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Rod Building So, you've landed a nice fish on a plug you made, eh? Now, the next step, building your own RODS!

 
 
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Old 01-12-2013, 11:10 PM   #19
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Thanks. Little update, took it out a lot in December and the butt section is wrapped over cork tape and is bullet proof. The foregrip is wrapped on the blank and started to come unraveled. I used some thin ca glue on it in quite a few locations but I think the blank surface was/is too slick. I might remove and retie over some cork tape/double sided tape to handle the problem...
i did my 1327 right over the slick blank, the trick is to wrap the cord as tight as possible and twist it down towards the seat to tighten even after it's tied off.

I have heard people using the tape method and it's not a bad idea, I know spray adhesive can be used as well. Spray on and wrap over
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