Happy New Year to all,I was lucky enough to recieve a Pac-Bay lathe chuck upgrade from the wife for Christmas(the hints paid off).After installing it I realized the the chuck runs alot noisier than the flimsey original and also has about .050 in runout on the chuck end.I believe it to be a defect(I hope).Any feedback on this will be appricieted.The unit looks real nice and in theory should work b
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If the seat is large enough to fit over the butt of the blank it may be easier to remove the rear grip and work from that end.Are the grips EVA or cork?See above post for tips on the grip end of the project.I would use drywall tape(mesh type) for a bushing however to eliminate a repeat failure.
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I have used a scrap piece of blank that will be a little bigger than the butt of the original.I then butt the big ends together and use the taper of the scrap to stretch the new one on.This requires the help of an assistant to hold the rod so you can push it on.This has only been necessary with lots of taper which you may have if its a salt water rod.
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If a fish is pulling I dont think it would matter if it floats or not.
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If it came with a hole guage like mine did you must mark the blank before wrapping on guides.After you find the spline of the rod slip the hole guage over the rod.Select a size that will stop in the middle of you butt wrap.At this point line up one of the marks on the hole guage with the spline.You can now perfectly space your marks around the diameter of the blank(0 degrees,90 degrees,180 degree
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My problem is with the holidays I have not been able to produce anything to take a picture of.
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The cost to order them may outweigh ther cost to gear up to do it depending on how many you need per year.The turn around from the sponsers on the left that offer them is quite impressive if time is an issue.
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Les,For those of us that dont know what is the name of your web-site??
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Don`t give up hope,I have been a suscriber for over a year and still did not get this much anticipated issue.
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When you say level do you mean the top or thr bottom of the blank.Taking the taper into consideration this would make a difference.I`m assuming the top.
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I bought one at the Rod builders show last year from Mudhole(hint-hint).Maybe some suppliers will bring them to the show.The push buttom conversion is great.
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Tony,Yuor not crazy mine worked that way too.I thought I liked that better until Tom stated the cons of it.Does he do antything that is not well thought out??We are lucky to have him running this board!!!!
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Waaaaa!!! I dont know what you are talking about I still didnt get my issue.If the go out in alphabetical oder I`m near the end.Heard lots of good buzz cant wait for it.Tom, if they do go out alpabetical how about starting at the end every other issue?? Fred
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Dale clemmens suggests an odd number of any type of trim whether it be in a grip or a wrap.Said this is because it looks good.... Fred
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