Rec Coil Guides

[lastchance]

I bought Rec Coil guides and I'm having trouble bending the stripping guides to sit flush on the rod blank. Can you bend the guide feet on these guides? I can't seem to move them.

Thanks,
Bruce

[Sully]

I bought Rec Coil guides and I'm having trouble bending the stripping guides to sit flush on the rod blank. Can you bend the guide feet on these guides? I can't seem to move them.

Thanks,
Bruce

If they ARE the Ti guides...you will. That stuff is TOUGH. You have to bend it PAST where you want it to end up because of springback...but man that material is TOUGH

[lastchance]

Hi Sully! It was a real struggle, but I think I've got them bent enough to lay flush. I really had to put the muscle to them. What worries me is that I read if the guides aren't flush to the blank it can create a weak spot on the rod. I don't know if that's true.
Bruce

[Jackster]

What worries me is that I read if the guides aren't flush to the blank it can create a weak spot on the rod. I don't know if that's true.
Bruce

If the guide can work a gouge into the blank it will create a stress riser that can and will indeed weaken the rod.

[Sully]

Hi Sully! It was a real struggle, but I think I've got them bent enough to lay flush. I really had to put the muscle to them. What worries me is that I read if the guides aren't flush to the blank it can create a weak spot on the rod. I don't know if that's true.
Bruce

Jackster hit it dead center. Any sort of load put into a "non flat guide" will cause point loading...and can mess up a blank but good.

Make sure they are ground properly so the thread walks up a nice "slope".