The glue will saturate the thread enough to make contact with the blank?
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I know this has been discussed before and I have done some searching but I must not be searching the correct key words or something. Anyhow, I have a small diameter tip on an ice rod and want to use a certain tip top but the tube is a touch to big. I figured I could do a wrap on the tip to fill the gap but I’m concerned about getting a good bond between the blank, the thread and the tip top. H
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Not sure of the quality of the sea guides but I am impressed with the customer service. I called this morning hoping to hear a recording of their hours. Wasn’t available so I just hung up, no message left. About an hour later I got a call from them saying they missed my call and wondered if they could help. The gentleman was very helpful, answered my questions and even was going to call the f
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Will Zirconia guides work with braided line? I’m guessing most major brand guides are designed to be used with the popular braid?
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I have been looking at the Fuji guides but seem the supply is pretty much non existent from multiple suppliers.
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What is your go to guide for a spinning setup for a bass rod build? I have been using lzr’s but have noticed the guides don’t always run perpendicular to the foot all the time. I like the price point but am not real happy with the quality of them, so I am on the hunt for a new brand of guides, that hopefully won’t break the bank. Thanks, Dave
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Thanks everyone, I will see what I can do to get him to do two rods, but doubtful
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Mark Talmo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > David, > You were certainly correct in telling your friend > / customer “good luck”. A “do all” rod > will not perform any specific task optimally. But > then, your friend’s acceptance reply of “do > your best”, takes you off the hook (pun > intended). When one really gets down to it, > vi
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Got a friend that shore fishes bass, cats, pike, pan fish. Doesn’t catch anything big, just the normal run of the day fish. He wants me to make him a rod that he can do it all with. I told him good luck! He said to “do your best”. So, what would you recommend for a do all rod in the 6-6 1/2’ length range? I was thinking maybe a medium light power?
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I just wanted to thank everyone for the assistance with the spiral wrap. The guy I made it for was very happy with the performance and even sent me pics of three steelhead he caught with it yesterday. I learned a lot on this build and again, thank you all for your help. Dave
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After speaking with Lance, I increased the spiral spacing and that made a world of difference. Getting 43 yards now which is almost double the distance!! Never would have thought it would be that drastic of a change. Thanks for everyone’s reply and help!
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Thank you for your time on the phone this afternoon Lance. I really appreciate your help and time!
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Using mono line, 12#. The stripper guide is 19” from the reel face. The stripper guide is a 12, then two 10’s and finally an 8. The runner guides are 8 as well. He wanted the 8’s to help with guide freeze up. I think I have 10 or 11 running guides. The spiral setup is ~0, 60, 120, 180 degrees, give or take. The entire spiral is completed in 14”. The rod is 11 1/2’ long, medium power. Whe
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Is there someone I could call and discuss my setup for my spiral wrap steelhead rod? It’s 11 1/2’ long, medium power. I have the first guide at ~20” from the bait casting reel, set at 0, next guide is about 4.5” at ~ 60*, next guide another 4.5 inches up at ~120* and the last guide at 180*, 14” up from the first guide. I placed the remaining guides where they need to be. Took it out to cast an
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So I am a bit puzzled after I put the guides on temporarily at roughly 0-60-120-180. Should the line running through the 60 and 120 guides be on the bottom center of the guides under a light load? The 0 and 180 guides have the line touching one of the sides of the guide. First spiral build for me and I want it correct. The guides look pretty good but I probably need to do some adjusting to ge
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Thank you Mark
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Thank you
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Thank you Tom!
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Joe is a good guy to work with.
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Thanks for the reply’s! So on the second and third guides, when using 4 of them, are you reducing the guide size or keeping both of them the same size? I am seeing it done both ways.
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I have done some research and would like to confirm what I plan to do since this will be the first spiral wrapped rod for me. I have an 11 1/2’ steelhead rod that I plan to run the first guide at 0, then 60, 120 and finally at 180 degrees. Is it standard practice to run the two middle guides the same size? I see it done both ways but want to make the best setup possible. Thanks, Dave
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Thanks everyone!
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Thanks Roger. The 1/4” hole is needed for some ice rods that I am working on.
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I’m using a regular grill bit. I’m hoping the one inch blocks that I glued up is the solution.
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I bought a chunk of scrap decoy cork and mad a handle out of it. I think it turned out very nice. I like the variegated look of it. I found it very difficult to get a 1/4” center hole through the 1 1/4” x 1 1/4” x 8” block. Started center on one end but crept off to the side by the time I got through to the other end. I chucked the cork into the lathe but it is somewhat flexible, so when I r
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Thanks for the suggestions. I will take a look at them all.
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Possible, but I’m sure he would rather have a two piece.
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Looking for a walleye jigging blank but it has to be 2 piece, no longer then 6’8”. Will be used as a vertical jigging rod for walleye in the Detroit river. Jig weight up to 1 oz. What have you built on that is a quality blank? Thanks! Dave
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I didn’t delete it.
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Thanks, I will give that a try. Seems odd that it happened so soon but I will be happy if I can still use it
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