hey just wanting to ask if madeira thread is alright to use as guide bindings i have seen it mentioned here before but mostly for decorative butt wraps. i am making a rod for myself as an upgrade to my current one which i will then sell to a friend and i wanna use some very bright and flashy colors on it like the bright green and bright blue madeira thread. so is it ok as a guide wrap thread a
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thanks simon and jack, that would be great jack if you could. i sent an email to ian but no reply yet. but if you dont mind jack that would be just awesome. ill chuck you an email soon
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thanks Tom!
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I was just reading the recent post when someone (sorry i cant remember name) asked on instructions for a tiger wrap. I to would like instructions but i am only 16 and i live in aus and i was wondering as most people said the best instructions are in one of the back issues of the magazine could i order one to come to australia and how long would this take. Alternativly are there any other places w
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thanks a heap mick i will have a go over the weekend.
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i was looking back in an old post and someone said something about wetting your finger and rubbing it accros the affected and not affected spots. i did that and there is hardly any difference does this mean that if i apply some permagloss or some other polyurethane gloss that it would look like that
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ill give the polish a try but if not i live in brisbane in australia and im 16 so i dont think my folks would let me order stuff over the net or phone. is there somewhere that i could buy permagloss from and why permagloss is it thinnner. (sorry new to rodbuilding)
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cheers for the responses guys. i can only say im suprised that many of you wrap by hand im only 16 and have only made a few rods but i love it so much, my dad has been making rods since he was 12 he is now 50 and he has never used any type of wrapper or dryer.
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hey guys i was just looking through old posts when i thought id ask some of you a question while waiting for the garage to settle down before i can finish my wraps i just did. how many of you guys use a wrapper on your builds, most of you do it for money etc etc but do any of the people on this forum wrap by hand like i do. i have the thread spool running through a steel pipe thingy and place
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thanks mike
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Ok. i have had to remove some guides from my rod becasue i was careless when i made it back a few weeks. when i was binding the first 2 guides must have moved so the spacings werent correct. i wanted to fix this so i removed them and have fixed that spacings. i have not put finish on them yet but my question is where i have removed the guides the shiny finish on the blank which is a Samurai S1000
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Hi, and thanks for the advice, i got home from school today and tried hot melt again and this time it worked beautifully i heated up the foot of teh guide and rubbed it along the stick and placed it onto the blank then placed a thin strip of masking taoe around it aswell. and where would i go to get nice thin tape at the moment im cutting a larger role witha a scalpel into narrow strips. i ha
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Gidday, my name is tom and i am 16 years old i live in brisbane australia, ive posted once before so i just thought id say hi in this one. i am currently building my second rod which is being built on a samurai S0001X blank and i am using single foot guides and im having some troubles. ive tried hot melt glue but i find it bulks it up to much, ive tried rubber bands and tape and none of them seem
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thanks for the advice mate ill have to check em out
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what color should i go to use on a grey blankwith holographic guides to be a bit out there
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