An inch or two here or there, no worries.
according to the wife, losing an inch wouldnt hurt anyway, its how you fish it...........
Grip it n swing!
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my .02 is cutting it from either end will make it slower. Will it be significant enough to matter? Dont know but i would try it before scrapping the project. My vote especially for your first build, is cut it off and put a new top on. You are bound to have a few other hang ups that you can strive to do better on the next build.
And i dont know if it will help you or not but what i do with my tip top glue is to put it in a glue gun and run thin beads of it out on a plastic cutting board. after it cools off i peel them off the board and throw them in my building cabinet. Each time i need to put a tip on i just clip off however much i need, stick it down in the tip heat it up until the glue melts and stick it on.
It would make it faster. Faster in layman terms is stiffer, less bend. Slower on the other hand is like most UL rods and fly rods, lots of bend. By removing some of the skinny part of the rod you are removing some of the most flexible part of the rod and distributing the force over the mores tiff portion, therefore fastening the action. Conversely, if you were to cut from the butt you are removing some of the stiff part of the rod, therefore distributing the force over more so over the "lighter" portion of the rod causing it to bend more, IE slower action.
It would make it faster. Faster in layman terms is stiffer, less bend. Slower on the other hand is like most UL rods and fly rods, lots of bend. By removing some of the skinny part of the rod you are removing some of the most flexible part of the rod and distributing the force over the mores tiff portion, therefore fastening the action. Conversely, if you were to cut from the butt you are removing some of the stiff part of the rod, therefore distributing the force over more so over the "lighter" portion of the rod causing it to bend more, IE slower action.
That was the most scientific answer I have heard lol.
As long as it wont hurt the rod and I can still fish it after cutting the inch or so off the top, I am cool with it.
Any suggesting on what to use to cut it so its a clean cut and a tip can fit on it?
If you're using a glue stick for the top, keep the glue & heat on the top, not the blank. A lot of builders will heat the stick, rub it on the blank, then install the top. That squeegees a lot of the glue off.
Instead, take a razor blade to the glue stick and cut off a couple of 1/2" long slivers of glue. Insert them into the top's tube, heat the tube, then push the top on.
thats kind of like how i do mine. i cut little chunks and put in the tube and then heat the glue stick u and do pass around the blank and then heat the tip with the glue and then slide it on.
Good one G...The rod is still going to have the same "bend" as it did before....(ie still bend in the same place and manner for the most part) just a little less to hang on to. ERGO.... all we know for sure is its SHORTER, and thicker at the tip.. ... anyway... looks like Mark will take care of you!!
That was the most scientific answer I have heard lol.
As long as it wont hurt the rod and I can still fish it after cutting the inch or so off the top, I am cool with it.
Any suggesting on what to use to cut it so its a clean cut and a tip can fit on it?
I just did one for a friend on a VERY old cheap Shimano rod. His tip insert broke out and I tried replacing the tip. The wrap and finish came off but the glue in the tip was stubborn. The tip ended up melting. I cut it off, re-attached a new tip, then wrapped it to prevent splinter cracks from forming.
I think I would use the ferrel cement (hot glue) to install the tip. If you were to damage the tip you can heat, remove and put a new tip on. Epoxy not so easy.
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