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We combined one of our popular rear grip shapes with a carbon reel seat! The result? A seamless rear grip with a reel seat, that is incredibly comfortable, lightweight, and DOES NOT require the blank to go to the end of the grip. All the glue surface that you need is in the reel-seat area, so the remainder of the grip is hollow, with nothing inside, (Thats why we call it the XO Skeleton, as there
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Thanks David, All clear. With the board and our general social media posts, We/I want to have a direct communication with the rod building community. I am happy to share many of the "why's" of what we do, it is a big and a small industry, one that we hope to be a part of for a long time. Best, Alex David Baylor Wrote: -----------------------------------------------------
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There is an ongoing discussion in a separate thread about the limitations of rodbuilding.org - and while there are a few, that we are working feverishly in the background to patch up/update into the 21st century - even ChatGPT knows what rodbuilding.org is: From an search point of view - the word “rodbuilding” in any search engine the forum is the number one organic result.
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David, There is actually a great deal of work that goes into our pricing strategy, and as a domestic manufacturer that keeps their prices highly competitive with blanks that are imported - there is not a lot of margin for error. Manufacturers have to make volume commitments to suppliers like Toray/Hexcel/AGY/Mitsubishi etc, and our fiber prices are highly dependent on the volume of a specif
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El, Our HM utilizes paper carbon scrim in its material matrix - which is what was used in prototype GLX blanks, and largely this material got Gary inducted into the IGFA hall of fame. (The other manufacturer went away from using the paper carbon scrim due to the difficulty of manufacturing). X-Ray blanks are scrim-less, the fiber is kept together by a different weight of fiber in the cross
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Rob, The weight of the SJ703 Xray is ~ 1.54oz, (Link below) and as always remember that's a range of +/- 8% of both fiber and resin concentration. The SJ 703 C6O2 is at about 1.35 oz Can you point me to where you are seeing 1.3? I'll send a note to our team to check. Best, Alex Rob Carey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Alex, > >
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Michael, They were $500 for a box of 25 blanks. Best, Aleks Michael Tarr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you don’t mind me asking, how much did the > mystery cost?
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Ray, Here's a link to our master blank list - Search by pattern. For example, if you received blank is 350.87, this means that it is blank pattern 350, but extended to 87 inches. Best, Aleks
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Hello from Korea!
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Michael, “He came out with it and has since > disappeared” On the contrary - my travels can be tracked via our FB page. I am currently in Korea for the KoFish 2023 Show, and will be here for a few more days, a few more trips (three to be exact and I should be back in the office by end of March. If you are trying to suggest that I flew my team to NC - as we were there and walked the s
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Kevin - Thanks for the summary! Can you please edit your post to take out the link for Composite Forge? They are welcome to become a forum sponsor and have it hosted properly. Thanks for your understanding. Best, Aleks
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Great Work Michael - looking forward to seeing you and your work there! Best, Aleks
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Martin, Take a look at the deflections on the NFC website - The SLJ blanks are faster than the traditional "Slow Jig" and "Slow Pitch" rods (which are fairly parabolic) This means that for a given PE rating, we can get away with working a heavier lure easier - that is why the lure range is expanded. Let me know if you have any more questions, Best, Aleks
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Andrew, Send me an email with the email account you are trying to use - we can certainly reset the password for you. alex.maslov@northforkcomposites.com Best, Aleks
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Mike, True. However, also note, that the point is to make clear that a blanks recovery does not mean greater vibrational sensitivity - and this test can be done within a range of a single manufacturers blanks (for example, The Spin Jig Family or the Mag Bass Family, or the Cast Bass, Spin Bass within a manufacturer, that would have a similar ERN/CCS but a different recovery (TNF) and a differ
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Michael, I think the more appropriate quote is "If you give a man a fish, you will feed him for a day, if you teach him how to fish, you will feed him for a lifetime" The point of this post was to share a part of what we have found in regards to vibrational sensitivity as it relates to blanks, the results of which are completely contrary to the notion that faster recovery is equal
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Michael, I would be willing to release data for NFC blanks, however, I would not for any other manufacturer. There are a number of reasons for this, but a main one is the nature of this topic. I would not want anyone to impart from our data that we think/state a competitors blank is more or less sensitive, or that a higher recovery or lower recovery on a certain blank or a brand is good or bad
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Santu, If you are looking for an affordable option for 14ft and 15ft blanks - take a look at North Fork Composites - FASY1409 and FASY1510 specifically. Best, Aleks
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Pawel, in the first post of this thread, in pt. 3) of the > findings you wrote that there is a direct > correlation between the taper and the ability to > transfer vibrations and - If I got you right - the > bigger the tapper of the blank the better the > transmission of the vibrations is. So, > theortically, big tappered , thin walled, lower > modulus blank can hav
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Michael, Which brings us back to : "Will NFC conduct the reasonably small number of tests necessary to confirm or reject Alek's challenge of TNF as an objective indicator of sensitivity?" Prior to making this post, NFC has performed many, many tests that all reject the fact that TNF equates to sensitivity. (hundreds?) I do not know how I can be more blunt about that with my post.
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Michael, "So where do we go from here? I suggest that in your whole argument you have not proven with objective data that sensitivity, or “vibrational sensitivity,” if you prefer, is not proportional to TNF.”" Actually, I believe that this is the exact point that I am trying to make and here is why. 1) There is a correlation between the modulus of the blank and the vibrational
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El, My thoughts echo David's below, but to add even further, the published paper does not have a source of who did the testing (what lab, research center etc.) If you are proud of your results and they are truly incredible - make them available, describe the process, and open it to academic scrutiny (as done in the sensitivity patent by G. Hansen) This includes their claim that the rods cast 2
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Kerry, Thanks for the question - It is actually backwards. Pre-preg received from the manufacturer has a certain percentage of fiber and a certain percentage of resin (and in some cases, a certain percent of scrim) If you are rolling under a low amount of pressure, you want the material to be an ample amount of resin so that it can properly coat the fibers, permeate through the laye
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Pawel, Very good questions. 1. Yes, Boron is more sensitive than carbon, but two things impact why more of boron is not used in blanks. Reason number one is the cost of boron, and its use in wing panels of fighter aircraft. There is really one manufacturer of boron fiber - called specialty materials, but it is almost impossible to compete with the demand of budgets of governments and the li
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Dear All, Please join me in welcoming Larry Tobin, and LRT Group as our newest forum sponsor. The link to their website is active on the left column. Best Regards, Aleks
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Norm, Agreed, I recall the same conversations with Gary on Bamboo, Phenolic Resin, and Fiberglass blanks - there are so many variables that affect sensitivity of a blank, including the diameter of a blank, as the bigger the diameter, the more "vibrationally" sensitive the blank can be (outside of just the fact that more receptors on a hand are touching the larger surface area of a bi
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Mark, You are not comparing apples to oranges - aluminum / texalium has the exact same effect. The biggest difference being that the process to make Texalium is a chemical process that adds aluminum to fiberglass (most folks advertise it as carbon, or assume that it is carbon, but is in fact glass), the other issue is that aluminum needs to be added in a greater percentage to the fiber to achi
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Kendall, Thank you for the background and input - our engineers would agree with you on the resistance aspect of sensitivity. In fact, if you look at the patent language, we are very specific to measure "low frequency" as a fishing rod is not a tuning fork. The issue with pure resistance is that it is very difficult to replicate on a consistent basis. While you can have a source that
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