Hello again everyone, Is it possible for some of the "old pros" on the board to offer up good ideas and best practices they utilize to get a good fit and finish on their builds? I read Tom's article about the need for having that, but I don't have any methods to offer my son to help him improve that. I just posted a new message about a problem my son had with his current build wh
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Hello everyone, My son is building his 5th rod, and it is the first time he has used Winn Grips. I don't know if there was an issue with the hole in the grips that arrived or with the technique used by my son, but after he reamed the rear grip you could easily see that the hole was not centered. So now the seat does not run flush against the rear Grip all the way around the rod. Thus, his &quo
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Thanks for all the input. I appreciate it. Best, Gib
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Thanks for all the input everyone. I appreciate and am understanding all your points. On another thread I wrote that my 14 year old son is the one building the rods. I am doing a lot of reading to feed him information that will be helpful for his "development." On the anglers resource page it says that a casting rod using the NGC always starts with a KW10. And one using a KR Convept
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Hello everyone, I've never really introduced myself here, but let me do that now. My name is Gib, and I live in north Texas. I have a 14 year old son who has gotten into building rods. So far, he has put together 4 rods. We have bought kits from mudhole on 3 of the rods, and the last one he chose the components separately to add his own flair to the build. As the father who funds this ad
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That is not my question. I was asking if, once someone decides on the guide sizes, numbers, spacing etc, for a given type of rod (length, power, action), do they then use that same set up every time they build another rod of the same type (length, power, action)? I realize that one person may choose a 20, 10, 5 reduction train for a spinning layout while another person uses a 25, 10, 4 layout
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I understand that different rod builders have different ideas and techniques for guide sizing, numbers, and whatnot. I'm curious to know if the same builder will use the same guide sizes and spacing over and over again for the same kind of Rod? Let's use Tom as an example (I'm new to the site and the art of rod building, and I really only recognize his name as a well known rod builder): Do yo
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Hello everyone, I have a question about how much of the surface area of the blank that is covered by the grips and seat needs to be water break free. Does 100% of the area need to be in this condition, or is it sufficient if I have a complete ring of a portion of the area in a water break free state? I am assembling a rod on a MHX blank that is colored white, and I have spent a solid hour g
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