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Guide removal help
Posted by:
Andrew Trostle
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Date: July 24, 2016 10:54PM
Hey guys,
So in looking for s little wisdom here. I'm relatively new to rod building and decided to tackle my first standup rod. I chose to marble the under wraps and double wrap navy thread on top of them to hold my guides in place. Anyways the rod came out great EXCEPT I bumped my roller stripper when I was epoxing everything. Like an idiot I assume I didn't knock it out of alignment but sure enough I did! My question is the roller stripper is now out of alignment and epoxied in place on top of a marbled underwrap and up against a marbled butt wrap. It appears as though the rod will work but it's alignment will annoy me to no end. How can I remove and reward the guide without destroying the marble underwrap or buttwrap? Any tips or tricks? Appreciate any help I can get bc otherwise the rod is perfect!! Re: Guide removal help
Posted by:
Ken Preston
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Date: July 25, 2016 07:28AM
Andrew
The best way I know to do this is to try & remove only the thread. To do that warm the epoxy over the thread wraps GENTLY then cut the thread across the top of the guide foot - start about half way through the wrap band and slice TOWARD the guide support leg (which will save your blank and perhaps a finger slice). Slowly peel away the cut segment & you should be able to find a tag end of the wrap by picking at the uncut edge. Once you have a tag end pull slowly but firmly and the thread should peel away in the opposite direction it was wrapped on while leaving everything else in tact. Re: Guide removal help
Posted by:
Andrew Trostle
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Date: July 25, 2016 07:47PM
Thanks Ken for the detailed description. I'll give it a shot. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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