Can you guess what i forgot?

Terry Goode · Guru

Can you guess what i forgot?

Raymond Adams · Senior Member

forgot to buff the top of the guide feet?

I dunno, what did ya forget?

Paul Lindsey · Senior Member

Maybe you did not paint the guide feet and theysede will show rust if everything is not sealed.

Jerry Poindexter · Senior Member

My WAG...did you mix BOTH parts of the finish w/ the solvent?

Raymond Adams · Senior Member

I don't think he's going to tell us! LOL LOL

Terry Goode · Guru

well i figured there be more takers ..

ok when i removed the first screw up i scratched the blank in several placed (blame it on bad eyes and poor lighting and old shakie hands).

so i took some bright gold thread and did an underwrap then i put the eye on with the silk thread, it looked dang nice (well my kind of beginner nice any way).

then i took the epoxy and mixed it and then added the denatured alcohol mixed more and went to town.

i forgot to "CP" the underwrap disbelief

and when i applied the thinned epoxy it went translucent along with the silk thread. if you look real close you can see through both on to the rod blank.

at this point i am about ready to put this scrimshaw rod in the closet for a long while and just go fishing or back to my drawing.

-- Edited by Terry Goode on Thursday 22nd of April 2010 07:25:02 AM

Kevin Graybeal · Veteran Member

Naw, don't get discouraged and hang it up Terry! Trial and error is part of what we all do... that's one of the best things about this forum - the sharing of ideas to help one another. Sometimes it helps to make yourself a short check list before beginning a project - especially a complex one you've never tried before - to keep in front of you while you work. I'll do a tutorial on it for you if you think that may help.

Raymond Adams · Senior Member

Sometimes we all have to get away from the rod bench. Note: I said, get away NOT walk away.

If it ain't fun don't force yourself to do it. It's only a fishing rod and it ain't going no where.

That said, when I complete a project that has been a nightmare with a bench full of Gremlins
and even though had to do some things multiple times before it was right and becoming so frustrated I could scream, I get such a feeling of accomplishment that maybe the Gremlins were worth it.

Kevin Graybeal · Veteran Member

Good point Ray! Well said.

Terry Goode · Guru

no i have too much invested in it (time wise, with just the scrimshaw) to put the rod away .

i'll get her fixed, it was just a stupid mistake on my part and i knew it should have been done .

went fishing yesterday to clear my head, and fishing sucked by the way but it was a GOOD Day anyway.

gata go see my oncologist doctor this morning then back to the rod, this time i'll take my time .

oh by the way Raymond, i spent 2 days grinding them dang eyes and now you tell me
i need to polish them, geeeze you guys aint never satisfied.....

well heck i aint got nuthin else to do, i'll try.

-- Edited by Terry Goode on Friday 23rd of April 2010 07:28:09 AM

Raymond Adams · Senior Member

No Terry,

I probably wouldn't go thru the aggravation of polishing the guide feet. I just thought that might have been your intention when I made my guess. Sure would be a nice touch though if I had the skills with metal to do it!

Terry Goode · Guru

hehe well remember i am trying to build the few rods on a very tight budget, like real tight.

anyway the eyes i got were at a very reasonable price and after getting them home and
comparing them to the blank the eyes on the back double side were way to big for the blank and needed to be cut down.

then i just had to trim the rest down, but i'll endeavor to POLISH them down for ya ( big grin biggrin

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more to follow.