It seems im dealing with a troublesome rod right now.. First off the day started crappy.. Woke up at 7am, (i work til 1am) to get ready for charity benifit, my wife and i were going to vend.. 21mph sustained winds with gust of 35+... Needless to say after an hour and a half our tent was completly destroyed, so we packed it in... Beingfor a charity event i donated a very nice baitcaster that was a
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Oh.. I hear ya... I restored a old ugly stik for a freind awhile back... Somewhere around i dunno,, day 10? About 4am.. It revealed its name.. "Lenora" i had.. A moment with that rod.. My buddy loved it.. His wife loved it.. They both cant believe it was the samw rod.. Granted, it did look like it went through a fire lol. Stands to be the worst rod ive ever worked on..
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Just tied a rod up, forgot how that metallic acts... What a mess.. Just made me think of you lol
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See that... Learn something everyday
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Sorry im a touch late to this one.. Yes it works fine.. In my picture gallary is a biohazard rod done this way.. I was haveing sone serious issues with waves.. I am q0x better at applying epoxy now, but i was on attemp 5 at that point.. Maybe 6.. At the time i felt mlre comfortable with PG the thread finish.. So i rushed the last crappy coat.. Sanded the entire epoxied area for the 3rd time.. Nea
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Not sure if this applies to foam.. But with alumilite 2 part acrylic epoxy, the kind for turning on a lathe.. To get that crystal clear, no bubbles finish you have to place the cast in a vacuum chamber... I sae a video once where they did a side by side with a pressue chamber vs a vacuum chamber to see which worked better... Its surprising the ammount of bubbles that get forced to the surface.. L
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:)
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Pro wrap metallic is tough.. As mentioned, slipping it into the groove works best from a wrapper, i usually use it in a bodkin, the weight of the spool is enough to keep it from uncoiling, plus you can add and drop it with ease.. You can jse the bodkin as a psudo tentioner too, let the spool rest off the edge of the table.. Or let the tip rest on the blank and spin.. I prefer to keep it in hand..
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Dann lynn! There on to us! Run!
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I have a cricut, it cuts vynl... Ive made multiple logos for my rods, and lettering smaller then a newspaper.. You can use them as a stencil.. Flood them with alcohol ink, seal with permagloss.. I write most things in by hand, but sometimes its beneficial to use the stencil approach.. And it looks great..
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If you need 1 or 2 or so, email me, i can probably help you
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You can always take your tag that you wrap over to start the thread, keep it long, then when your ready, fold it back to create the loop, then pull through like with a second thread loop.. Ill warn you though.. Doing it that way makes it verry difficult for some reason to unwrap it.. I did that a few times on my test blank to compare colors.. It really locks itself down
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To me, after a full day on the water its a bit abrasive to the hand.. Ive worked cknstruction my whole life.. So i dont have soft hands.. The spot that got to me was the rear grip on the back of my palm
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I used permagloss on my stealth rod, one coat looks good, but for the way that rods setup it needed to be a little less ruff.. My brothers rod i applied about 5ish coats.. It looks like its encased in a gel.. Kinda neat.. And remarkably grippy
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Lol ive gotten stuff from him before, i was waiting for him to post.. He was my next contact acually.. Lol its ok.. I like to share :)
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Ha.. My address can be your dump ;) lol
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Dennis.. Your the man, it amazes me some of the stuff you got
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Im still waiting.. I have a thing for conolon rods, they seem to find thier way onto my bench often.. The history of the missilite is really interesting if you havent read up on it, i suggest doing so.. I spent about 2 hours going through my history trying to find the article i read, it gave the names, dates, previous careers, etc. Of everyone who started the company.. Including a paragraph on cr
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I was looking into them for you last night.. Im waiting on some emails..
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I also do the same as those 2 i use a leonard 40 england.. Least thats what it says on it lol getting your angle to have a decent flow rate gets some getting used to.. If you have flow problems add a drop of alcohol to the ink.. Thins it a little... Also when you first get your nib make sure you clean the tip very good.. They put protective oils on them for shelf life.. Also take the tip and swir
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Go to lowes, or home depot.. Go to the heating and cooling department.. Get real duct tape.. It comes in diffrent sizes, i get a 3" roll of silver foil tape.. Stuffs really sticky, takes epoxy and permagloss without any issues.. And since its a 3" wide roll you can cut strips the diameter of your rod, a 50' roll with at max 1" or so removed per guide will last a verry, verry long t
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This is a very positive and helpful bunch.. Thats for sure.. I feel at home on this board...
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Man you guys are goin at it... Lol great reads by the way.. I look at it this way.. Sure you can select the blank first, then go from there.. I can build a rod well enough that people come keep coming back.. However.. I cannot build a reel... Yet.. So picking a reel is my first step when matching a rod and reel.. I can customize one of the 2 to meet the needs of the other..
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Im with norm on the poly grips.. Ill be marbling, or i should say my mother eill be marbling, (its going to be her rod) poly grips soon here.. Once she has the spare cash to order, ill order.. And relay the results... Roger suggested other materials, theres always acrylics too.. Depends if your shooting for a high gloss finish, or matte... The problem with carbon fiber in my opinion is price..
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Another fun trick, take silver foil tape.. Place that on the blank first.. Be professional, cut your seams flush ;) then wrap nylon thread over it.. With out color preserver it give a cool effect.. Makes the thread really pop thanks to the translucency.. Herb, is hitena stretch thread similar to pro wrap premium threads?
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I try to keep the rod as close to what would have been on it at the time it was made.. I havent had the opportunity to work on a rod with ring and keeper setup.. But i will keep you in mind if i ever do.. ;) What works good for setting stones in anything is GS hypocement, ive used that for many situations.. kind of like a superglue, bjt wont bond your fingers
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Yeah.. I always seem to do or say things a little diffrent lol
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I always figured it was to utalize the rods properties to the fullest to achieve the higgest possible preformace able to be achieved.. With that said, it wouldnt matter how a fish would apply a bend onto your rod, its been tuned to handle that..
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So it seems... Im going to use that method on a build for a friend
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It did help me understand the whole laying it on the table technique better, i understood it, but that was a very good explination..
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