Billy is a great guy. He does awesome work.
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I used the 15 minute threadmaster and it worked very well. Thanks everyone for your input. The connection looks great.
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Thanks everyone I have and used the threadmaster on some grips in the past and thought it was pretty runny. I ordered 10 minute rodbond, but my package came and to my surprise, it is backordered (I wish they would of told me earlier, as I am beginning to run low on time, so this is why I asked this question). I have regular rodbond, and I used the regular rodbond to attach a rodblank shim
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Does anyone have experience with this product? I did a quick search and did not find much information other than a few people have used it. I am interested in using it to bond a blank to an unibutt ferule. Thanks, Scott
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Thanks again everyone, those are great ideas. Scott
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Thanks Terry. What type of clamps do you use?
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I have an aftco unibutt and my blank. Do you just make masking tape shims and use epoxy just like you would when attaching a gimbal? Any tricks? How do you make sure it sets nice and straight? Thanks, Scott
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Oops, double post.
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OK, but what if you use masking tape, one band a inch from each end. Then use a little GG in the center between the masking tape, and 10-15 minute epoxy on the ends. The epoxy will cure before the GG fully expands and the tape would act as a barrier. You would not need to use much GG since it expands so much. That way, it won't smear as you mount the reel seat. This is just an idea and I don'
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OK, that is what I was thinking. I just saw it advertised and it stirred my interest.
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Has anyone used gorilla glue to mount a reel seat? I saw it advertised on a rodbuilding website. It seems to be light, waterproof, and it expands as it hardens. All these properties seem favorable for use in rodbuilding. Please let me know what you think.
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I heard that epoxy forms less bubbles in a humid environment. I am not sure if this is true.
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Tom, is there an website address that is legitiamate to order from? Thanks, Scott
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Thanks everyone.
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I am builiding a 50-80 pound yellowfin tuna spinning rod for popper fishing. My goal is to land a 150 pound plus yellowfin on topwater lure. It is no big effort to triple wrap the guides and it would easily give me a nice silver metallic band between 2 deep blue (same color) wraps. Thread size is A. Would a third wrap add any strenght and is there any reason (other than the added work) to not
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Thanks everyone. I will stick with the proven products and practice a bit before working on the rod.
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I bought this at home depot today. I figured it would work well to make some epoxy ramps. What do you think and does anyone have experience with this product? Thanks.
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Steve E, Thanks for the info. I will post pics when done. It is a cobalt blue blank and will have a silver gimbal, silver reel seat, blue, gold, silver, and yellow thread to match the reel. Should look hot and impressive. Mel S, I have a couple OTIs rods. I am patterning the grips and reel seat positions very similar to thir 7 feet 6 inch popper rods as I find their rods cast well and hav
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Billy V, I think I usually have the reel stem between my little and ring finger. However, sometimes I will have my hand just in front of the reel. I think it really depends a lot on the rod. That is why I thought of this question. Bill S, don't tell everyone, but topwater yellowfin tuna fishing is becoming very popular. Put Owner 4X trebles on all your poppers and go get them. I have caug
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I need some recomendations. First, the blank is a 8 foot GUSA Wahoo. Guides are MNSGs by Fuji. Likely Alps reel seat or a Pac Bay heavy all aluminum slim spinning reel seat. Purpose is to throw 1 1/2 ounce to 4 ounce topwater poppers and stickbaits to yellowfin tuna ranging from 50 to 150 pounds. Well, I want to land at least a 150 pounder. The reel is a stella 20000 and the line 65 pou
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