DOH, i gotta tell ya that i made a stupid mistake and took out too much material when i was reaming my cork grips. I didnt realize it until yesterday when i as playing around with it. The rod is all wrapped and im gonna put some finish on it today or tomorrow with my new homebuilt motor!! Anyho, the there is a little bit of give in the cork, not much but a little. What can i do about this with out scrapping the grip. Ahhh, all help is apperciated.

Till Later,
Joel

Try shimming the blank with some thread. Make a band wherever you might need it or just make a continous wrap with maybe 1/4 inch between the winds all the way down. Choose A or D depending upon how much space you need to take up. No need to scrap the grip!

Joel,
Pete's right about thread to fill some gaps if the handle isn't glued on yet, but it sounds like yours is glued on, and now it's rattling around? If that's the case, you have a bigger problem, no easy fix that I know of. With nothing to lose, you could try drilling a tiny hole in the cork and rigging up a hypodermic needle to inject some low-viscosity epoxy under there? Not an elegant fix at all, but you can try it. Anybody else?

I would trim off 2 or 3 rings of the cork, then pack th rest of the of the cork with epoxy glue. I use rod bond. Now to replace the rings you cut off use a caliper and measure the rod where the rings go, ream the cork to that size, Now cut the rings partially in half (that is cut it so it is still together with one side cut.). Place the rings in boiling water for 3 min. the boiling water well help you spread the cork apart so you can place them around the rod make sure you use lots of glue. Now clean up all excess glue with denatured alcohol. now take radiator hose clamps (screw type) and screw them tight against the cork rings. I would use over size cork rings so when the glue dries you can sand the cork down to the original size.
Good luck Bob

Awesome idea Robert! Never thought of that. I haven't run into that situation before, but now i know a technique.

If you choose to use the syringe method put at least one extra hole to act as a vent. you can use several taping them off as the resin appears. Iv'e done this on boats to fill voids . yet to try it on a grip

Thanks a bunch guys for the great tips. The problem is not huge, so i am considering the syringe method. What kind ofglue is thin enough? Will some acetone diluted epoxy, or say elmers work? Thanks again

Joel