billy any chance of emailing me the spacing chart or not?? you emailed me the original page ages ago (before you published ) and it had hand written notes on it saying spacing between c &d was 3mm (but that only worked when i wrapped it with hauser rope LOL) surely that spacing should be 1.5 mm though 6 threads wide @ 4 threads per mm = 1.5mm but i dunno you the man cheers allen
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Ahaaa eggshell thats where the language thing across the pond crops up over here eggshell is between matt and silk then gloss My confusion sorry
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VISUAL WRAP a program by david boyle
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read the bottles SURELY somewhere on there is a part number or somthing to tie the two sets together if they are the same then it doesnt matter Then when you sorted it MARK the bottle sets in a different way
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How the threads cross look at raymonds site and have a read of the bd elher stuff that explains vertical and horozontal lines Basically if the threads cross on the center line equal passes (1 up 1 down ) you get horozontal When you mark the rod out if you extend all the check marks ROUND the blank then cross on that line NOT the centre line you get a vertical If that makes sense (take a look
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Sorry Tom i always thught permagloss gave a matt "hammered" like finish BUT I have never tried it due to import rules
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Sorry tom i guess I was one of the culprits. Sorry if I offended anyone Allen
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why not finish with permagloss then???
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personally cant stand em keep dropping em and cant see them wayyyy to fiddly
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vizwrap is HIGHLY worth the money I even binned grand theft auto 4 for it LOL spent a year getting it to work on vista and would recomend it to absolutly everyone that is doing wraps. The scripts may seem hard to understand but after a couple of hours you soon learn the terminology Darrel Email me A.forsdyke@ntlwo&#
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OK cheers for that terry I guess i was looking at it from the forces point of veiw for some dumb reason but now thinking about it line comes off the centre of the reel not the outsides so makes sense cheers allen
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Ok I know this is probably stupid Does it matter when doing a spiral wrap which way the guides go IE butt guide 90 degrees second guide does it matter going round rod right or left I got to do one for a left handed multiplier and by my reckoning of the line should opose the handle If this is so then i have to wrap the second guide at 180 degrees to what i would expect or not
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yup easy Underwrap with a metallic up in one colour down in another colour 25 passes of each frame with a black thread to ecentuate it and make it look 3d email me and ill work the spacing out for you unless you got vizwrap then i can send you the script a.forsdyke@ntlworld.com
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a lot is cosmetic but it can protect the rod from the guide slightly "moving" on heavy rods under high stress (mainly surf and heavy boat)
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ok nice one cheers save me a lot of ballache there
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Mark arent they the old prefixes for the rainforest series (which are now rainforest II with the RF prefix) maybe if you had some old catalouges you could check back And no the website is still looking like the 2006/7 site
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Normally tom I would have to agree. BUT this stuff was a special order and I got stung for all the P=P on three spools of fluresent (says on the pack GLOINTHEDARK so I can sort of understand it ) Cost me the equilalent of $10 a spool (and only 100 yards at that) Hence i dont want to "waste it" but to clarify the problem fade from yellow to orange as seamlessly as possible in t
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puzzleOk guys get your thinking caps on. On the tip of my latest rod I need a fluro tip, What I want is a "fade" between yellow and orange, Do I wrap it as a normal fade (IE 12y 1o 11y 2o 9y 3o etc) or is there an easier way (cos i aint very good at single bands with both threads still attatced to spool this has got to be 6 inches long and i really wanted half and half but not
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Some of billy V`s medication an Ipod along with a kettle and a BIG jar of coffee your off to a good start DONT buy everything at once just toms book (or dale clemens if you can get it) other stuff you sort of aquire as you need it but a roll of Masking tape is essential
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LMAO I binned that spline concept ages ago (on toms advice) and just build to the straightest axis Roll the rod on a flat bed and see which side is in full contact thats the side to put the guides on
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Sean can you email me please bud so I can pick your brain cheers allen a.forsdyke@ntlworld.com
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Calibrate your monitor bud its surprising the difference it makes (the adobe thing that comes free or chat someone up thats got the gizmo to do it)
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If any one can terry carrol can (after all they are zziplex) ZZIPLEX Ltd. Units 1&2, Mountfield Rd Ind Estate, New Romney, TN28 8LH. KENT. ENGLAND Phone : 0(044) 1797 366602 Fax : 0(044) 1797 366751
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pack VERY tight i regullay use a dayglow thread for tip wraps of about six inches and 3 coats of CP on a black blank with no problems. fish hawk has been around over here in uk for years and takes cp better than gudebrod in my opinion ( test it under the front grip space and see would be the best bet you see it on the blank your using and can cover it with a nice EVA grip when done ) allen
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Kyle if you dont understand anything ASK nobody on here takes any plesure in mocking newbies we all had to start somewhere And I`m sure even tom K would agree that although he is a mind blowing guru even he scratches his head sometimes and has to revert to a learning process. The only stupid question is the question that you dont ask and screw something up by not asking ( plus mistakes while a g
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Tom is there any chance you can post some info on double thread angle wraps please or not (I know you are very busy but would be much appreciated if you could) Cheers Allen
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David FORGET IT I tried in 2007 paid 20 dollers postage got package marked as FISHING ROD BUILDING SUPPLIES and got a NASTY letter from customs saying that I can`t import flamable or explosive liquids from the states and after a few phone calls was told quite rudely that it had been destroyed Somthing to do with the 9/11 thing ( like i can really blow up a building with a bottle of premagl
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No worrys I just like getting one up on microsoft . LOL its a n english thing , my brain against the might of microsoft. trouble is I always win. Hows visualweave doing with vista does that go or not ????
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give it a shot fred its all to do with the way the installer doesn`t like vista and the mscom bit is active x/ visual basic which vista doesn`t install (although it says it does but if it did why would the same file you install be bigger. ) vista is OK but you do have to have an in depth knoledge of the system to sus it like i said i tried it on all vista versions (32 and 64 bit) and it runs just
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If anyone has problems running viualwrap in vista here we go after a 8 months of work I cracked it iNSTALL VISUALWRAP AS NORMAL right click on VISUALWRAP.EXE select the properties / security. You should see SYSTEM ADMINISTRATERS(USER\ADMINISTATERS USERS Click edit give full control to ALL of the above do the same for the .LIB files in COLOURS folder Get the run box up (start/ p
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