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Mike Wilkinson 
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Posted on: Jun. 15 2012,09:13 |
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It's merlot nylon so has darkened a little when coated... very happy with the color too 
It matches the burgundy graphite reel seat beautifully too!
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Mike Wilkinson
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Posted on: Jun. 17 2012,15:56 |
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So 99% complete, only a loose spigot to fix to be 100% fishable....
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Posted on: Jun. 18 2012,18:37 |
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Looks good Mike. I have a trent blank, cut into 3, just need to sort out ferrules. Spiggots are obviously the way to go, but I have no idea how to make some.
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Mattyd
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Posted on: Jun. 18 2012,21:09 |
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Kevin,
Simple option, measure the blank at the male ferrule and buy some carbon fibre tube around that dia, you will need to get pretty close to that measurement but it's pretty cheap, you can buy it from most hobby shops or online Ferrule Material
you may have to sand it down to fit the internal part of the male ferrule, then expoxy in place. For the female ferrule, simply wrap 400grit (and work your way higher) sand paper around the ferrule, and roll the blank back n forth on you knee, testing the fit as you go, you should be able to dial in the ferrule in a couple of minutes (dependent on carbon/spigot sizing) You won't be able to take a huge amount off with out effecting the strength of the ferrule, but I can't see the blank being to far off internally if the original ferrules were cut out.
Hope that may help 
Cheers
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Before we had Glass, we had Grass - Fish Bamboo
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Posted on: Jun. 18 2012,23:22 |
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Thanks Matt. I get what you're saying, just need to think some more about the tapering.
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Mattyd
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Posted on: Jun. 19 2012,00:26 |
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Not sure if it would taper off that much Kev, it's would be only be over a max 3-4" length. I just measured an old Kilwell Fibreglass 8wt I have in the shed. The Taper is less than 1:100
Ferrule length = 2.40"
Largest Dia = 0.340"
Smaller dia = 0.317"
Taper = 0.958% or 0.023" that's roughly 0.5mm
I'm sure you could sand that out of the carbon tube would have to check
Food for thought anyway.
Sorry to hijack Mike, The rod looks mint mate I love proper winding checks - sets the whole thing off!
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Mike Wilkinson
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Posted on: Jun. 19 2012,00:31 |
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Your welcome to hi-jack it, I'm intrigued to hear how to do it for the future builds
The winding check and hook keep is my favorite bit of the whole build 
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Posted on: Jun. 19 2012,11:09 |
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Yeah, that's not much to sand off Matt. I see you can get solid fibreglass rods as well, don't know if they would sand though.
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Mike Wilkinson
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Posted on: Jun. 28 2012,23:40 |
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Stoked, got the rebuild featured on "Fiberglass Manifesto"
Mikes Yellow rebuild
Now these guys really love Glass!
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Mike Wilkinson
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Posted on: Feb. 06 2013,21:35 |
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Such a long time ago but I finally got around to fishing the Glass
Colour co-ordinated! Full story on the blog...
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