12-18-2005, 07:34 PM
[size 2]Scotty, Read this:
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As a matter of fact, read all 12 chapters as it's pretty educational (plenty of helpful illustrations, and I know how you trailer park boys like pretty pictures with your stories).
Seriously, rubbing the completed wraps with a burnishing tool (usually hard, rounded plactic) evens out the threads and fills in any small gaps in the wraps. It also gives the completed wrap a "one-piece" appearance instead of the individual threads.
As for aligning the guides, here's my method - everybody has their own:
Mark the guide spacing on the rod with a pencil (easy to rub off).
With small pieces of masking tape, locate the guides and tape down one foot on each (single-foot guides are a bit trickier).
Sighting down the blank with the guides ON THE BOTTOM, make any adjustments and snug the tape.
Wrap the 1st 2 or 3 guides - just one foot.
Now sight down the blank - GUIDES DOWN - and make any adjustments that are needed. With only one foot tied down, you can move the guide quite a bit.
Continue on one guide at a time. Wrap one foot, adjust to match the others, then wrap the second foot.
For some reason, the guides seem to line up easier if your looking at the rod blank with the guides below (another Dale Clemens trick) the blank where you can just see the sides of the guides - give it a try as it may work for you.
FWIW,
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As a matter of fact, read all 12 chapters as it's pretty educational (plenty of helpful illustrations, and I know how you trailer park boys like pretty pictures with your stories).
Seriously, rubbing the completed wraps with a burnishing tool (usually hard, rounded plactic) evens out the threads and fills in any small gaps in the wraps. It also gives the completed wrap a "one-piece" appearance instead of the individual threads.
As for aligning the guides, here's my method - everybody has their own:
Mark the guide spacing on the rod with a pencil (easy to rub off).
With small pieces of masking tape, locate the guides and tape down one foot on each (single-foot guides are a bit trickier).
Sighting down the blank with the guides ON THE BOTTOM, make any adjustments and snug the tape.
Wrap the 1st 2 or 3 guides - just one foot.
Now sight down the blank - GUIDES DOWN - and make any adjustments that are needed. With only one foot tied down, you can move the guide quite a bit.
Continue on one guide at a time. Wrap one foot, adjust to match the others, then wrap the second foot.
For some reason, the guides seem to line up easier if your looking at the rod blank with the guides below (another Dale Clemens trick) the blank where you can just see the sides of the guides - give it a try as it may work for you.
FWIW,
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