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tip top wiggle room?
Posted by: Pat Reddy (---.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com)
Date: August 31, 2015 10:24PM

Hi everyone,
I am just about finished with my first build and my tip top seems too big. My blank is a MHX SJ833 and the spec says its a 5, but my American Tackle NCRLLT 5(5) tip top seems to fit very loose. I tried a 4.5 but it's too small - so, I'm somewhere in between. I would assume that tip tops are made to failry exact IDs, so do I just wrap thread on the tip to make it slightly bigger? Just glue and go? What do you fellas do?

Thanks!

Pat Reddy
Riverbound Brew Co.
St. Louis, MO

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Re: tip top wiggle room?
Posted by: Pat Reddy (---.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com)
Date: August 31, 2015 10:34PM

Dsiregard this topic as I found other threads on the subject. I don't want to waste anyone's time. Thanks!

Pat Reddy
Riverbound Brew Co.
St. Louis, MO

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Re: tip top wiggle room?
Posted by: Tom Kirkman (Moderator)
Date: September 01, 2015 08:05AM

Fit should be fairly close. You can wrap a layer of thread (spiralled) to fill small gaps.

Rod blanks are not precision machined parts. The sizes in the catalogs are target specs. A blank tip can easily be a half 64th out and still be considered true to size.

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Re: tip top wiggle room?
Posted by: Pat Reddy (---.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com)
Date: September 01, 2015 09:50AM

Thanks Tom. Going to give it a whirl this afternoon.

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