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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 02-12-2012, 07:01 PM   #1
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Even with the jewelers glasses I still couldn't salvage that taper for one of the guys. It ended up a do over. Do overs are much better than settling for less than perfect.
It came out looking muuuuch cleaner Mike after I cleaned it up. I think I even only needed to use 2 passes
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Old 02-12-2012, 07:05 PM   #2
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I have the guides all layed out on the rod. When I did the 27x method, and ran a line from the face to the choker. I was only able to put the 20 and 16 on. When I tried the 12 guide it was way to close to the 16 . What are your suggestions?

Also what is a good trick to get all of the guides to line up straight on the blank other than using the naked eye?
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Old 02-12-2012, 07:10 PM   #3
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Also what is a good trick to get all of the guides to line up straight on the blank other than using the naked eye? [/QUOTE]


Im wondering that as well.

Everything is better on the rocks.
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