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Jeff Brimble

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Re: Gazza and Tosh Under £40 pole challenge.
« Reply #20 on: November 08, 2008, 06:38:28 pm »
Having the hose outside means you can pop the brush off quickly. You new guys (hi y'all) are going to be smitten with the lightness of these things and gradually realise the height is no object.
In some ways the next progression to a cheap 29ft Gangster can be by passed by going straight to an F16 but £££ is the main issue and I do understand that. But having had some pain in the past I now put lightness on par with £££$$$ and use the F16 most of the time even for low 20-30ft work. It seems to be taking the daily stick being 3 1/2 years old and still going strong. In fact the Reload(gangster) is showing more signs of wear.
The manuf. cannot compete with the prices of the fishing poles as they are sold in their tens of thousands and there is no profit left for them 
 
 
 

geefree

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Re: Gazza and Tosh Under £40 pole challenge.
« Reply #21 on: November 08, 2008, 06:45:11 pm »
Thanks again..

dont want to be negative at all... as i do like it...

so i wont whine about the things i think, may slow me down.....

i will just go for it and tell all next week. ;D

dai

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Re: Gazza and Tosh Under £40 pole challenge.
« Reply #22 on: November 08, 2008, 07:19:08 pm »
Gazza, when I did mine I never intended the tape on the male section to fit into the female end.
The trick is to put the sections together as normal, then wrap the tape over the male section as a stop.
This prevents it from going in even further when in use and getting stuck.
The tape on the female section is as you said to stop the end from chipping.

geefree

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Re: Gazza and Tosh Under £40 pole challenge.
« Reply #23 on: November 08, 2008, 07:28:59 pm »
Ah.... Thanks.... at last i get it now.  ;D ;)

Tosh

Re: Gazza and Tosh Under £40 pole challenge.
« Reply #24 on: November 09, 2008, 09:24:51 am »
Gazza,

Do you still need those photos?

geefree

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Re: Gazza and Tosh Under £40 pole challenge.
« Reply #25 on: November 09, 2008, 12:33:36 pm »
No ... thank you... i think i got it now lol....

 Those poles that emporium sell, are fishing poles right ?... how do they get round the jamming of sections?

they cant tape them up.. or do they simply sell them as they are.

 ;)

geefree

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Re: Gazza and Tosh Under £40 pole challenge.
« Reply #26 on: November 09, 2008, 01:35:09 pm »
Normally the top is the male then the next section would sit over it.Gravity would pull the joints a little tighter but they should never slide more than about five inches into the joint. You should be able to use it with no tape at all but eventually you may get a jam.

done that... but one slides into the other.. 3 to 4 inch maximum... thats without tape... so a little worried about strength... if i put the tape on and lose a couple of inch to protect from jamming.

Tosh

Re: Gazza and Tosh Under £40 pole challenge.
« Reply #27 on: November 09, 2008, 01:50:29 pm »
Normally the top is the male then the next section would sit over it.Gravity would pull the joints a little tighter but they should never slide more than about five inches into the joint. You should be able to use it with no tape at all but eventually you may get a jam.

done that... but one slides into the other.. 3 to 4 inch maximum... thats without tape... so a little worried about strength... if i put the tape on and lose a couple of inch to protect from jamming.

Gazza,

You're just trying to wind me up aren't you?  ;D

Just put the pole together, and wind a couple of turns of gaffer tape around the male section; so the tape is JUST below the female section.  Job done.  No worries about strength; it's tough and robust and should feel so too.

Like Dai said (and he's old enough to be a bit senile):

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The trick is to put the sections together as normal, then wrap the tape over the male section as a stop.
This prevents it from going in even further when in use and getting stuck.

If you have any further questions on this part; which should take no longer than 10 or 15 minutes and is really simple to do, e-mail me your address and I'll jump in the car and drive the 300 miles to your house and show you how it's done.

And you'll kick yourself; 'cos it's so easy.

Do you want photos?  I'll run out and take them NOW if you're still unsure.


geefree

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Re: Gazza and Tosh Under £40 pole challenge.
« Reply #28 on: November 09, 2008, 02:03:21 pm »
lol...

its easy .. i know how to do it...

what i am saying is... the bottom section ok.... then the next section fits over this... and so on..... they slot together by 3 inches...only.... so if i put tape on as a stop...... to stop them sliding further i,n and jamming..

means that if i reduce the 3 inch or so of joint... it will be nearly  apart. lol


Tosh

Re: Gazza and Tosh Under £40 pole challenge.
« Reply #29 on: November 09, 2008, 02:12:45 pm »
lol...

its easy .. i know how to do it...

what i am saying is... the bottom section ok.... then the next section fits over this... and so on..... they slot together by 3 inches...only.... so if i put tape on as a stop...... to stop them sliding further i,n and jamming..

means that if i reduce the 3 inch or so of joint... it will be nearly  apart. lol



I still don't understand what you're saying exactly. 

Just slide the poles into each other until they come to a comfortable fit.  Then gaffer tape the male sections just below the female sections, so they can't slide any further and jam.

Gazza, you're really starting to worry me; have one of the manufacturers been in contact with you; offering you an off-the-shelf pole for free if you wind me up enough?

I'm going to have to drive up to your house; I am aren't I?  :(

geefree

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Re: Gazza and Tosh Under £40 pole challenge.
« Reply #30 on: November 09, 2008, 02:33:57 pm »
they only join together by 3 to 4 inch honest... so if i use the tape to prevent them jamming.... that means im losing inches..... and i have only 3 inch to play with as it is.... i need to show you with a photo. ::) ;)

Jeff Brimble

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Re: Gazza and Tosh Under £40 pole challenge.
« Reply #31 on: November 09, 2008, 03:02:48 pm »
Slide the poles together until firm then back off the top pole by say 1/4 -1/2" and then start wrapping the tape around not over the joint then whenyou push the pole tight again it will hit the new tape stop and be prevented from jamming/compacting further down each base section.

Tosh

Re: Gazza and Tosh Under £40 pole challenge.
« Reply #32 on: November 09, 2008, 03:18:46 pm »
Gazza,

this is a pic of my top sections of pole; I've stuck my hand in there to give it some perspective;...

All you need to do is gaffer tape round the area where my thumb is hiding under; you can see the gaffer tape that I put on; it's that that acts as a 'stop' for the female end.

If you can't understand it now; unless you've got defective poles; please consider another career; maybe in the army or something.


geefree

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Re: Gazza and Tosh Under £40 pole challenge.
« Reply #33 on: November 09, 2008, 03:34:29 pm »
ha ha .. mine is the same... only i dont seem to have the same gap... from the tape.. where your thumb is... to the end which slots inside the next section...

lol.. of course i understand... mine are tighter fitting.... so my tape will have to be halfway down your hand... ;)

thanks for the pic tosh on this horrid day....

oh by the way.... rather than cut 15 inches off the end..... i cut 1 ft off than wrapped gaffer tape around the end to fit the thread adaptor on...... fives me a around a foot longer and a perfect tight fit.

cheers Tosh... appreciate your help.