Any tricks Russ?

[Captain Dan]

Russ,
Do you have any tricks foe holing small guides while grinding the feet? I spend a lot of time chasing after them when they fly out of my fingers.

Thanks
Dan

[rod "Snapperhead"]

They make a special tool for this,but,I use a small pair of snub-nosed needlenose plier...dip the jaws in "Plasti-Dip" to keep from marring the guides

[Luke]

i used a dremel tool to do mine and just put a small bevel on them
i only hit my fingers a few times

[Mr B]

I take a small 1.5-2 " drywall screw. Put masking tape over the threads. Put the screw through the guide so that now you hold the taped over threads and the guide foot is sticking out the opposite direction. If your dremel or file gets wild on ya it will hit the screw head (which is now up against the creamic portion of the guide) and not the guide itself. This trick works very well for those small single foot guides like the Fuji Concepts.

Mr B

[Captain Dan]

Thanks
I think I will give Mr B's screw trick a try.

Dan

[Mickstix]

I gotta ask.. Why would the foot/feet of an eye need to be ground? Dont they come with a slight concave foot to lie flat on the rod blank?

[RedneckfromRI]

Unfortunately all guide feet need to be ground prior to wrapping......Sure they have a slope to them but the transition from the blank to the guide is too abrupt and the thread doesnt climb the foot nearly as well as a well prepped guidefoot...............
Plus a guide that hasnt been ground prior to wrapping and finishing has about a 90% chance of the finish cracking at the end of the foot.

[Mickstix]

Ahh, gotcha!! So if left "stock" you'd have a "hump" where the end of the foot met the shaft?!?! Thanks for the knowledge!

[RedneckfromRI]

Thats what I am here for Mick!!!