Rain 🌧 with rod restoration.....2/5/24

[MITCHELL]

Nothing wrong with this fishing pole except the reel is shot, I took it apart and cleaned it and something is broken its one of the first models of Abu garcia revo inshore reels and I can't find exact schematic of the serial number on the reel.
I like the blank it is a Fenwick goldwing I got from Fenwick in replacement for a boron pistol grip I broke fighting a sheephead in LJ. Going to strip and rewrap keeping reel seat and new reel. New quality guides coming in mail. See ya in a few weeks no rush

[MITCHELL]

And the second time by me.I could just slap a new reel on it and fish it. All the guides are still good but since getting a new SLX XT 150 HG I decided to redo the whole rod...I forgot to use color preserve and did not like the color combination anyway cutting and restoring original cork with fillers and finish.
I could take a dremel tool and cut the reelseat out and go with a new one, but I want something original the seat and bank will be original with cork filler
If I don't like it after that I can always cut it off and replace with a new reelseat

[MITCHELL]

Just don't over heat, Just alittle to soften the flexcoat resin and a board knife to cut thread. Most importantly always cut away from your self 💯 seriously

[MITCHELL]

Covered with flexcoat to get down to the original blank after you stripped the guides out. Use heat gun and lightly heat blank and scrape the blank keeping the board knife 🔪 at a 90?angle that will keep you from splintering the blank you can feel the smoothness of the original blank

[MITCHELL]

Lightly sand blank not to much or you will change the blank rating, also I'm going to paint my blank black with a Coat of flexcoat light before guide Wapping.
Since all my guides are all still good I will keep incase I pop a 💍 😇

[MITCHELL]

Going with a new rubber Finnish ring
But keep old cork.

[MITCHELL]

Or what ever you want to call it 😏

[MITCHELL]

After a light sanding, but not today because of rain.
My new looks

[MITCHELL]

I'm going to build up the back of the worn away cork or leave the taper look shrink tubing is your best friend

[MITCHELL]

I did a spline check and I'm bummed because the reel seat is alittle off from the factory all the more reason to custom wrap

[MITCHELL]

Cut the grease....Definitely liking this color combination
Rip Toby Keith I love this bar...
With my red solo cup 🥤 😎

[PapaDave]

How did the end item come out?

[MITCHELL]

How did the end item come out?

On guides in mail next Saturday supposedly
When I done I will post pictures 📸 🖼 🤳 😎

[MITCHELL]

The new guides are. The old ones are bigger but braided line was not invented yet.
Also I noticed with the small tips because of Braid you get a lot of tip wraps with line pisses me off every time I have to reach up to untangle a tip when I'm trying to cast lures I had that problem on the light spinning rods I built
With the small guides constantly getting tip wrapped.

[MITCHELL]

Squidco but I have to drive across town.
Won't know until I cast with the new guides

[MITCHELL]

And new tip. Also the tips were getting braid wrapped with 10 and 15lb braid on the light spinning rods maybe heavy braid won't tip wrap so much we will see.

[MITCHELL]

Going to give light sanding and then another coat of paint, just because but it's good enough now 😌
A clue to the color scheme.
Can't remember when I seen a Super bowl where the teams were so evenly matched they predicted 49ers by 2
I went with Kansas city even money only because I love The country of ❤️ Taylor Swift 😎 both meaning apply:D

[MITCHELL]

Temporary on hold.
I do not mean to string you along.
The world 🌎 we live in today.

[MITCHELL]

But you can't always get what you want.
But if you try sometimes you'll find you get what you need. I hope this crook goes to jail.

[MITCHELL]

What you give....
Can I get me some Alice in Chains....
Man in the box 📦

[MITCHELL]

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

[MITCHELL]

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

[PapaDave]

But you can't always get what you want.
But if you try sometimes you'll find you get what you need. I hope this crook goes to jail.

What is that and what happened?

[MITCHELL]

What is that and what happened?

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.

[MITCHELL]

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 😎

[MITCHELL]

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

[JohnMckroidJr]

What you give....
Can I get me some Alice in Chains....
Man in the box 📦

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=RR0OdHR3S2w&list=PLkdEmrnOJoAfpyc3fonku5lBTsQf_ww9_

[MITCHELL]

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=RR0OdHR3S2w&list=PLkdEmrnOJoAfpyc3fonku5lBTsQf_ww9_

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:

[MITCHELL]

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

[MITCHELL]

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.

[MITCHELL]

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

[MITCHELL]

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

[MITCHELL]

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

[MITCHELL]

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

[MITCHELL]

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.

[MITCHELL]

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

[MITCHELL]

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

[MITCHELL]

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

[MITCHELL]

And Sunday 46% chance in Sandy eggo

[MITCHELL]

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 😎

[MITCHELL]

Time is money 💰 🤑 it's a gold wing and I still have to add some gold ✨️ I do not mean to string you along.

[JohnMckroidJr]

Time is money �� �� it's a gold wing and I still have to add some gold ✨️ I do not mean to string you along.

LOL, no stringing along allowed, just stringing up guides on fishing rods! It's good to see your progress!:reel:

[MITCHELL]

So is the rain 🌧 time to go fishing 🎣

[MITCHELL]

How it came out

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That needs fixing

[MITCHELL]

Wrap