then you will be be doing a New Guide Concept (NGC) layout and not a KR Concept layout. For surf rods most people use the NGC and it works great. If you want a double foot KR set up then you will need to use the Fuji RV-H guides in the reduction train. However, they only come in a titanium frame, thus they are more expensive. SeaGui
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Use the two line static test. Run the line though the guides tie on a light weight a let it hang from the tip. Now tie another line to the tip top and then tie it to an immovable object. Now you can put a bend in the rod without the guides rotating to one side. Norm
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As Spenser stated REC has slide bands for sale.. Proof and Lemke also have slide bands and skeleton reel seat parts. Norm
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David - I have not CCS measured the NFC MB733 X-ray. It’s not in my records, so it’s not a measurement I passed on the Kevin. Norm
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Happy to hear you solved your problem. Thanks for sharing the solution, it may certainly help others with a similar problem. Norm
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I am pretty sure they are the same blank. Anglers Resource doesn’t list a CPB761HM just the PB761HM. Made one as a flipping stick for a friend he loves it. Norm
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I usually cut my arbors into three and sometimes four pieces, and use two pieces per reel seat. This gives plenty of support for the reel seat. Thus, 2 full length arbors can be used to arbor 3 or 4 reels seats. It’s not about saving weight it’s about saving money. Norm
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