Christian - you work fast. Wanna come by my house and glue up some handle assemblies for me? I'll even let you do it for free. Come on, I'll even allow you to grind my guides for me. lol. You'll be done with this rod in a week the way you're ging at it. GOOD JOB!!!

drying.......
it came out pretty well. had to watch it while pushing it on because i put way too much epoxy on, had it wipe it away with a brush before it started to drip or got all over the place. its actually looking like a rod now. im definitly going to look inot making a rollerblade wheel rod wrapper or somthing similar.

capesams, i did the epoxy they way you said, just i trimmed off the tape before i glued. the tape extends probally 1/16" past the seat to stop thread falling in the gap between the grip as you said.
fore gripping tommorow after school.

heres some progress for ya. a close up of the still drying seat.

from a distance....

Love the slipers

looks like he already broke it,,,tips leanimg in the corner?

Christian. I been watching You and You seem to be a very Smart Young man that is going to be going places in life,
I bet Your Mom and Dad are very proud of You.
You are going to Be one hell of a fisherman.
seems like You are allready:)
BM

Yes, we are very proud of Christian. He is a great kid and a spectacular fisherman. Sometimes he completely amazes me with what he is willing to try and what he can accomplish. Now if only his geomerty grade was as good. Life would be perfect!!!

Repirts, AKA Christian's Dad

Thats one Hell Of a Kid You have there.
so when You buying Him a Boat:smash:

Christian keep up the good work. Your parents should be proud.

Hey BM, First I have to hit the lottery! He's in private school and his older brother is in college but IF the RIGHT BOAT came along at the RIGHT PRICE I might just find a way.

I would like to thank everyone on this site for the kind words and encouragement that he has received. All too often we concentrate on what is "wrong" with our teenagers. It speaks well of the fishing community and the especially the members of this board to be so gracious to Christian.

:btu:

Repirts you should pat yourself, and your wife on the back. Christian is first class all the way. I met him at the last MSBA meeting, good kid. I only hope that when my wife and I start having kids they are as well behaved, and ambitious.

chrissy, ya know that yellowing rod i have with the missing eye in my basement? well i ripper off the grip tape as far as i could (the horrible wrappings of whoever made it stopped me) but i got far enough to see that the blank is a Lammi. How do i take off all the stuff (several year old wraps) this idiot did to th blank or is it forever condemed? anyone help me out! Also what can i use to clean it?

bm!
 

your a funny guy, SO WHEN YOU BUYING HIM A BOAT!!:D

hech, dont sware, fix the post.

lighter and razor blades. come over today.

what are you talking about? is horrible a swear? haha, yeah so ill come over tonite cuz i have the fembot today and shes gonan drain my wallet, but also gonna get me sumthign for my brithday...abu abu abu abu. i wanan get a cardinal combo, on of the little ones for large mouth and schoolies...my other shoolie rod has toally had it i think...it sounds very sick

another question,
i want to wrap my cork tape down to the blank so ill be wrapping over the cork then onto the blank. how do i make up for the step from the blank to the cork tape to make it less noticable and smooth? hope that makes sense.
i was think of makiing a ramp of epoxy, or masking tape with epoxy, or shrink wrap, ,or build up thread on the blank, what do you guys think?

Feather the corktape down with a file or sandpaper.

ahh, ok. ill do that thanks.

I do beleive I posted a how to with pics for doing that on the rod forum,, do a search.

capesams, i couldnt find the thread.
i did find something after i googled the idea and i used it, came out pretty good. a few uneven parts right where the cork tape tapers and gets thin, but it'll be covered with thread and epoxy anyways. its a nice smooth transition.
my thread (as in nylon, not the board thing) should be here tommorow.

maybe john can find it, I know its in here some where:confused:

I found it....
go to ,,main forum/striper talk
search under,,,OH...JOHNNY BOY..
its all there in color..

got my thread today and had some fun. St. Patric's day is comming up so why not.
got irish?

that last pic was just for fun, i decided to just do it in green.
another question, is it safe to do a stress test with the rod without epoxying the rod ferrul?