Micro Guide Prep

[nektarios]

Hi there,
I am green to rod building. I want to use micros (ATC Nanolite 4mm) on a 7'6" telescopic rod.

How much prep do the feet of a micro guide need? And how do you hold the little things!

Any help is appreciated.

[PA Officer]

Guide prep takes a mere second. I use the 3s mostly and hold them hemostats. It takes longer locking them in place than it does to prep the feet on the wheel.

[nektarios]

How do you hold them in place? Thin cuts of tape? Surgical tubing?

[dpage70]

Try this method. You don't have to do any foot prep at all. I haven't done any guide foot prep in about 8 months. MUCH easier! It's doesn't work so well with a double foot but with single foot guides it saves a lot of time. This is directed toward micro's but obviously will work with any single foot guide.
http://rodbuilding.org/read.php?2,300464

[hutchie53190]

I use a small piece of of tubing and a rubber band

[PII Magnum]

I have use a thin piece of tape

[Harry Chang]

i use guide foot adhesive

[thedude]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dpage70 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Try this method. You don't have to do any foot prep at all. I haven't done any guide foot prep in about 8 months. MUCH easier! It's doesn't work so well with a double foot but with single foot guides it saves a lot of time. This is directed toward micro's but obviously will work with any single foot guide.
http://rodbuilding.org/read.php?2,300464</TD></TR></TABLE>


Yep - thats the method i like
- Justin (keithley)

[sarmst100]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dpage70 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Try this method. You don't have to do any foot prep at all. I haven't done any guide foot prep in about 8 months. MUCH easier! It's doesn't work so well with a double foot but with single foot guides it saves a lot of time. This is directed toward micro's but obviously will work with any single foot guide.
http://rodbuilding.org/read.php?2,300464</TD></TR></TABLE>

I've tried that method but every time I pull it completely out. I just can't get the hang of it. Maybe I'm wrapping too tight. I've use the tape and sliced up surgical tube on most of mine.

[fishinok]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Harry Chang &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i use guide foot adhesive</TD></TR></TABLE>

[nektarios]

I used tape to hold the guide down and the "wrap the foot and slide it down" method. It worked pretty well!
Best thing was I dropped a guide and didn't lose it!

[thedude]

if your thread is really tight it can be hard to push it back. i usually wrap about half the foot and then just give it a little nudge.