Michael1227
Smolt
Steve. I compared some of my prized wine corks (yes, I keep some corks after the vino is consumed) to the grips on my only self made build, and a couple of production rods. None of them were large enough (in diameter) to form the bulge at the forward end of the grip. I noticed that you use a threaded rod with nuts and washers to clamp for gluing (?). Doest that increase the diameter?The CCGT (cork chunks glued together) grips I think are tougher than real cork grips. So far so good, I’ve made 7 and no problems yet. The third one I darkened with a dark wood wax. The quality of real wine cork isn’t as good as expensive cork rings made for grips.