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  1. The two major suppliers that are closest to you are Custom Tackle Supply in Shelbyville, TN and fishstix4u in Virginia. Bob McKamey at Custom Tackle is very helpful and can get almost anything you need, if it's not in stock. Also check out C&G Tackle. Dick French carries many of the products formerly offered by Clemons.
  2. Billy, It was a real pleasure to meet you and spend time comparing rods, eatin' NC Barbecue, and tellin' tales on Thursday evening. I think you slowed down quite a bit after your second barbecue sandwich. What a pair. Tall, young, thin, and NYC vs short, old, fat, and southern country. Rod-wrapping crosses all boundries.
  3. Sorry for having to Edit this Post. Board rules no comercial links allowed. Regards Big Dave Erik Send me a PM I'll try and hook you up [ 09-12-2003, 06:32 PM: Message edited by: Big Dave ]
  4. The cheapest and best mixing cup I've used is the bottom of a soft drink aluminum can (perfect size for 3cc.each part) cleaned with denatured. When you're through, toss it in the recycle bin and get a little extra for the weight added to the can by leftover epoxy.
  5. I have the best luck with my fingernail or the edge of a plastic ruler, followed by half worn out gray Scotch-Brite pad.
  6. Rod Bond can be very sensitive to temperature in regards to cure rate. I installed a hypalon grip and reel seat bushings on a rod at about 9 pm one evening, turned off the heat in the shop(outside)and took the rod in the house to cure the epoxy. The temperature in the shop dropped to about 34 degrees that night. At about 10:30 the next morning, I remembered that I'd left my spatula in the Rod Bond and rushed out to the shop to try to get it loose. The Rod Bond was still so soft that I was able to use it to install the reel seat. Although the rod with the grip and bushings had completely set up at 70 degrees, the leftover epoxy at 34 degrees was still useable. Save it from day to day in the refrigerator?
  7. Angler's Workshop is the maker of the Custom Power Wrapper and likely owns the dies for the aluminum bed extrusions, as Renzetti owns the dies for the extrusion of its bed. The beds are probably available from either, but nowhere else. Lynn
  8. BBH, As you've found out, there are problems with using a bobbin. You need different tensions at certain places on a rod (ferrule re-inforcement). You also get different tensions as the spool reduces it's diameter. I have a problem with sewing machine disc type tensions that apply the tension to the thread itself. Most wrapping thread has a fair amount of twist in it and the twist has a tendency to back up behind the tension disc, causing thread-breaks or uneven wraps. The best that I've found is to tension the spool with washers, a coil spring and adjustable thumbscrews. I built my 4 spool thread tensioner with about $7 worth of parts from Lowe's Hardware. A 1X1" piece of wood attached behind and perpendicular to the main wrapping board; a piece of 3/4"X 1/4"X6" flat aluminum attached at the end of the 1X1 in the vertical position by two wood screws; two holes in the flat aluminum to accept two 8" pieces of 1/4" threaded rod, with lockwashers and nuts to center the rod on the upright; beyond the nuts on the threaded rod use a small washer,followed by a 1"fender washer, then the spool of thread, then another 1" fender washer, a small washer, a coil spring, a small washer, and then two thumbscrews, with the last one acting as a jamb nut for the first. If by some strange chance you could follow this description, you have a 4-spool thread tension device with an upper and lower spool on each side of the aluminum upright. Mount two guides on the main board, centered with the spools on each side of the upright. The thumbscrews allow you to adjust the tension on the spools as necessary. Sorry for the long-winded unclear post. E-mail me for further confusing instructions. Lynn
  9. Royal blue metallic underwrap with a Prizm silver holographic inlay directly under each guide ring, with black overwraps and metallic silver trim bands. Classic, but flashy.JMHO Lynn
  10. You can beat the Oceanmaster, but not for the money. Also, look at the Pinnacle Shorline Special 11 1/2'. It's several dollars cheaper and will work for 8-n-bait. Ther are very few places that you need 8-n-bait. The Point at Cape Hatteras is one of the only ones I know of and I can't enjoy playing in that madhouse. There are many custom rods that will outdo either one for lightness and power, but not for the money.
  11. Tica is absolutely the the best precision that Chinese slave labor can buy. Smooth as glass. When there are no more American reel manufacturers, you'll know why. We don't need manufacturing in the U.S. A member of the U.S Textile Insustry who has been sold-out by our government, and a rodbuilder, Lynn
  12. Can't replace the ceramic ring. If you are talking about the tip guide, it is put on most rods with hot melt tip glue, so carefully heat the tube with a butane lighter or a heat gun and pull it off with pliers when you feel it loosen. Tip guides are specified by two numbers ie, 10-9 where the first number is the size of the guide ring(in mm.) and the second number is the size of the tube that fits over the tip of the rod measured in 64's. Measure the tip diameter about 1/2"-3/4" from the tip for a good fit. Re-apply with Fuji hot melt tip glue(any Wal-mart or K-mart)
  13. The shrink-tubeing with the diamond pattern is imported from Japan , I think. It has almost a velvety feel to the diamonds. The only place that I know of that carries it is Bad-fish.com. About $20 for 4ft.
  14. You could probably put it directly on the blank if you secure it with a little epoxy, but unless you have very small hands, the grip won't be big enough to be comfortable. You could use cork tape or butt twine under the shrink-wrap to give you the size you'll need. Also, there is a new shrinkwrap with a diamond pattern made into it that looks good. Its the same as what is used on the new Pinnacle Shoreline Classic surf rods.
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