Peter, here is what I have done in the past. If you can set up a rest for your hand with the epoxy it will GREATLY aid you in keeping your hand steady. I will tell you that even if you drink way too much coffee (or barley soda's) as I often do, you will be able to clean it up with a coffee filter with alcohol and create a nice straight line that way. It is what works for me and I am sure there w
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I'm in Virginia Beach but would make it if I have enough notice. Tom
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I have worked with yellow threads on black (slate) and painted under the guide and the yellow was as vibrant on the rod as it was on the spool. Might be an option for you to consider. Tom
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Travis, I got mine second hand from an individual who got them from Mudhole. I don't believe they have any of the XMG's left you can still check their Lamiglass closeout section though. Tom
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Wayne, Good evening! Hope ya haven't frozen up there. Have you tried Mudhole to see if their new line of colored trim rings will work? Tom
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GREAT, that is what I was hoping to hear. Thanks Robert Tom
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Morning Gents. I have some of the LMB's that I picked up on closeout. I have the 783,784 and 785. I was thinking about making them into spinnerbait (783) worm (784) and Jig(785) what do ya'll think? any other suggestions for these? I was also thinking Senko for the 784 since I have already built an IMC 784 for this purpose and am pleased with it. thanks and have a great day Tom
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Off the top of my head, I do know that I have some of the 663's however they are the MB... meaning the lowest level that they made. I have used up all of the 7000's that I had. sorry... Tom
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thanks guys got it.... WOW guess I could use some more coffee this morning!!! Lance, I will give you call tomorrow in reference to the earlier email that I got from ya. thanks, Tom
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Have been trying to find vol 5 of the M&M's as I have been taking some serious notes from the subjects discussed..... tried search function and it doesn't seem to be working???? Any idea's?? Tom
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James, I still have a couple of their freshwater blanks that I could let go. If you have a particular model in mind shoot me an email and I will rummage through what I have at the house tomorrow when I get home from work. thanks Tom
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I would just like for you guys to know that soon after posting my question about flocking the reel seat insert I recieved a pdf file from Bill Stevens will all that I could ever ask for concerning flocking. It is fantastic. I am sure that you can send Bill an email and he will send it to you. I have not asked his permission to send it out so that is why I didn't offer to pass along without his p
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Fantastic!!! that is exactly the type of thing I am looking to do. Thanks Stan!! Tom
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thanks Tom, I got all the info that I may ever need on flocking from Bill Stevens. I will post the information here shotrly!! Santa has come early it seems!!!
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Raymond, How do you think the flocking would be as far as comfort? Do you feel it would cause the hand to sweat or be uncomfortable in any sense? thanks Tom
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Merry Christmas to one and all, have a quick question for ya guys. I have never flocked anything but am feeling I need to do it. Have any of you ever tried flocking the insert of a spinning seat? Thanks and best wishes to you all. Tom
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Do any of you guys have a blank that you will use in place of this one? I absolutely love how this blank feels and would like to build 4 of them as general purpose spinning bass rods to be used for tubes, rapala's, small worm's and such... I am just trying a save a bit of coin as the wife will have my hide if I spend another 500.00 for more rods for myself. I want to stay in the 6' range as this
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Well Bill, I look at it this way. Yes, you should have caught the mistake but honestly I don't know a tournament guy that wouldn't have tried to "quick fix it" i.e.... ram hook through epoxy and clean up... I know that I have have done it in the past when I got a rod back from Falcon where they had done the exact same thing. Honestly I don't know a tourney guy that wouldn't have caught
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Tom, Scott's suggestion of the quick bond is spot on. I can tell you before I started using it, I had been using the Devcon 5 min. The only limitation with the Devcon will be having all the parts ready to go. You don't have much room for error in the assembly as it sets up QUICK. I had used the 5 min for almost the last 5 years on a couple hundred rods and have yet to have a single fail
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from my limited experience I will say that I much prefer the rx7's. I have only built sb720's in the spinning line up though. Tom
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Thanks for the help guys. Mark, you will have an order shortly. Cody and Harold, you are not alone, I laughed about it as well. Tom
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Good Afternoon gents, I am hoping that you all may be able to help me out a bit here. I am looking for some metallic butt plugs similar to the REC's. Do you all know if there are any other companies making these? I have most of the sponsors but did not come up with anything. If I could find them with a OD of approximately 7/8 of an inch that would be fant
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George, if your trout are not exceptionally educated and require expensive rods, you should check out Swampland, they have some 842 popping blanks that should do fine. They are listed under thier closeouts and you have your choice of black or blue..... Can't beat them for the price. Tom Kaufmann GySgt USMC
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Another good word for them. I have been so busy lately that I have not been able to post this. I purchased a few of the eva split grips for topwater rods that I am making and on my first order I forgot to mention that I was wanting the foam butt caps. On my second order I asked that he include a few spares and simply charge accordingly. He went WAY above and beyond and included more than I neede
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Doug, They way that I understand the concept system to work is that you want to have a butt guide that is approximately half the diameter of the spool. I.E. 45 mm spool I would go with a 25, the other thing you will want to consider is going to be line size. If you are going to be using something around the area of 6lb, I wouldn't think that you would really need a 25.... if you have the artic
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will do, thanks for the tip! Tom
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AWESOME!! Thanks Billy.... Looks like spongebob is a go for the next rod! thanks a ton!! Tom
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Morning Gentlemen, I've yet another question for the pro's and people who have already tried this. I am interested in using some craft foam in handles. What are it limitations? Can you make an entire handle out of it, or is it best suited for inlays/trim rings? thanks a ton Tom Kaufmann GySgt USMC
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I asked a similar question a while back and was given the response of painting the blank white under the area to be wrapped! I tried it and it worked like a charm. Tom K GySgt USMC
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Bill, If needed I can bring my Triton to toss into the loop!! thanks Tom Kaufmann
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