This is my first carbon grip I made. Really easy to do.
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This is my home made lathe built with all hand tools basically, a drill,a hacksaw and a few taps. It was inspired by Doug Cox and the renzetti lathe. The one big difference in my lathe is the thread carriage does not have to be removed to reposition it. Its running in a track and on ball bearing wheels at the same time.
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Billy Billy know my Steez taking grip challenge if you please 9oz combo to fill my needs sans the thread art it just adds cheese.
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can the silicon be washed out with water and detergent of some type?
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sounds like your browser is being hijacked... Start scanning your macahine. I dont know what the end all be all anti hijack proggy is these days but we used to use this for obscure hijacks..
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To clarify the reel i have is big, the foot wont fit on a #16 or #17 reel seat. It needs to be mounted on a #18 or bigger seat but i want a blank through model seat with a trigger which i dont think is made in that size.
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Hi, thanks Bobby, its .510 or 13mm...
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I was wondering if anyone has made a RF lite from a size 18 TCS? Seems to me there may be to much space and it would look funny. Maybe even end up with odd edges that might be a nuisance and hurt after a while with all the space inbetween the seat and the blank it would end up with. The point of this is I would like a reel seat that can fit a reel that needs a size 18 seat or bigger with bl
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catch the fisherman not the fish, gimicks!
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I knew that was foam a long time ago before the rods even were out i had the chance to play with them at the rockland show here in new york a few years ago. The rep simply told me it was foam under the black stuff. Its the flocking he would not say a word about. The flocking they are doing that is the end all be all. Also i guessed at it while i was holding the rods like many here said it loo
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what ever it is sure makes the custom rod building world look bad. That stuff kicks butt, to me it ends the need for a cork substitute and just puts EVA on the back burner. To bad we dont have access to it I have felt from the first time i saw and tried it this was the stuff that we need instead of grasping at all kinds of hoaky ways to obtain something less expensive than cork and just as good a
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gudebrod copper and pacbay orange both metalic
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Billy Vivona Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Henry, even if that is true, it's still going to > be way stronger than stong enough. Teh problem I > had with 5 minute Devcon, is it is VERY brittle in > cold temps. That mightbe one reason Ralph went a > different route, I dunno though I'm jus tguessing. This is just the product that has me l
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I was always under the impression from reading alot of info on epoxy that fast curing stuff is not as strong. Is this true?
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wrap some thin strips of tape to shim it centered. Its not fast drying at all.
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The poly glues like sumo and gorrila can fill gaps, they foam up. Also some mesh sheet rock tap can help out there too.
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today i was shiiping a fishing lure to someone, total package weight was 4 OZs using the USPS online shipping and lable printing system i tried to ship it from NY to CT. Using pacel post method 2-9 days for $8.50! Prority mail $4.50. 2-3 days, first class mail $1.86 2-5 days what gives LOL?
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like Tom said hovering over it is what really messes ya up. place a small fan on low setting near by to create a breeze over the rod so the fumes arent going right up into to your face but being blow sideways and away from you also being replaced with nice fresh air by the breeze.Ventilate the room really well so you arent just blowing fumes around but replacing the bad air with some good.
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fedex ground is the cheapest to ship rods with insurance for a person who cant get a biz account with a shipper. USPS is cheaper if your not insuring.. all of that is a joke in my opinion i have to pay them for losing my package what the heck is that. another thing when using USPS every optional service they offer is a joke. if they lose your package they are just goign to say sorry. Only thing
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i made one to, after seeing doug's read the replys in this link..
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macro mode will focus to about as close as maybe 6 inches the setting/button whatever is depicted as a tulip flower lookign thing on your camera.
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actually Markos friend makes alot of that stuf for him and he sells it.. for instance that aluminum piece in the front is $65 in this link.. Still want to play? Check out the new matagi stuff in his catalog it will blow you away.. he really stepped up and made alot of nice new stuff this year. Like i said to decorate a rod its going to be $100 you wanna play you gotta pay.
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no way to get them. They are proprietary to the company that makes them.
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Scott Sheets Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Henry, I dont really have a bubble issue, I have a > viscocity issue right out of the cup. I think I > have it resolved, seems I have been heating the > two parts too much before mixing. I dont either really only bubbles are the ones I introduce with the brush or spatula if i get sloppy. But they
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it gets thick, so what. Sure it holds bubbles, it gets thick as snot pretty fast it has no choice to hold bubbles when it gets like that. it almost starts out that way if the room is really cold. After you apply it heat it till the point that it thins and releases them your not heating as hot as you think. Even at that point even where it starts to drip, touch and see how hot it is, it feels warm
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its pretty thick so it holds bubbles more readily thats pretty much common sense that would happen.
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a high end st croix or loomis rod with a sub 7oz reel will float on its own. I dropped a $600 rig in the dark in the middle of the lake and just picked it up out of the water after thinking that it was lost forever when i first heard the splash.
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use thin thread finish as your first coat, heat it some even to thin it further after its apply and still wet if in doubt. It will penetrate everything it will fill every gap and leave no space for air to be trapped underneath.
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Looks like your in texas that rod is great for bass fishing. Like the post above I would use it for jigs, worm fishing in the weeds or carolina rigs. You will build a very nice rod from it. Their factory rods are built from the same blanks sell for around $200.
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st. croix lists its weights and Custom Tackle Supply has an old list of g. loomis blanks they show the weights there. lamiglass show the weights too but the last blank i bought the weight was off by almost 2Ozs sheesh, heavier BTW.
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