Transcript:
whether you're new to wrapping guides or you've wrapped a lot of graphite rods you'll find Bamboo rods are going to present some unique challenges so today I want to talk you through the method and the techniques we use to wrap guides here at oyster bamboo here you can see the setup in the stand we've got our little holders here as far away from the guide as possible so we're not knocking anything off you can just move those in those Peg holes wherever you need them we've got our threads set up on one side or the other it doesn't matter which and then it's routed through this thread tensioner by these little posts right out to our slider which we will position directly below the guide we want to wrap always make sure this little strap is on good and tight if it's not under tension every time you take your hands off to grab a tool or make an adjustment it could back off a little bit throw slack into your wrap and now we're ready to start our wrap you're going to take the guide put it not just straight up but tilt it slightly away and the thread is going to come directly Up From Below we're going to go over the top in this case we're wrapping left right so the tag end is going to come up on the right side we need to get it right up against the hoop there so we're going to put a finger below without grabbing it pull some slack as I release some slack with my upper hand and just seesaw it back and forth into place right up against the hoop all right now we need to get the long end to wrap over top of the short end this hand has to be down out of the way and we'll give a slight lift and lay it across at that Apex and as we we release I pulled the slack out with my upper hand now this Crossover at the Apex is where I'll put my finger and then gently lay this off to the right and drop it on the near side going to grab the rod with my right hand and start to rotate it while I let it roll down my left finger as I do this I'm going to move the rod left and right as much as I need to to make sure it's falling directly to the right of the first wrap when that guide hits my finger I've got to swap hands and roll it down that finger notice I'm not immediately cranking my own wrist I just hold my hand where it is and let it roll like a tire down the length of my finger until we get that third wrap in place those first few tie-in wraps are the hardest part of this whole process now we've got the thing locked in all we're trying to do at this point is establish a straight line that would allow us to just spin the the rod and pretty wraps just magically appear side by side so this is how we're going to do that we're going to go slowly and we're watching the angle of the thread here all right we're looking for an angle that's slightly less than 90 degrees all right if it's more than 90 degrees like this you're going to get an open spiral if that happens you just back off I'll reach over here grab the thread spool turn it backwards go back to where things looked good again not going to try to make wrap number four match those first three those first three are for sure going to be crooked so what we're going to do now is we're going to go slowly and we're looking for an angle that allow us to just hold steady and they'll pack in tight and there we go it's always slightly less than 90 degrees soon as I see I've got that I'm going to take advantage of it by bracing my hands and spinning the rod quickly all right and just that that quick we're right up to our tape so we can get rid of it we also can secure and chop this first tag end what we'll do is we'll pull it to the right and we can see which Apex it wants to go against which is the one right here pull out all the slack secure it and disguise it along that Apex Ridge hold it straight up and with a razor blade cut away from your good thread like that all right it doesn't have to be flush on this one because there's more wraps to come now we'll start rotating the rod again this is also a great time to square up your guide if your guide's not sitting right in the middle of the flat we can fix that up all right and then look for that magic angle that's the key to this whole process is finding that angle slightly less than 90 degrees and as soon as you see you found it you take advantage by quickly spinning all right somewhere near the point of the guide foot we need to get in our finishing Loop because we need about an eighth of an inch of thread over top of that as well we're just going to take a piece of thread that's four or five inches long don't make it too long or you'll have a big old mess we're going to slip that under the standing portion of the thread into the middle of the flat opposite of the guide and then just forget about it all right go back to spinning find that angle soon as you see you've got it you're going to spin it once you get about an eighth of an inch of thread over top of the hoop there we are ready to chop it we're going to organize this first make sure we can get to everything before we get in our own way with our right finger we're going to press not directly on it but one flat back chop it long down near the slider so we've got a little bit of slack to work with we'll poke that through and you can grab it if you want don't poke it all the way through we need that slack to make it easier to get under and then we're going to pull directly down the belly of the flat if you pull across an apex it may come up tight and break you want to keep it right where the slack is which is the center of the flat keep that finger on until we pull the slack out which should still be there pull it up tight always secure your ends again instant Apex that's one way it varies from graphite Rod you don't have apexes to worry about there and then we're ready to chop it we're going to hold it straight up because of the bevel on the razor blade we actually need to angle slightly towards the wrap as scary as that is but that'll allow us to cut it pretty darn flush at this point your wrap should look pretty good and if it looks any better than that you probably wasted time on it because our burnishing tool here will help fix up that last little bit all right you can see our crooked tie in wrap on the left side we can just gently brush that out square up that those first wraps and then at the end here we can square up the final Edge where we pulled it under it tends to dent in a little bit so we can gently push that back out to the right there we go and that'll have the added benefit of covering up that last little nub if you've got any thin areas you can see a little bit of daylight there we can just Rob from the thick areas and quickly close that up if you see any silver on the guide foot same deal close that up right and when you get the whole thing looking pretty good it just gets these little swirls flat by flat that'll help evenly distribute that thread and make it look that much nicer and there we go if you practice these techniques eventually your wraps will look just as good as the rest of your Rod I hope this helps