You can't let crime win....
 

If you do, you are failing everybody who gave their life for this great country. Even if it kills you.
Peace ✌️ ☮️ out 😁 👓 smile 😎

First coat of flexcoat....
 

Spin drying.....and it's raining 🌧 outside again.

What is that and what happened?

Sorry if I left you wondering to much.
 

I work part time for a water vending company as chief mechanic the machine your looking at has been vandalized 4 times by the same guy. I'm just showing off my repair jobs before and after pictures, that took me away from my rod restoration. Sorry for the sideways picture I have no control over that.

A new knob ....
 

To play with, Epoxyed on. The blank would crack out before the knob comes off.
The next picture I post rod will be done ✔️
Stay tuned 😎

Fishing is all about feeling.....
 

Mental and physical. And I like to make them both feel good 👍although I might have to get some tear drop tattoos for the lost ones, that Jaded me.....:D

How about - "You get what you give" by the New Radicals... It is playing in this video.....RIP Tony

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR0O...ku5lBTsQf_ww9_

Ya I missed out....
 

On alot of great meet-ups.....I was going thru the worst turmoil of my life....I did catch the tail end tho.
I was like the high banks drifter that came in, at the end.:cool:

Completed another step...
 

Two products I used to restore my cork grips
Filler and sealer.

You want to have the vacuum ready
 

To clean up the mess
Had to spin motor wide open to sand....
Slow was wobbly and fast as my motor would spin was smooth. You might say I put the wood to it....
I used alot of filler....one time got er done.

Had alot of sanding
 

To do....1in strip sand paper work good

After drying over night
 

And sanding I vacuumed up the mess before applying sealer.
One time with the filler got er done

Good thing I did not....
 

Destroy my rubber finish ring at the end there is nothing I could replace it with.
Happy how it came out.

I had holes 🕳 in the cork....
 

Almost down to the blank
If you get back 5ft you can't even see the wood filler.
It looks better than these pictures show. They don't do it justice

I wanted to add a small piece of shrink tubing....
 

At bottom of cork, but I forgot to put it on before the gimbal knob butt.
I still might try but don't think the shrink tubing will shrink that small on the blank.

BTW.....
 

You only need one coat of u-40 cork sealer.

Alittle clamp comes in handy.....
 

Holding the micro guides and then slide it up on to the blank, under the line. At your China mark. Give it a few wraps to hold it in
place.
Adjust straight 💯 with your tip and reel seat.
And finish wrapping

I really like my line tensioner....
 

I made. It makes for hands 🙌 free tension on the guide and l can wrap the guide as tight as i want.

Rain 🌧 64% tomorrow....
 

And Sunday 46% chance in Sandy eggo

Calling it a night 🌙
 

A couple of guides in the morning 🌄
And then jig holder and my spiral wrap.
And should be ready for flexcoat resin I'm going to coat the entire blank again with fresh flexcoat.
I didn't like the way the first coat dried
Alittle soft. Another coat will fix that
Stay tuned 😎