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How to keep a butt-wrap from moving during time away?
Posted by:
Chad Barlongo
(---.mycingular.net)
Date: June 22, 2015 09:08PM
Hello,
Suppose you were interrupted in the middle of a wrap and needed to take time off for a few days or longer. Is there a process to ensure that the threads already laid will not move, I was thinking perhaps a few extra wraps of high-adhesive masking tape? -chad Re: How to keep a butt-wrap from moving during time away?
Posted by:
roger wilson
(---.hsd1.mn.comcast.net)
Date: June 22, 2015 09:10PM
Chad,
Not a good idea to use high adhesive masking tape for nearly anything in rod building; including holding threads in place. If you were really worried about it, you could use some heat shrink tubing - but I think that the best thing is to simply lay a dust cover over the rod and have no one or anything else touch the rod. Be safe Re: How to keep a butt-wrap from moving during time away?
Posted by:
Chad Barlongo
(---.mycingular.net)
Date: June 22, 2015 09:32PM
Thanks Roger,
I should have clarified that I use double-sided tape to anchor each ends of the cross-wrap after every pass. My concern is related to the possibility of the thread (or threads) lifting off the tape over time, causing that part of the pattern to loosen. -chad Re: How to keep a butt-wrap from moving during time away?
Posted by:
Ross Pearson
(---.dlth.qwest.net)
Date: June 22, 2015 09:53PM
For an incomplete crosswrap, wrapping over the entire area with closely spaced thread with 1/16 inch gaps under high tension can help keep things in place. When ready to resume the wrap, remove the security thread and proceed. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/22/2015 10:00PM by Ross W Pearson. Re: How to keep a butt-wrap from moving during time away?
Posted by:
Tom Kirkman
(Moderator)
Date: June 22, 2015 09:59PM
Just wind over the butt and tip ends with some tape or threads. Unless somebody handles the rod, the wrap shouldn't shift or move.
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Posted by:
bill boettcher
(---.nwrknj.fios.verizon.net)
Date: June 22, 2015 10:31PM
Put masking tape over the ends of the dubble sided tape It will hold the thread in place
Or Like said put a wrap just after the tape Bill - willierods.com Re: How to keep a butt-wrap from moving during time away?
Posted by:
Chad Barlongo
(---.mycingular.net)
Date: June 24, 2015 09:42PM
Thanks everyone for the tips, I like the idea of using thread.
It can get quite humid where I'm at, so having a means of securing an unfinished wrap besides just double-sided tape is important. -chad Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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