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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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05-04-2016, 08:17 PM
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Wrap question
Any tricks out there to help with this ?
Will a longer taper on the foot help?
That's A thread, prefer D but ran out of red D... :-)
TIA, Gup
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05-04-2016, 08:26 PM
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Yup, spend a bit more time on guide foot prep. That is important in my book. Also maybe a bit less thread tension.
As you said, the bigger thread is easier, esp when getting older. Lately I use the A on the under wraps and go over with C or D.
Sometimes in your case after grinding down the guide foot I wood get some red finger nail polish and coat the guide where the thread is going. So if you do get a gap it is less noticeable when some other rod building guy is giving the rod the stink eye.
Last edited by beamie; 05-05-2016 at 07:06 AM..
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Jon, 24' Nauset-Green Topsides, Beamie, North River. Channel 68/69. MSBA, NIBA
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05-05-2016, 05:41 AM
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Thanks, the polish sounds like a good one
Stink eye? Good luck with that :-)
They don't come out pretty I build them to fish, me hopes  |
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05-05-2016, 07:21 AM
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Is the foot flat to the blank? In addition to grinding down the slope a little more.
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05-05-2016, 02:29 PM
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Couple schools of thought here:
Newer guides really dont need to be prepped aside from ensuring the feet are on an equal/same plane. The issue with removing guidefoot material is that now you are exposing treated/coated/finished areas to rust. Ever see the brown spots on guides? Basically pockets of encapsulated rust. If you do prep the feet by removing material treat the bare/exposed material. Clear nail polish etc etc.
In this case Gup. The D thread is going to suit the build best. Go that route, path if least resistance and all that.
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05-05-2016, 06:36 PM
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Ground it, nail polished it, re-wrapped it, used D
Thank folks,,,
Now do ya know where I can get some 20 yr. old eyes... 
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05-07-2016, 03:28 PM
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looks nice
I just refinished a rod was all happy with myself that I added a mermaid decal only to discover I placed it on the Guide side of the Rod
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05-07-2016, 04:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wdmso
I just refinished a rod was all happy with myself that I added a mermaid decal only to discover I placed it on the Guide side of the Rod
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LMAO...
I hear ya Wayne...
How's this, I just about finished a wrap and this comes off the spool of thread!
Half way through the spool, a freaken knot!!! SOB 😀
We should do that tog trip towards the end of this coming week!
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05-08-2016, 08:03 AM
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off Sunday and Monday next week .. this week have Tuesday the 10th off looks like a good day sun and 5kt west wind
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