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Location: tHe LaKe Of PrIoR, mN | What size diameter works the best? |
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| Any creative ideas on how to seal the cut? I don't have a soldering gun...
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| I used 1 " on all mine. I doubled it up so it is a little more protective. |
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| I used sharp scissors to cut it to length holding it close to the cut with the free hand. Then I used a lighter and ran it in circles around the cut edge 4-5 times staying about 1/4"away. You will see the it melting and moving back sealing it together.
Worked really well. I then rolled the reel side 2-3 times and used needle and thread to knot it.
I used heat shrink on the tip end. I folded the end over to have more material for the heat shrink to close down on. |
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Location: SE MI | backdraft - 3/18/2017 9:05 PM
Any creative ideas on how to seal the cut? I don't have a soldering gun...
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Heat up a butter knife or something similar. |
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Location: SUN PRAIRIE WI | I like that I have quite A few but need to make A few.
But what I really really really need is A DIY reel cover the reel covers they sale are way too expensive.
I need them for both spinning and bait casters
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| An idea for cutting it would be to heat up a putty knife. They're thin an can get the right width and should heat up quickly. If I were going to do this, I'd give that a try. |
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Location: Detroit River | backdraft - 3/18/2017 9:05 PMAny creative ideas on how to seal the cut? I don't have a soldering gun...Backdraft Take a blade from a utility knife & clamp some Vise Grips on it then heat the blade with a propane torch , lighter, or candle. |
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Make you own rod sleeves...