I'm interested can you email me @ rhahn427 @ yahoo.com Thanks Rick
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Mick I've been trying to reach you guys yesterday and today to place an order but I can't get thru on the phone and noone has answered my email. Is everything ok?
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Well said .......
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Mark ....... don't apologise for a question ....... everybody has to start and everyone is here to help everyone ............ that's the way it should be. Now to your question. When you weave you usually anchor your weaving threads on the right (away from the foregrip on the rod) and you move the threads you want exposed i your design for that specific wrap of the base thread to the left whil
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Hey ........ that's great news ....... glad they're ok
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Has anyone heard from Lance or Bill? I was wondering how they made out since the hurricane hit them full force. There phones seem to be turned off or it could be that the Cell Phone service in the area is out. Great guys ...... sure hope they're ok.
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That's something I've always wanted to learn ........ can't wait !
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Last night I opened a bottle ob Bolla Valpolicella and noticed that the cork was a very high quality cork and I wondered if I could find a source for sheets of this quality at reasonable prices ........ so this well timed thread naturally raised my curiosity ........... according to several sources ........ there was very high production (record) in 2006 and 2007 and Portugal has a reforestation
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Chris .......... that's interesting ........ I have a couple of rings/handles that looked like they had a couple of worm holes .......... the grading scale seems to support that ......... guess some of my cork is not the highest quality ........ that's ok though because I like the rustic look and feel ................. thanks for the website ......... interesting read ........
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Willy ........ you are one lucky man sir ......... one lucky man ........... World Class Trout fishing at it's best .........
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I bought some of the Castaway 844 and 854 closeout blanks from Swampland and they were perfect for large stripers and redfish I'd bet their new multimodulus stock would be even better .........
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If you want a cheap rod go to Walmart ........... Do you really want someone who will cheat the government and maybe you displaying your workmanship? Is that the kind of clientele you really want? In my humble opinion, rod making should be considered a crafted art where the clients treasure your work and others envy their treasure ......... Not someone that wants to sneek it t
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Swampland has always been great to me .......... called several times asking questions before I finally bought some blanks ........ only everytime I called I spoke w/Lance ........ anyway ........ great people to do business with ....... hats off to Swampland .......
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I know Bob .......... I got your last shipment of blanks .......... thanks , they're great ........ (smiling face)
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Bill ..... Thanks for sharing this. I too grew up with the tales from Joe Brooks and I took my son to a couple of the Brotherhood of the Junglecock fishing weekends to learn about flyfishing. It's truly a great organizatiion for kids fishing. Joe Brooks was a God in the pioneer sport fishing days and is not well known today ............ Thanks for sharing
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Drew ....... you may want to not hide your email address in your profile. I have a hanging weight loom that you speak of and I have information you might want and I know of several people that are using it. You can email me if you want or if you open your email I will contact you Any way ....... have fun using it ...... there are some beautiflu weaves that were made on that type loom .
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Chris Davis Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > One thing I know we'll all agree on is that the > best bass rods are the ones with a 7 or 8 lber. on > the other end! Santee Style! Amen Chris ........Amen ........ Although an 8# on the rod you showed me would definitely be sweet .........
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I have a ton of airbrushes. All I can say is be careful of the paint you use. Ingredients for airbrush paint are ground much finer than other paints and must pass through smaller openings without clogging. I would contact places that specialize in airbushes and supplies and ask them. Places like Dixieart, Dickblick etc. Autobody shops usually use larger airsprayers so I'm not sure it's exac
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Thanks John and Tom for your answers ........ I to had the same question ....... while the glossary gives a definition, your explanations add additional insight from your experience ................... building some handles this week end ........ will definitely get some of that stuff ......... Thanks
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I haven't started a rod business but I have had other small home based businesses. In Maryland as a Sole Proprietor, all you need is a business license (usually a peddlers lic) which is less than $50/year and an EIN #( tax number) which is usually your Social Security #. You can do the accounting yourself or use Quickbooks if you want. I found it was quicker and easier without quick books beca
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It's a lucky day for me ....... always has been ........... today I made a deal for a hanging weight loom and it was shipped today ........... and a guy agreed to trade me an Iwata HP-C airbrush that I've wanted for an airbrush air compressor that I got for a song ............ Saturday the 14th is usually my bad luck day ......
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Yes ........ let's making sniffing glue and pleasurable experience .....(smiling smiley face) If you do it could become the next teenage high ......... not a good idea in my humble opinion .......
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Fishsticks4u for Lamar Mandrills all the way !!!!!
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As far as I know everything is hooked up correctly. It's hooked up the way it came. The 3 position toggle switch will turn on each motor 1 at a time and the foot pedal works on the wrapper and the rheostat knob works controling the wrapper speed. Both motors are mounted to the rail and the dryer turns the chuck fine ..... I think it is a standard Pac Bay power wrapper looks like an older RW 3L
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I just bought an old Pac Bay power rod wrapper off of @#$%&. It's old and well used but everything seems to work and I really like it. The dryer motor and pulley turn the chuck just fine and the wrapper motor pulley spins fine but it isn't getting the traction necessary to turn the chuck. It has a very thin band that runs through both pulleys and the big chuck pulley. It seems that the dryer p
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David ......... I bought 50 reel seats from you and found your service to be great ........ the reel seats are nice, you were very accomodating and I received them quicker than expected ..........I'm happy
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I took some old blanks a little smaller than the blanks that I was building and bought some medium grit. I cut the old blank into 2 ft sections and thickly coated the blank within 6 inches of the end in 2 ton Devcon then took some grit in my hand and slowly poured it on the epoxied areas making sure it had a thick coating of grit. After it was all coated I gentle pushed the grit further into th
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I bought an electric hook sharpener at a fishing fleamarket this winter and it works great. It has a thin fine grit grinding wheel. Tried the file but this is much faster and easier.
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Yea ........... ordered 2 mandrils for my mini lathe and they had to be cut down ........ Robert cut them and even drilled a dimple in the cut end so both ends can be used for the tailstock ........... Great Guy ........ best customer service .......
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I've seen the Maderia 40 advertised .......... is this a type of embrodery thread or does the 40 refer to a size ....... how do you size the Maderia thread Thanks Rick
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