OD18 in Arizona..SPLASHED..

[Larry B]

Getting closer, got my light installed today. Have most of what I need, just waitting on another shippment and it'll be wrapping time.

[timmydafool]

So where did you get your design from? what kinda drying motor and chuck did you go with?

it looks awesome I've been wanting to do this for some time now.

-tim

[Larry B]

OK, Not perfect and I'll probably redo it as I move up the rod and get better (Hopefully )
But thought I'd post a picture to show off my first wrap

[gstanfield]

I like it

[Larry B]

I like it

Thanks George, I do believe the hardest part is this first learning curve, it's a real bitch and with my aging eye's it's even harder.

[a_Adel]

Building my own rods is a hobby i never had the time to commit to it as much as I would want to, read alot about it, just wish if i could practice it enough.
really like your wrap, and your wrapper , does it have various speeds?

[Cracker Larry]

That ain't a bad first wrap, it takes some practice and developing a feel for it. You'll probably want to strip it and do it again before you are finished. My problem is only building 1 or 2 rods a year, I forget what I learned last time and have to learn it again

Larry, are you power wrapping, or spinning the rod by hand? I usually just hand spin it for the wraps, the motor makes me screw up even faster I just use the motor for drying.

[Larry B]

really like your wrap, and your wrapper , does it have various speeds?

Thanks, and not various speeds, only one speed, slow for drying.

Larry, are you power wrapping, or spinning the rod by hand? I usually just hand spin it for the wraps, the motor makes me screw up even faster I just use the motor for drying.

Larry, I'm spinning the rod by hand, time consuming and tiring but I'd really screw it up with a power wrapper. I'm not in a hurry anyway so it don't matter much. Just use the motor for drying.
I took the guide off and finished doing the under wraps and put a coat of epoxy on that, tomorrow I'll start wrapping the guides again with Black Thread size D

[Cracker Larry]

Those are looking good. You might want to use a color preservative on the threads before you epoxy them, to keep the colors from bleeding through or fading, although on the last rod I built I used several coats of color preservative and it's already fading. Doesn't matter much I reckon. Metallic colors seem to go the fastest in the sun.

tomorrow I'll start wrapping the guides again with Black Thread size D

Are you sure? Those under wraps look like size A? Size D might look like rope on top of them. If you ain't in no hurry, it would look better wrapped in size A Just saying...

[Larry B]

Well it ain't perfect, but it's a great rod. Don't plan on selling them, so I only have to make myself happy. I used the Eva Foam Grips because they are tough.
Anyway here are some pictures: