I use syringes, 2 different sizes 3cc and 10cc color coded to match resin and hardener. When mixing paste epoxy I use a gram scale and weigh each portion on a piece of foil. don't think I'll need to buy mixing stuff again.
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Advanced Custom Rod Building Dale P. Clemens, though he's past away, I've had his book since it was first published in 1979, It's still in my library today and I refer to it often.
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Thanks everyone for your responses, yes Barry, I did. Still waiting for my SS check, keeping my options open.
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OK, so I'm nostalgic… when I got all my rod building supplies out of storage from CA, I had 2 spools of Gudebrod thread, one a cream color (I think it may have been white 30 years ago) and black. both size "C" 450 yd spools. When I went to take the black spool off my thread tensioner, the spool itself kinda exploded and shattered in my hand, and needless to say I lost a few hundred yard
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Not sure how to unhide my email. so… mlager4451@gmail.com
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30 years ago Gudebrod was all the rage for wrapping, and being the nostalgic kind of guy I am if anyone has any (100 yds or more, any color) sizes A,B,C,or D I'd love to take them off your hands. Getting back in the trade after a 30 year hiatus, Thanks, Marc
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Thanks for the advice, and yes I have seen a couple of factory rods that way
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Hey folks, I have a PENN "Slammer" 20-50 rate 6'6" rod that the original stripper guide has been destroyed. I'd like to replace it with a roller stripper guide but since I have been suffering lately with Rip Van Winkle syndrome (haven't touched my rebuilding equipment in over 20 years) I'm having trouble with deciding on a brand and model to use. So far to my best research I think
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Do some crude math to get a rough idea of the amount of tread… "A" size thread is .006" "B" = .008" and "D" is .010" thick. measure the diameter of the rod at the wrap site, Circumference = D x 3.14. So 2" long wrap of a guide at a place where the pole is .375" in diameter (1.1775 circumference) using size "A" thread would require a
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