DIY Oh yeah

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Re: DIY Oh yeah

Post by Yota » Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:39 pm

rb85 wrote:Just take it off and start again.
If it were an expensive rod I would.
I don’t think it will make any difference.
:victory:
The rod was destined for the bin as I’ve got better ones now.
But now I’ve got one to lend that special friend who has no gear when he comes on my boat ha ha :rofl:
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Re: DIY Oh yeah

Post by Yota » Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:40 pm

ducky wrote:Haha. That’s great. It’s like electrical plug tops I fitted in me early apprentice days. You’d finish it only to realise you forgot to feed the cover and locking ring on the lead first...
Yes I can relate to that being a sparky myself :cheers:

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Re: DIY Oh yeah

Post by purple5ive » Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:58 pm

Yota wrote:
ducky wrote:Haha. That’s great. It’s like electrical plug tops I fitted in me early apprentice days. You’d finish it only to realise you forgot to feed the cover and locking ring on the lead first...
Yes I can relate to that being a sparky myself :cheers:
How many times have you soldered or crimped terminals etc on and then realised you forgot the shrinkwrap.
I've lost count how many times I've done that.

Anyway. If the guide is supported on both ends as you said then it wont make much difference.
Good you gave it a go. And if its putting a smile in your face everytime you see it then maybe it was meant to be ...

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Re: DIY Oh yeah

Post by ducky » Wed Aug 15, 2018 11:19 pm

purple5ive wrote:
Yota wrote:
ducky wrote:Haha. That’s great. It’s like electrical plug tops I fitted in me early apprentice days. You’d finish it only to realise you forgot to feed the cover and locking ring on the lead first...
Yes I can relate to that being a sparky myself :cheers:
How many times have you soldered or crimped terminals etc on and then realised you forgot the shrinkwrap.
I've lost count how many times I've done that.

Anyway. If the guide is supported on both ends as you said then it wont make much difference.
Good you gave it a go. And if its putting a smile in your face everytime you see it then maybe it was meant to be ...
Try feeding a 300m run of mains out of a hole in a ceiling. Running it out. Then feeding it to the next point. Only to find you’ve gone under a sprinkler pipe instead of above it. Face palms on a grand scale. Haha

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Re: DIY Oh yeah

Post by smile0784 » Thu Aug 16, 2018 3:40 am

When i use to make rods back in the day.
I use to use a clothes peg on one side of the guide to hold it in place while i bind up the other side

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Re: DIY Oh yeah

Post by denis barden » Thu Aug 16, 2018 5:02 am

Its a good thing
As Billy Thorpe said once at a Gig-It carnt be too bad if it makes you smile

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Re: DIY Oh yeah

Post by Mattblack » Thu Aug 16, 2018 8:15 am

Bloody IKEA ... Its pure luck if you manage to negotiate this hell on earth without getting a divorce, and then you have to begin the assembly process once you get home. I always manage to miss a step and have to pull it apart when I'm nearly finished.
F*%k you IKEA, you're worse than the introduction of the Cane Toad.

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Re: DIY Oh yeah

Post by VooDoo » Thu Aug 16, 2018 8:51 am

Mattblack wrote:Bloody IKEA ... Its pure luck if you manage to negotiate this hell on earth without getting a divorce, and then you have to begin the assembly process once you get home. I always manage to miss a step and have to pull it apart when I'm nearly finished.
F*%k you IKEA, you're worse than the introduction of the Cane Toad.
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Re: DIY Oh yeah

Post by Yota » Thu Aug 16, 2018 11:20 am

Ok so here’s proof that I can be “less attentive to some details” (some would say STUPID) :victory:
One pic is a rod original with the gold trim
One pic is my first attempt, complete with the “witches middle finger” of my glue affect :notworthy:
It’s dried up nicely and it’s better than it was previously, I hope, even though it’s the reverse cowgirl version.
And oh yeah Billy Thorpe is a legend.
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Re: DIY Oh yeah

Post by smile0784 » Thu Aug 16, 2018 4:13 pm

Yota wrote:Ok so here’s proof that I can be “less attentive to some details” (some would say STUPID) :victory:
One pic is a rod original with the gold trim
One pic is my first attempt, complete with the “witches middle finger” of my glue affect :notworthy:
It’s dried up nicely and it’s better than it was previously, I hope, even though it’s the reverse cowgirl version.
And oh yeah Billy Thorpe is a legend.
That should be fine mate.
Just a tip.
Before you apoxy ontop of the thread put same masking tape where you want the apoxy to finish. Makes it look nicer for a easy fix and once dry slowly put masking tape off.

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