I did a search on @#$%& and couldn't find it, Hopefully they took it off and banned whoever had listed it. It is however listed on Amazon.com at $41.21 per year.
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Get a can of Krylon Crystal Clear acrylic spray. Spray a light coat after your inscription has dried from about 10 inches away, it doesn't take much, and let it dry about an hour before applying your finish and you won't have any problem with smearing. Bob
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The Grizzly hobby lathe is good for cork handles. Used to be $39.95 but it the new catalog is $44.95 without the drill. If you don't have a 1/2" variable speed drill Grizzly has one for $39.95. www.grizzly.com
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If you do a search on this board for "stabilized wood" you will find at least 2 pages of topics about the pro's & con's of stabilizing wood.
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Thanks Tom!! I don't know how you keep up with everthing. This is a great place and the traffic seem to increase 10 fold every day. Keep up the good work.
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When I try to open the Photos all I get is a message that it is down for maintainence. Is this part of the upgrade or am I doing something wrong on my end?? Has been this way for a week.
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I think you will find that spar urethane will not darken like regular varnish, it contains uv absorbers. I have wood signs that have been outdoors for over 3 years that look like new. I also did some test wraps on wooden dowels that have been outside in the sun,snow and rain for almost a year and they have not faded or gotten darker. Here in Central Oregon the temp. ranges from below zero in the
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Jon I have switched from epoxy to using Minwax spar urethane on all the fly rods I build now. It does take a few extra coats but the ease of use, just open the can and put it on, imo far outweighs the pain of measuring and mixing epoxy. Now I have only one finish for both reel seat inserts and wraps an feather inlays. Bob
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I hear that Cortland now is offering some fly lines in 1/2 sizes, ie 3wt or 31/2wt. This seems like overkill to me.
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You can also use elastic thread that can be found at any store that sells sewing stuff. Cut of s short piece and tie the guide on and then touch it with a razor blade after you have wrapped up the guide foot a ways and it comes right off.
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I notice there is a "Classified Ads" feature on the photo page now. The test ads have a a @#$%& feature. Will all items be @#$%& or sold for a listed price?
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Check out the library above, there is a article by Greg Pennel entitled "The Easy To Build Rod Wrapping Jig". I built my first rod wrapper out of scrap lumber similar to the one in the article for about $15.00 and used it for quite a few rods. I now have a Sully's wrapper and really like it. If you are going to be building a lot of rods the Sully's is well worth the money.
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Get hold of one the sponsors on the left and I am sue they would put together an assorment for you.
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Below is the link to Fly Logic FLP+ rod specs.
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I built three rods last year using FLP+ blanks that I got on @#$%&. 8 ft 4 wt, 9 ft 5 wt and a 9 ft 8 wt. They are great blanks for the price which I think was just under $30. Bob
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I notice that when logged in and you read a message marked "new" that if you use the back button on your browser to return to the message page "new" does not go away. You have click on "Goto: Forum List" for it to show as read. Don't know if it is just my browser or not, anyone else found this to be the case? Bob
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Got mine last week here in Oregon. Lot's of good stuff. bob
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I think you will find you only really need one stipper. I only use one #12 DF stripper then a #8 sf and the balance #6 sf on 4,5,and 6 wt fly rods. Tape them on good with blue masking tape and then go out in the yard and make a few test casts and adjust the spacing if required.
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At the bottom of the main page there is an option button to "Mark All Messages Read"
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When you register here there is really no information required than is any different than when you post without registration, your name and email address is required in both instances. What you get are more options which make navigation easier. I like it. A lot of of other boards where people us nicknames you never know who you are talking to. There is also a lot of silly posts and flaming on
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I'm with Don. I only use Permagloss or spar urethane now. Granted it may take an extra coat or two, but no mixing, just open the can or bottle and go for it. Have not tried Klass Kote yet but have some on order.
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I like the registration option. When you are logged in the forum list shows which subjects have "New" posts. Also I like the feature which allow the user to change the time to their local time zone. The only change might be helpful for some of older folks with tired eyes would be the font and background color. All and all even without any changes it is a great site and Tom deserv
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