Ramp wrap question

[papajoe222]

I really like the look of the ramp thread work, but haven't seen any 'how to' videos on it. Can someone post a link, or recommend literature on how it's done?

[S Hovanec]

I've never done one, but read where some are done with Rod Bond and others use thread finish and prop the rod on a dryer, with the tip up so the finish runs to the reel seat.

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

It depends on the difference in size between the seat and blank. The bigger the difference the thicker epoxy I'll work with. Either Rod bond or the pro wrap liquid adhesive. Really tight ones thread finish is fine. For really big gaps I've gone to foam arbor extending from the seat, shaped by hand and painted. The main thing to watch out for is to leave space for the top coat so you don't clog the seat threads or build up to where the nut won't loosen past the trimmed threads. Epoxy levels around the blank and not so much sideways so I don't usually need to angle the blank while turning. The consistency affects this too. A finger dampened with dna and a light touch can put the final shape to it. It's like thread finishing , you have play around and see what works for you. 

[FD.]

Two thoughts...

I don't wrap over an epoxy ramp, I wrap on the blank and build the ramp over it.  The refraction from the clear epoxy ramp gives the illusion that the thread is on a ramp.

 

To build the ramp I just use timing of the epoxy as it starts to thicken.  I build the epoxy to the height I want, then hit it with a shot of heat from my heat gun (with my free hand behind the blank in the stream of hot air so I know for sure how much heat I'm using) and it ramps perfectly every time now.  It's taken a lot of practice to perfect this technique, but it produces amazing ramps.