Mark, They are designed for this and up to 1000 watts. Ask for a vary dimmer switch replacement at Home Depot. Ben
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Hi Mark and John, A dimmer switch at Home Depot would be a good investment for controlling the Watts. It's only seven dollars !. Ben
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Someone Emailed me and suggested a bar of soap with their Business name on it. Like: Curtesy of "Joe's Rod Shop". Not Bad.. Not Bad at all...
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How about a bar of soap ? I'm thinking about an attachment compartment built onto the rod handle for soap storage. Just an idea... :)
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For my curiosity sake I found this type of fiber-: 3M Nextel Ceramic Fiber products provide outstanding thermal and flame protection. Does any sponsor or builder have any experience with it ? Ben
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Some sort of potection body glove style bag for the fishing pole & reel. Very useful against heat if they keep it under the glass of their car. Do not patent my ideas !... Just kidden.. Ben
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Dennis, Thanks for opening such a great subject !... Love to learn and Looking forth to read all post from you and other. Ben
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Earlier post, someone mentioned that the rod breaks into multiple pieces and sounded loud like a gun shot. What causes this ?
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In Southern California U.S.A, Our earthquake are measures by a Richter Scale. Maybe something like this device could be of use in your research for finding the break point and data collecting.
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What instrument would one use to measure the ShockWave of Energy going through the rod per square inch?
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Rohit, With 3" wide of fibre glass for stress, I would look into using Teflon Glass Fibre. Good Luck Ben
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Brandan, Did you use Vacuum Bagging ? Reasons to use vacuum: Better uniformity of lay up (No thick / thin cross sections) Stronger finished product (Higher glass to resin ratio) Better Strength to weight ratio Ben
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Please forgive us Bill E. Most children like my Jr. wouldn't know the unit of measurement it refer to. Only with an experience person like yourself, its a no brainer. Cheers.
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Tom, Can you use options number 4 and that is create a label with the requestor's name and address and stick it on the back of the decal and sent it out ? Just a thought... Other people, including Mr. Postman will see it and be memorizes by it. Cheers...
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Roger, What is that nice dc motor that is on it ? By the way, I like the chuck you've posted. Ben
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Hi Roger, Awesome drum dryer !. It looks like it is overloaded in weight for your 12 volts motor; not considering you will turns 12 poles on it simultaneously. Maybe you trim some off it from your disks. Ben
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Hi Mike, I've sent e-mails to tomkirkman@rodbuilding.org last night but it got sent back. Wish that there were a "Click Here" button to get sign up. Best Wishes
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Hi Tom, Is there a link somewhere that I can sign up or would there be any PDFs form that you can email to me ? Best Regard
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Mike, I'm still a newbie on this website. How do I become a sponsor ? Best Wishes
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My hat off to Clyde's Eco Wrapper !. My mission is not to promote my toy but to provides inventor with "Progress". Yes my next mission would be to automate the wrapping progress. If Clyde or anyone else wishes to team up with me on this development, I would be honor. Best Regard to the Community.
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Hi Tom, I'm very interested in Clyde's Eco Wrapper. Would you happen to know the Rod Shop website address ? Best Regard :)
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Under certain conditions, especially with room temperature, element properties tends to either expand or shrink. When it expand, it would certainly explains how the inside ring fell out. A machinist can tell you that this is so true. Can we improve on this ?
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