Robert A. Guist Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hello Jimmy. > > On the search you need to change to "ALL DATES", I > ran "Has anyone used cotton or polyester sewing > thread to wrap the guides?" with all dates and got > 131000 hits. > > Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines. Haha. Yeah i guess that would help.
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Thank you all for your replies. I dont live anywhere close to a rod shop so i order everything online. The particular vender uses a particular shipping service that is very slow. Up to 15 days. But i can get sewing thread just about anywhere. I have used sewing thread before with terrible results. It now makes sense that its coated with silicone. I didn’t know that. When i did the search I sear
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Hello all. Ive done a quick search but came up empty handed. Has anyone used cotton or polyester sewing thread to wrap the guides? If not. Any reasons why I should not use them. Thank you!
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Hello all. Have any of you ever made your own handles out of wine or champagne corks. If so what was your process? I tried to use wine cork by grinding it up in my wifes blender to what I thought was a good sized crum. Then mixed it up with epoxy an put the mixture into a homemade pipe press. It worked but it was too dense/heavy. Then switched to champagne corks. I cut the stem off the the “mushr
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Tom. You were right. The paste wasn’t a good option. I ended up using Loctite Gel epoxy. It worked good.
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Makes sense. I had a arbor but when reamed it got way off center so now I am going to do the tape method. I assumed the paste would work best because that's what I have seen most during videos and that's what stores recommend.
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Tom. You wouldn't use paste to glue the reel seat?
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Thanks Lance and Roger. This will save me a four day wait for shipment of "rod" glue or a 3hr trip to the nearest custom rod shop. Thanks again!
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Hello all. My name is Jimmy. I am new to the site and to rod building. I am in ghe process of building my first rod and i am at the point where its time to glue up the reel seat. I forgot to order some rod bond or pro paste. Has anyone ever used just plain epoxy or pc11 epoxy paste for the reel seat? Thanks for the help !
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