bridge sticks

permitchaser · Post by **permitchaser** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 9:19 pm

How long its the extension? Did you do it already?

kblue · Post by **kblue** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:30 am

2ft so total length is 9ft. yes, I finished the blank extension.
waiting for deliveries of eva, reel seat, thread, thread epoxy... got guides

permitchaser · Post by **permitchaser** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 8:31 am

i was gonna tell you a friend gave me some nice clean pieces of strong blanks for extensions ,yup i got two footers both solid or holow,but you did it already ,ok keep posting your pics ,so we can guide you.

Rare · Post by **Rare** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:41 am

K, i want you take a full pic of the rod, and you holding a egg, with a paper that says boatless so im sure that rod is still in 1 piece.

kblue · Post by **kblue** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 2:14 pm

Rare wrote:K, i want you take a full pic of the rod, and you holding a egg, with a paper that says boatless so im sure that rod is still in 1 piece.

So in this case, egg is the secret item ?

cudaman · Post by **cudaman** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 2:58 pm

LOL, yes the egg is the secret item. Those KC might be strong enough for kblue not to break.

gruntking · Post by **gruntking** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:37 pm

rare im glad your checking up on the rod one time i heard he broke one befor he ever got on the bridge

Rare · Post by **Rare** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:23 pm

gruntking wrote:rare im glad your checking up on the rod one time i heard he broke one befor he ever got on the bridge

Well, let me tell you something.... it was not a rumor. He thought he could win against the tree... The tree won!!!

K, the egg is the item to verify that the rod is 1 piece.(secret item) After you posted, and i am satisfy, i will submit a video via PM showing you that rod in action and the bend as well.

STRIZ · Post by **STRIZ** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 8:14 pm

Gonna be iffy since he used that poor a$$ penn stick.

K did you not notice the wall of the penn is thin?

Adding layers to make it strong will hold so far but remember it is layers that could seperate. A blank is baked for a reason. It literally bakes the layers together.

It will hold but could end up breaking just at the wrong moment. However your ingeneuity is as good as ever.

Oh amd if it breaks then at least it willl break behind tje reelseat

out of 9 make 7 lol

kblue · Post by **kblue** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 8:46 pm

Rare wrote:
gruntking wrote:rare im glad your checking up on the rod one time i heard he broke one befor he ever got on the bridge
Well, let me tell you something.... it was not a rumor. He thought he could win against the tree... The tree won!!!

K, the egg is the item to verify that the rod is 1 piece.(secret item) After you posted, and i am satisfy, i will submit a video via PM showing you that rod in action and the bend as well.

Still waiting for reel seat.

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kblue · Post by **kblue** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:03 pm

STRIZ wrote: Adding layers to make it strong will hold so far but remember it is layers that could seperate. A blank is baked for a reason. It literally bakes the layers together.

It will hold but could end up breaking just at the wrong moment.

I really wanted to recycle my penn stick...I don't like to throw things away... My house is junk yard...lol

Yes, that was my concern as well...as they will twist differently inside...
I hope fiber tape layer may act as good mediator.... I purposely dried it in a direction of tip down and butt up so that rod-bond epoxy fills tip side first...

And I decided to put reel seat further out to tip( more than 24" original plan), which appears to give me better casting position (I know this is not casting rod but I still need to cast).

kblue · Post by **kblue** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:16 pm

I realized 9.2ft blank bends more smoothly than 7.2ft after 2ft extension probably B/C longer length... I like the bend now...

Rare · Post by **Rare** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:25 pm

I was gonna tell you to put a bucket on your head with a note...but video will be coming soon...

kblue · Post by **kblue** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:31 pm

Rare wrote:I was gonna tell you to put a bucket on your head with a note....

my buckets are too smelly with ribbons I caught last night...

Rare · Post by **Rare** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:35 pm

Hell with the egg...ribbon fish in your mouth....

kblue · Post by **kblue** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:20 pm

Rare wrote:Hell with the egg...ribbon fish in your mouth....

lol

permitchaser · Post by **permitchaser** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:39 pm

why it's not smooth by reel seat part?

kblue · Post by **kblue** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 8:28 pm

that is special grip I made...Plain eva grip is boring to me...lol

kblue · Post by **kblue** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 11:19 am

Rare wrote:Hell with the egg...ribbon fish in your mouth....

Finally, got the reel seat...but no more ribbon fish left...

Do I have to finish the rod or go to Jupiter to catch ribbon?

kblue · Post by **kblue** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 5:56 pm

I put the reel seat and fore grip and ready to put the guides...
I tested the weight with reel... the stick will be heavy one...heavier than rare stick...

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Rare · Post by **Rare** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 5:59 pm

kblue wrote:the stick will be heavy one...heavier than rare stick...]

Hard to image that.....

kblue · Post by **kblue** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 6:16 pm

Rare wrote:
kblue wrote:the stick will be heavy one...heavier than rare stick...]
Hard to image that.....

It may be just my feeling...

BTW, how many guides did Ronnie put on your rod without guide tip?

Rare · Post by **Rare** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 6:20 pm

8 guides

kblue · Post by **kblue** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 6:21 pm

thanks

kblue · Post by **kblue** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:30 pm

Raul or Ronnie

Do i need a thread coating under the guide for KC blank?
Since KC blank wall is thick, I think I can just thread the guides directly on blank...

BTW, these wire guides are pain to align.
And guide foot is too wide to be used on good bending rod specially for front tip section.
I found they are not good for calstar grafighter that I am building as back rod for PR trip.
Front glass section of Calstar grafighter has almost 90 deg bending, and foots of wire guide are getting way too close and it makes rod bending stiff...no good... But no problem for bridge sticks I am building.

STRIZ · Post by **STRIZ** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 3:52 am

kblue wrote:Raul or Ronnie

1. Do i need a thread coating under the guide for KC blank?
Since KC blank wall is thick, I think I can just thread the guides directly on blank...

2. BTW, these wire guides are pain to align.
And guide foot is too wide to be used on good bending rod specially for front tip section.
I found they are not good for calstar grafighter that I am building as back rod for PR trip.
Front glass section of Calstar grafighter has almost 90 deg bending, and foots of wire guide are getting way too close and it makes rod bending stiff...no good... But no problem for bridge sticks I am building.

1. You can grind the guide feet a little to give them a better seat on the blank. Other than that you should underwrap with thread as a basic rule of thumb.

2. Not sure how you do the alligning but there is a little trick once the guides are wrapped for a final allignment that will alllign the guides so that when stress gets built it sure will not be the guides to interfere with anything. What I always did is to wrap the guides and before I putt finish on them, I will take a weight (depending on what you build from 2 oz to 16oz) and a reel and bounce the rod. In other words put a reel on and hold it like a spinner. Bounce (carefully) with some weight and the guides will allign that final little perfection bit.

Make any sense?

permitchaser · Post by **permitchaser** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 9:18 am

Sorry for late reply I went on a cruise I gained like 10 lbs...yep you should do an under wrap for guides, and what Ron said grind them and after you wrap all da guides alling them ,and tip for last.

kblue · Post by **kblue** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:31 pm

kc blank is almost done on dryer...oh i almost forgot...i have to remove masking tape...lol

permitchaser · Post by **permitchaser** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:37 pm

Masking tape for what? Foam? Take pics...

kblue · Post by **kblue** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 5:18 pm

I put some masking tape to make sharp edge of epoxy on thread...but I didn't do it right and I seem to need some practice...

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