the rod and wraps look great(i meant the blank color being better if it was a midnight purple)
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are they decent rods? wow that is a light purple...would be better if it was a midnight purple
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Tom would doing a static distribution test be better or will it not matter very much?
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"Let the finish "creep" all it wants. Wait until the stuff is just starting to gel a bit and then take a rag wetted with alcohol and touch the corner to the grip at a point where you want a nice, crisp edge. Hold the alcohol soaked rag corner right there and rotate the rod 360 degrees. The resuilt is a crisp, even epoxy winding check of sorts right on the front of the grip. If y
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Fred Yarmolowicz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I!m partial to the Flex-coat arbors.Tape scares > me.The big gap on that rod if filled with epoxy > will add weight. > > Freddwhy(Rapt-Ryte) i agree! flexcoat arbors are easy and fast...just glue the arbor in the seat then ream out to whatever size you need and glue it to the blank...does
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check out Gator Glass blanks! mudhole sells them and they are CHEAP but VERY very strong E-glass blanks...and $10-50 is about what they run for not on sale (example: 8' 15-40lb $20.89) i have a couple rods built on gator glass blanks and they take a beating
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all great advice! the tom kirkman book is excellent and will tell you everything you need to start building rods oh and welcome to an addiction worse than crack :)
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no idea but most toothpastes are abrasive
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i have a gator glass 30-50 that would probably do pretty good(it might sound pretty heavy but its got nice power and is great for 20-30lb amberjacks) so i imagine it would be fun for small tuna...the blank is like 6'9 and although it isnt the lightest blank it is rock solid and like $35 so it wont break the bank mudhole sells them if you would like to check out that one and other gator glass b
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lol bill filled both with hardener! thats something i would do haha could you burnish it to move around the threads to make sure if there is any alc. under it will get out?
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as far as the way it looks...do what YOU think looks good because you will have to use and look it at not someone else my opinion i think that it would look different and i like different
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i use the u-40 color lock 2. when i apply it looks like it isnt there also and when i put the finish on none of the thread turns translucent...i dont think it should look like a dry thread like when it came off the spool but more shiny...wait till someone else chimes in first though as ive only use CP 1 time so far
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is the hardener being orange normal? the LS supreme i had the hardener was orange but the threadmaster ive got now the hardener is clear
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i was thinking the same thing mike! come on guys out with the pictures :)
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when they fit loose like that i do the 5 min epoxy thing but i turn the rod butt up and tip down and put something under it to hold the tip on...then the epoxy doesnt run out and it will not come off now im going to do it jims way though as that sounds easier
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bob do you have any pictures of a before and after polishing?
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i did that also...loosened up a bit and tried it again and it moved nicely good luck!
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my gator glass was way off at least 3/4 inch and i built with the curve up and when it was done it was straight
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i like to keep the spinning rods for lighter baits(1/16-1/4) and a casting reel for everything above that
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if that guide is from the 1950s its like 30 years older than me haha
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when i get done making mine ill post pictures...i use a nice comfy leather computer chair and lounge out while im building haha
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wish i had a shelf to put mine on haha
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i dont use winding checks ever and i havent had this creeping problem
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ahh yeah i take my syringes out when not using and put on the small cap that the yorker has
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im going to have to do that i dont want to get mine mixed up...i wish the flex coat syringes came with the colored caps like the u-40 ones do
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they were marked haha...right after he got done putting the stuff in a cup he looked down and saw a yellow cap and noticed he was using a black marked syringe lol hes kinda out of it cause he takes some pain killers or something for cancer so half the time he does something he isnt thinking...guess i should tell him to get a few packs of syringes now by the way i love yorker caps...i use y
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i just used coats and clarks trilobal white on a black blank with u-40 color lock 2 Color preserver and threadmaster finish...it stayed pure white without the black from the blank coming through not sure if thats what you mean though
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yeah he knows that the epoxy is hardened in the syringes haha..thanks!
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i got some threadmaster finish and like it a lot! i had almost a full 4oz kit of LS Supreme still so i gave it to my friend to use because i like the threadmaster better and he mixed some up tonight...well he used the hardener syringe on the resin and the resin syringe on the hardener! hes going to throw out the syringes and get new ones but will the epoxy and hardener be alright?(you know th
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wow thats great! my hats off to you royce
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