Need Someone to Refinish

feeds@yuku.com (BKill) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:34:40 GMT

Hey all ... I need some help. A friend wants to have his father's Garcia glass fly rod refinished. It's not in bad shape at all, but still I'm looking for inexpensive, but nicely done work. The rod has great sentimental value. Thanks in advance.

Mike D.
http://therustyspinner.blogspot.com

Glueing strips

feeds@yuku.com (Steven) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:06:31 GMT

Steven here from South Africa, i have tried some local adhesives and was not happy with the outcome, i ran a small test on a few scrap strips and found that after curing the strips could rather easily be pulled apart, i used an epoxy ( ABE epidermix) on my next test and found it was impossible to pull them apart, is it possible to use a good epoxy for binding strips or is it not recommended. Here is a link to epidermix if no one minds having a look

Cattanach bamboo oven

feeds@yuku.com (cambrose) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:15:07 GMT

I'm currently building one of Cattanachs ovens. I'm down to the thermostat wiring and would like to know if anyone else has built one and can give me some guidance on the wiring and what type of wire I should use. I have some silicone high temp wire, but am not sure if its heavy enough-up to 305 deg F per the manufacturer. Also, a Robertshaw 5320 thermostat. Thanks in advance Mike

can a nodeless rod have bookmatched tips?

feeds@yuku.com (jz2) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:42:02 GMT

just asking. I thought bookmatching meant lining up nodes so each tip has identical node pattern. so what is the definition of "bookmatching"
tia

removeing ferrules

feeds@yuku.com (grangaris) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:50:57 GMT

i glued a couple of ferrules on and one didnt quite line up with the flats, anyway i need to remove it and reglue it. i used u 40 rod bond .any suggestions of an easy removel and clean up.

Last n Last Varnish Question

feeds@yuku.com (Joel Anderson) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:34:42 GMT

The LnL high glosss varnish I purchased last year went bad before my final dip on a rod that'll be a Christmas gift. A call to the local hardware store confirmed they carry the varnish, but when I got here, all they had was "Gloss" & "Satin". When the clerk compared the scanner numbers on my old empty can of "High Gloss" to the can of "Gloss" he had in stock, they were excatly the same. I checked the LnL website and doesn't even show a...

Another newbie

feeds@yuku.com (HOSS) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:45:07 GMT

Well I checked and could not exactly find a post about how to get started. What I'm looking for is a basic list of what I need such as forms, plane, rasps, etc..... Ok I'm not rich so any where I can skimp I will, but also I'm looking ahead. This is a future project. So If the good Lord allows I'll be doing this hopefully in the next year or two. I have checked out a couple of sites, but I thought I'd get it from the horses mouth so to speak as to what is Neccesary, and...

Looking for a Leonard Model 50 tip

feeds@yuku.com (Middle Branch) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:46:32 GMT

I've got an ad on the classifieds board but I thought I'd put one over here for more exposure and for discussion perhaps. Maybe somebody has a lead on a person that would have one that's not a member here.

I am in dire need of a tip for a prefire model 50, I don't have the measurements yet, and I'm not sure if it's a DF or not, but if anyone has any prefire model 50 or 50DF tip that they are willing to part with let me know and we'll get down to brass...

Color Preservers

feeds@yuku.com (bamboofan) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:59:02 GMT

Haven't been on here for quite a while due to life...unemployment, school, etc., but wanted to share something and wondered if anyone else has used it.

In restoring a #20 Heddon I was looking for a cp that wouldn't eat through the laquer that I had applied to the ferrules after spraying them black. Aero Gloss, my usual cp of choice was out because it ate through the laquer and caused the black to migrate up through the wraps. I remembered using a commercially available cp...

Berwick Bamboo??

feeds@yuku.com (Sped) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:42:08 GMT

Anyone ever here of a a maker by the name Berwick? That is the word inked above the handle of a rod I'm looking at.........Thanks in advance...Sped

Titebond III or Titebond Polyurethane

feeds@yuku.com (Fairbanks) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:43:24 GMT

Greetings,

If all goes as planned I will be gluing my first blank in the next week or so. I am planning to use Titebond III so I read through a number of posts regarding this glue and many of them (most?) seemed to be positive with a few qualifiers. Anyway, when I arrived at my local hardware store I noticed Titebond Polyurethane. Has anyone used this stuff? What do you think?

Thanks in Advance!

Steve

Windchester 6035

feeds@yuku.com (cecolefly) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:13:01 GMT

I have run across a windchester 6035,accordingt to the ghome book it was a low end rod . I have restored it to its orig. state used it up on thetuckagee river and it is a very good rod as far as i am cocerned, handled the wind very good at 40 feet and some good size browns to. Would like to know who made it for windchester. regards charlie

Color Preserver (again)

feeds@yuku.com (Trout120) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:49:25 GMT

Out of the following three choices, who has had the best luck?
- Trondack U-40 Color lock 2
- Gudebrod 811
- Flexcoat

Which one had the best coverage also?

Thanks,
Trout120

Fitting cork to quads

feeds@yuku.com (cdmoore) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:53:03 GMT

For those that make quads, what method have you found works best to get a nice tight fit between cork and blank on the last cork ring?

Thanks,

Chris