El, you had several questions Weight Based on "engineering judgment" I doubt that any coating or platings used by the major manufacturers adds any measurable weight to the guide. Maybe the only potential could be painted no name guides on @#$%& or Amazon. But i would stick with the name brand guides. If you check the manufacturers brochures, some of them list weights. I think
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Some good videos are Tom's Rodmaker Magazine videos on Youtube. Another Youtube video that helped me out with the finish over the decals and any handwriting is "What is a perfect butt wrap finish" by Falconer. The LIGHT strokes along the length helped me out getting a nice smooth finish. As mentioned in the other thread about building supplies, practice with an old rod or woo
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If you can take Roger's suggestion and practice with an old rod and guides. It helps a lot in figuring out which brushes you want to use and how to apply epoxy. After practicing on this way it makes it a lot easier when you get to the kit "practice" rod and you later builds. Another way is to get some inexpensive guides in the sizes you are planning to use and wooden dowels to pr
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Mark You don't owe me anything. I consider my finding the videos just a small repayment for all of your posts and everyone else's posts that have helped me, who builds limited rods as a hobby. That's one of the great things about this site is all of the people willing to help each other. Ray
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Mark, the videos you might be looking for are Bob Taylor Hand Wrapping 1, 2 and 3 on vimeo. There's a couple of previous topics on here with links to the videos and discussion. In those threads people mention that what Bob is doing looks similar to the Rizzuto knot. The Rizzuto looks like similar to the back serving knot. The two previous posts are: Finish a wrap without a thread
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