Re: Fancywork on boats/wheels
I gotta be honest - there's no needle hitching here...<br /><br />#3: First, I wrapped the bare aluminum buttstock with friction tape. Then I laid strands of tarred netline (I think size #36 or so) parallel to each other on the buttstock, and seized them middled with a constrictor knot. I then angled them parallel at about 45 degrees, and when I got to the reel seat, seized with another constrictor. I did the same thing towards the bottom end, and then applied turksheads over the seizings. On the bottom turkshead I smeared a little Goop adhesive to seal & protect the lower edges.<br /><br />#4: Again I wrapped with friction tape. Started off french hitching up with #20 tarred netline, then decided I didn't like it, so I simply served over it, & applied turksheads over the seizings. Then I took strands of #60 tarred netline, & Laid them parallel with #60 spacers (2-3inch pieces), Seized it, then pulled the spacers. Then I wrapped that with friction tape & did it again, because I wanted a fat grip, but also wanted to go up onto the narrower fiberglass as well. Then I just walled up from there. Then I got to the end of the aluminum, I finished off with a Matthew Walker knot, and went back to walling up with the next set of strands, also finishing with a MW knot. This can best be seen in pic#1.<br /><br />You can click on the pictures for a full size view, too.<br /><br />All this does add more weight than is necessary to the rod, but I'm not about to do it over!
<br /><br />I'll take some pics later in the day & send them out. <br /><br />Glad you like it!
