Nice trip. Thanks for taking me aliong!
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Nice trip. Thanks for taking me aliong!
looks fun to me :highfive
You should do it. My Wife and kids got me a hand wrapper and a starter kit from Mudhole this year for Christmas. I have wanted to try it for years, and I told someone the other day I was further down a rabbit hole that Alice on a pair of roller-skates.Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
The first one I built I made a cradle. Wrapped by hand and then sat up most of the night turning by hand to keep the flexcoat level. That was well over 20 years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by gunwhatgun
Jack, if you do get into it I’ll send you a motor for the turner/drier like I used on mine. You’re kinda like me, see something and build what you need. The motor is from a microwave oven turntable. Piece of cake. I would advise a slip Chuck from mudhole though, makes finishing so much easier.
Never thought about that as a source for a motor. Thank you for the offer. I am thinking rod building for the summer time when it is too hot to be out fishing. I am about to start building some structure to start sinking.