Pictures

Complete guide setup

Burl cork

Stand out snake

Stripping guides

Different running guides ready installed

Struble U-18 reel seat fully assembled

Struble U-18 reel seat in a side view disassembled.

Blank with marking for fighting butt and reel seat

Blank with tape bushings prepared to accept the reel seat

Reel seat positioned exactly on bushings

Here we align the reel seat with the help of reel with the spine marking.

Reelseat mounted on bushing, prepared to fill in the glue ring

Bushing in reel seat, ready for glue to fill the gap

Preparations for cork handle installation

Old and new cork rings for recessed hood.

Cork rings for recessed hood

Cork ring mounted on hood for testing

Cork rings for recessed hood done

Glueing process

Cork clamp in action

The extra cork ring to the right is inserted to avoid pressing marks

The already glued recessed hood cork ring helps the pressing process

Preparations done for leveling and sanding

Everything in place and ready to spin

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