Billy , The Dream Reamers, if you buy the set comes with extra rolls of grit to replace the grit that wears away or comes undone. Replace it using contact cement. Put a heavy coat on the reamer after using a piece of sandpaper to clean off the old residue then put a coat of cement on the extra roll of grit, wait about ten or twelve minutes then spiral it up or down the reamer, whichever way yo
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If I can't get an exact fit, I drll them oversized then use a couple of foam arbors glued into the reel seat. Then it's real easy to ream out the arbor to fit the blank.
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Ellis, I've been using IP844 blanks for crankbait rods for years now. Probably the best crankbait blank I've built on and I tried many different ones. But I have never made a two piece one. They make great rods for shallow to mid range crankbaits and Rat-L-Traps up to 1/2 oz..
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I don't underwrap anything but the heaviest saltwater trolling rods and only unerwrap those because the customers are trying to match the colors of their boat and reels and they seem to expect them to be underwrapped. I think it's done more for looks than function.
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Kip Robinson Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Happened while llanding a whitefish and kinda high-sticking to get > it within reach. > Any other ideas? Thanks Kip It probably broke because you were highsticking the rod.
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Go to the Rodmaker website and click on back issues. There will be a description of the articles in each magazine. Just check the box next to the magazines you want then proceed to the checkout where you pay with your card.
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Let the finish cure then take an exacto knife with a new blade then carefully slice the "fuzzies" off and then put on another coat of finish.
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You aren't likely to be able to buy that reel seat anywhere. It's probably made only for Cabela's to their specs. It probably comes in a set of three pieces, foregrip, reel seat and rear handle. It looks like the rear grip slips into the back of the seat so I'm sure you could use a foam grip instead of thecork. On the foregrip the cork maybe already glued on or you may have to glue it on yoursel
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Congratulations Jesse. I remember buying several dozen of your rods for my store right about 14 years ago when I was just starting out in rodbuilding. We spoke on the phone a good many times and I tried picking your brain about your rods without making it look too obvious. I never thought I'd ever meet you in person but it was a pleasure meeting you in Charlotte a couple of years ago. Here's to a
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The link is still there on the sponsor list to the left of your screen.
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If you used chrome roller guides I think what you are experiencing is the plating on the guides cracking under the stress of being bent. No cause for alarm and it will go away after a couple of trips and fighting a few fish. I've had it only happen to me every time I use chrome or the gold plated rollers but never the black ones..
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Rich, yes on all of my wood pens.
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Deft brand spray laquer. Very quick drying and easy to use. Spray 5 or 6 thin coats about 15 minutes apart then let cure in a warm area for 3 or 4 days then buff and polish. I use automotive swirl removerer to give it a high gloss finish then a coat or two of wax.
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Look here.
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As soon as it's dry. About 30 minutes.
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I always put a second coat of TM withi 4-6 hours but wait around 12-14 hrs before putting on my waterslide decal. After applying my decal I VERY SELDOM wait more than 15 minutes to apply TM over the decal. I have been doing it that way ever since I started using decals from Decal Connection and have never run into a problem with any of the rod finishing epoxies on the market. I think waiting 24
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I'm sure there's a tech support number that came along with the instructions. Why not call them and ask ?
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Just about every major reel manufacturer makes left hand crank reels.To name a few are Shimano, Daiwa, Quantum, Garcia, etc. Now that doesn't mean every retailer will carry every model of left hand reel available. I had a retail store for 12 years and carried every reel that was available in left handed models but would only stock one left handed model to every three right handed reels in that pa
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Purple.
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I have never thinned epoxy and don't see a need to. If you want a thinner finish learn to work a little faster when the epoxy is at it's thinnest. I use a 200 RPM motor and put a coat on each guide. After I get to the tip I go down the rod again and brush off the excess. On a 7' rod it's done in 5 minutes or less. If you want a thinner epoxy without using anything to dilute it, Threadmaster L
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If he's the same person Billy's talking about his name is Steve Gardner. Steve showed me a remarkably light rod using the same small lightweight guides I threw away some time back. They were so small I couldn't even figure out how to hold them to position them on the blank to be able to wrap them. It seemed that every time I turned around those guides were in my way, so out they went. By the w
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If they determined it to break due to a defect in the blank, and this is from my own experience returning a couple of Loomis rods for warranty claims, they sent me replacement blanks along with my broken rod returned but cut in half between the foregrip and first guide.
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I've used many of them. I think they are equal to Fuji's but I've never used the gold ones.
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Batson, Pac Bay, Lamiglass, St Croix and I'm sure other manufactures all have flippin stick in their on line catalogs. Just click on their links and look under flippin' sticks and you'll see what they have to offer.
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Just about every supplier carries pre made cork handles. It's just a matter of clicking on one of the sponsor links and search for handles or handle kits.
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Write testors in the search category. I came up as the third topic.
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Sorry about the double post. If someone could delete the top one it would be appreciated,
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I have a friend who's a prefessional bass fisherman, Shaw Grigsby from Florida. Back when I owned a tackle store I hired him to do a seminar on bass fishing. We became pretty good friends afterwards and started fishing together whenever he would come down to visit relatives in Baton Rouge. On one of those visits he asked me if I'd like to be a guest on his fishing show One More Cast with Shaw
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I have a friend who's a prefessional bass fisherman, Shaw Grigsby from Florida. Back when I owned a tackle store I hired him to do a seminar on bass fishing. We became pretty good friends afterwards and started fishing together whenever he would come down to visit relatives in Baton Rouge. On one of those visits he asked me if I'd like to be a guest on his fishing show One More Cast with Shaw
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I just wanted to thank everyone that purchased tickets for the Kustom Rod for Kids built by Doc Ski, Putter ,Stan Grace and Rich Gassman. We sold a total of 50 tickets including the 20 that Bill Stevens so generously matched for the first 20 tickets sold. We were happy to be involved in such a generous project. We also wanted to thank everyone who stopped by to purchase some of our products an
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