MK4 Avon/Carp Rod Garage find

[Malc52]

I have just finished a MK IV complete with 3/8th inch inters. I used Superior threads, Kimono silk which is very fine and makes neat inters. I also find that using a wire needle threader instead of a piece of thread to draw the tail back through makes things a little easier. I also do about half a dozen then seal them with thinned threadmaster varnish to shrink and glue in position.

[Ljm183]

Just a quick suggestion, when doing the inters ( I have done 4 sets of full inters on Mk IV rods in the last two years)

Do as many as you can manage in a sitting, and before you put it down, apply a coat of water based satin varnish to the whippings to ‘ glue ‘ them in place , otherwise , a slight accident could result in a few coming loose , which is a real downer when you have spent s lot of time on them .

OMR.

Good tip that nothing quite find one has come loose for raising the blood pressure
Coming to the end of my Mk IV marathon 155 down 52 to go I think

Harry you,re lucky you,re not doing an early one there,s only 56 inters from the tip ring to the next ring along.

Have a look at the bottom one

[Aitch]

Were that many inters just decorative? or was there a strengthening aspect to them...?

[Liphook]

That's inter overkill or a serious lack of faith in the glue bond!