paitience is a VIRTUE not a sin in rod building Take time to tidy your bench up and put it all away (it takes me about a week LOL) then if you done that tidy the house etc but leave it alone til its had its time The wait will be worth it
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when you start the wrap leave three or four inchs start `tag` over to the other side of the guide. get five or six turns down then pull the `tag`` round until it lines up with the start of the foot (tightening the start of the wrap as it goes) then SLOWLY wrap onto the foot using the `tag end as a ramp when your abut eight turns on again pull the tag off the foot and trim when you start to come o
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thanks guys tom would i be better to fill the low open areas first building up to the high spot threads or just hit the whole thing then sand hit again sand then finish??
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google julian shambrook (based in UK he will be able to tell you where you can get one seeing as he is their head builder/ spec man
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LOL here we go again Just finished a 4 axis that has a lot of thread on it (second attempt) and at 200mm long i dont wanna do it again before i screw this one can someone tell me how to stop the epoxy from following the contour of the fhead becoming humpy bumpy hills I have tried all manor of things but how DO you all do it? I have tried putting a thicker coat on but it still foloows thread is
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yes earl your right it does come up as HTTP//ADS.@#$%& just let it run thats the scriping for the redirection put mudhole into google and get in that way
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why make em when they are sooooooo cheap it isnt a cost saving method in the end using scrap blanks they warp in my shop
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i used the wifes kitchen blender then denied all knoledge of it blaming the kids Didnt work now i been banned from using the kitchen equipment unless the wife is watching
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quick coat of nail polish or testers paint then re epoxy quick LOL
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the darkest (true) rod builders thread in purple is pacbays but that may not be dark enough like jay says look at maderia or mettler they have a very wide shade band so you should be able to match it almost perfect (including the age factor) bit like getting paint mixed to match the car dont feel silly taking a rod into the haberdashery you may get a weird look but find the young girl behind the
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plasicoating equipment can be pricey though tom Car paint will be ok but like was already said it will chip but there again plasicoat WILL scratch anodised WILL scratch just depends on how you treat it if you go out to do a destructive test (LOL @ ME with my week long experiment five files and a dremel later i finally damaged a guide then found the guy wouldn`t replace it under warranty cos ap
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cp on ncp thread wont do any damage all ncp thread is is nylon thats inpregnated with cp and chalk so you can safly be in the knoledge that you wont hurt anything . in fact if you are using a small trim say two or three threads then cp will actually "glue" the threads in place for you (a little drop of cp then put the trim band on and pack it tight by pushing it up against the main wr
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I`m still rolling about from that one tom LOL can just see it now level one select componants level two find you cant afford all the right bits so go out nick a car raid the tackle shop run a few people over shoot a few people ( taken from grand theft auto) level three make rod (with interactive help) level four combined with the WII system fish with it to there hearts content til they find
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pacbay make white too
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to learn to chuck have a look at one of my aquaintances barny talking to terry carrol(zziplex terry carrol) watch his little video gives you an adequate casting style for up to about 8 ounzes Allen
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MMMM I prefer to believe that things like viruses are actually written by the SAME people that work for the antivirus software companies to keep them in bussiness For a really safe system use a mac there arre hardly ever assalts or viruses on them But here in the UK its different than in the states
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Lol post the pic under misc then we can all keep an eye out and poss use him as shark bait Or rip his hands off and use the bits ground up as rubby dubby If hackers and virus writers are that good why dont they get a job in IT Allen
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warm the bottles in your poket or HAND HOT water then use syringes
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two threads at a time one red one colbolt try that for the underwrap ????
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MMM photography is all about light and how you interprit it and use/abuse it You need to diffuse the light with a white sheet (thin cotton) if you use a flash you will need to "bounce it" off the ceiling or a reflector. dont tyr under fluro tubes or tungstan light (unless like me you use a high end dslr) unless you are ok with photo editing SW and can correct the colour casts try
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blue and green should not be seen without another colour inbetween (but hey I`m superstitious i wont have green on a boat AT ALL i wont wear green when fishing and I have never caught anything on a rod with green on it) so i wouldnt say green RED GOLD SILVER YELLOW ORANGE (yes orange) lilac / light purple pink Any fluresent / neon colour (maderia or mettler polysheen do some really h
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pac bay three piece (euro spey 13 foot but leave the butt section off) but they do do others
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was a load on here a couple of years back do a search for poker chips ( that rings a big bell inside head many threads went on for a couple of weeks)
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kk thanks tom
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what is the "Skin made from" may i ask as I cant find any info on them also tom can that spray foam in a can (the stuff used to seal gaps in windows etc) be used for foam cores Cheers allen
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try one of those jar opening straps OVER a cork band whilst gripping the butt Hold it as near to the ferrule as possible to prevent shear twist snapping of the tip
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just plain unscented soap (over here I use coal tar)
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no not here we just bad mouth ourselves I`m stupid and I call me stupid therefore everyone else can also call me stupid and I admit I`m stupid Allen
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safty awareness and constant checking will work better, due to the fact that you wont get "complacent" with the drill stops Not being funny or derogatory there Allen
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