Zak
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Lovely!Just finished this rainshadow 7ft-6in, 4#. Found a great deal on these, so I brought 3 to get free shipping. Really enjoy finding attractive thread color combinations.
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Lovely!Just finished this rainshadow 7ft-6in, 4#. Found a great deal on these, so I brought 3 to get free shipping. Really enjoy finding attractive thread color combinations.
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Canāt decide on the large tapered end. It will feel better when two handing a cast, but does look a little different.
Thank you Porter. This is my first spinning grip, so debating on function over form.Some nice work.
Bamboo spinner sounds fun! I wiggled a bunch of rods at the NFC shop and this Medium Light S Glass blank felt very fun. Akin to a bamboo addiction.Looking good! And yesā¦.I did make a bamboo spinning rodā¦..doesnāt get much use though.
Thank you Herk! I was going to be bummed if I botched it, so I calipered a lot and kept the strips of sand paper moving. Good to know about being careful with the hard/soft aspect, didnāt think of thatā¦Nicely done. Sanding down rubberized cork (hard), next to burnt cork (soft) w/o leaving high/low spots can be difficult and you've done a perfect job.
Well you live and learn crash and burn, then you get back up and try again.
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In order to get this grip to fit I have to ream to about 16mm. Since I didnāt have any rods thick enough I decided to wrap multiple strips on an old thick walled rod. I got a little impatient and instead of wrapping an even 4 layers of sand paper, I did 4 on half and then 2 on the other. The transition created too much of a step up on my reamer and cracked the grip halfway through.
So I went back and epoxied in the rest of the grip tape to an even taper.
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These full length grips are tough on fat rod blanks, with a grip OD of 26mm and bore of 16mm youāre left with only 5mm per side. Definitely have to take your time.
To that tune, Iām sort of thinking Iāll ream it first to give more strength and then turn it with some tape arbors on the mandrel.I prefer to glue the rounds to the blank then shape it, alot easier IMHO.
I like Titebond III waterproof glue for gluing cork on a mandrill, as it sands easier and doesn't leave a glue line like epoxy does. I think it would be better for putting the grip back together.Itās a 7ā10ā blank, and I donāt have the setup to turn such with cork on it. Interesting to think I could save this I might try that. Iāve already glued up a replacement to the threaded rod to try again. I do the hand turn thing as you mention already to prevent problems with centering. I 100% think it was my shortcutted reamer job. The drastic size jump junction required a lot of force to push it through.
Once the new one is dry Iāll take it off and see about epoxy and pressing the cracked grip. Then finish the ream process and if it holds up Iāll deem it acceptable to reuse. Didnāt even think I could reuse it so that would be nice, thank you!
Titebond is a little more enjoyable to work with anyways, thank you. I will give this repair job a go in a couple days. I'm glad I didnt get annoyed and shred the thing when it happened, just sort of chuckled as I felt it coming and should of fixed the reamer.I like Titebond III waterproof glue for gluing cork on a mandrill, as it sands easier and doesn't leave a glue line like epoxy does. I think it would be better for putting the grip back together.
I use Rod Bond for gluing rings directly to the blank, as Titebond doesn't adhere to the blank as well.
Love this idea..!Side note I didnt like the butt plugs that a lot of the shops sell, so I found these metal buttons on Amazon and am going to inlay one into the hole at the bottom then coat in epoxy.
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