Sorry to ask another stupid question. I know the late cliff hall explained it to me but unfortunatly he passed on before I could pick him on it When you offset a pattern and it takes say 10 threads to close at the butt it wont accept 10 at the tip it only wants four maybe five Question is how do I get round it I`ve tried closing to the top then burnishing hard that left gaps I`ve tried clo
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mmm thats what I thought tom very clever. just got to work the spacing out and give it a blast did wonder if it was as x wrap on the angles but that seemed too simple cheers for that
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firstly Any ideas how the single silver is held in place? glue each seperatly wrap over the ends or are they all wrapped as part of the wrap????? Secondly Billy I see you have inlaid it into black flat foam.. Do you wrap that flat round the grip or is that just to test it and keep it in place?? Cheers guys allen (the more I ask the more I learn
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They are paret of the accent range introduced in 2006. They ARE special order only (if that is so then you should be able to get any size. Have a chat with them they may have a run on and be able to "slip one in" if not they may be able to tell you who has had an order in Looking back at the 2006 catalouge it DOES show it as part of the channel lock FLY range which is actually sm
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search for painting aluminium You need to etch prime it first (an acid primer {nasty}) then paint brushing doesn`t come out out very well
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Spider or scales optical chevys is good in metallics
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Have a read through the library section A quick read often saves hours of sanding ( it sorted my problem out when my finnish suddenly went tits up after many moons of applying the stuff)
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Try looking at maderia Give billy V a shout
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yeah same old same old UK AGAIN 10 years behind you lot lol gonna have to look round again Is the spray protectant basically just acryilic laquer in a spray can?????? if so I`m sorted if not I`m sort of stuffed after the permagloss incedent I am NOT risking the postage thing again
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Even better of you dip your wet and dry in denatured alcohol too it doesnt raise the grain and cleans as well giving a very silky finish
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Has anybody used it and have you got over the crackling effect If so how??? Cheers allen
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dont know BUT people need to stop carping on about bent blanks when they take a look at the tip section of huck finns rod
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I would on a heavy salt rod (well I do on all salt rods personall choice) but freshwater keep it as light and as simple as possible On the other extreme would you completly wrap a 5wt fly rod in E thread with underwraps then two thick coats of highbuild?? Match to the blank A thread is plenty strong enough but some people like C or D
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320 grit wet and dry paper
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never be afraid to ask if your still not sure ask again We all had to start somewhere
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sorry ray I was going by the photo of the finished rod which is opposite to the description now I`ve put my glasses on I can see your line diagram which does fit the text
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LOL RAYMOND Change that bud It reads Step 1 = Black layout First Pass = 1 Red thread on the right side of the cross and 1 Black thread on the left side of the cross. Second Pass= 1 Red thread on the right side of the cross and 2 Black threads on the left side of the cross Third Pass = 1 Red right then 3 Black left Fourth Pass = 1 Red right then 4 Black left Fifth Pass = 1 Red right then 5
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KKKK thats a monitor printer calibration error The colour you see on the screen is not what is printing 1) what software are you printing through??? 2) goto control panel in windows and you will see the adobe gamma thing Give it a shot (try holding up a piece oof white paper next to your monitor then print a red box out hold that up (see a difference ? ) I can profile the paper for y
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Iso alcohol if its the same type of pencil i use ( a dressmakers white blue or pink)
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TAPE Seriouly thats what our tournament casters do they just TAPE (yup sticy tape like insulation tape) A SET OF GUIDES ON THEN BUNG THE LEAD 300 YARDS Personally sod that i lost way too many tip tops test casting in the back yard but the lawnmower always seems to find them for me PS if anyone wants a load of mangled tips let me know they cast round corners great as for the thr
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LOL you gotta lovvvve them gremlins aint ya
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Finished putting epoxy on rod last night. Sat with it for an hour and fifteen minutes turning by hand Sat there watching it in the dryer for another two hours forty five mins NO problems Went back five minutes later to find rod had jumped from the end rest and fallen out of the dryer Makes me laugh really sit there with it all that time and the second your back is turned gremlins throw it a
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1) make sure your monitor is calibrated to you printer so what you see is what you get 2) turn off the ICM setting (in the print option section) 3) set print quality to HIGH use correct paper setting Use manual colour control (colour correction = NONE Intensity DARK Contrast MIDDLE Brightness DARK NO EFFECTS You may want to also try running the colour sections through seperatly (so lo
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cheers tom I know heat softens it to strectch it but this one had nothing done to it it was just stupidly hard dry fitted
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Has any one got any ideas on how to shrink an EVA grip back to its original ID. I put one on a blank for "safe keeping" about two years ago, it was a fairly tight fit so i pushed it right on hard.. Now i want it but the ID has expanded to fit the blank i put it on "about a 1/16" bigger" than the blank i want it for. dont want to buy another one if I can "shrink it&q
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LOL use white and some "old" finish that should go a bit sort of off white/ yellow They have tan (beige"ish") or sea foam(off white)
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yes I seem to remember that cliff had an illness and although looked at the forum reserverd the right to post for personal reasons (and to prevent rule breaking)he was in email contact with a lot of people during the ilness period to answer certain questions Sadly though as jim says he passed away last year and has been greatly missed for his witty informative answers Personally i miss the comp
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in future if you open an A4 page and veiw it at 100% (full size check by holding up a bit of A4) the fonts you put on it are Life size
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I personally like to try and "mimic" the bend of the rod with the line I still use the static guide placement as the ONLY way to place guides I`m sure tom and others will confirm that no two blanks are exactly the same. in my opinion therefore No set guide placement can cover the them therfore every blank will have a sutble difference in placement it may only be 1mm here 1mm there
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What out of interest is the latest "user" count tom any ideas
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