3" wide "Pearl Harbor Special" jigmaster

[Yogi_fish808]

Aloha AT ohana! Here is a little piece of Hawaii fishing history that a friend of mine recently acquired while buying a box of random penn parts/pieces. It is an extended 3" wide jigmaster known locally as a "Pearl Harbor Special", guessing it dates back to the 60s or 70s. It uses a 3" diy spool and Long Beach 68 base/posts (P454/546 bars also work).  These were made by creative fishermen back in the days way before extension kits were available out of necessity for greater line capacity. I think it's name originates with local guys who worked at the Pearl Harbor shipyard and had access to a machine shop to do this tedious work. The stock spool had to be cut and have a extension sleeve welded/braised on depending what kind of spool was used. In this case it was a penn stainless spool that appears to have been drilled and welded. These couldn't be fished with tight drags due to the weaker wide spool being prone to bending under heavy drag and becoming stuck between the sideplates. So there you have it, the grandpa to all jigmaster extension kits like the yellowfin special and super jigmaster!

Someones grandpa/uncle is rolling in their grave over their hard work being sold for so cheap....

Aloha,
Kyle







Had to make this ~1/16" brass spacer sleeve to center the spool and keep it from hitting the pinion.

[Tightlines667]

I heard about the machine shop at the boatyard in Hickam harbor producing custom reel parts back in the 60s.  There certainly are examples of widened Pfluegers, Penns and other floating around.  Cool to see one here.

I used one of Sal's delron dots inside the headplate bushing to move the spool towards the tailplate, and center it properly on a Hawaiian wide JM kit.

Thanks for sharing!

John

[Yogi_fish808]

I heard about the machine at the boatyard in Hickam harbor producing custom reel parts back in the 60s.  There certainly are examples of widened Pfluegers, Penns and other floating around.  Cool to see one here.

I used one of Sal's delron dots inside the headplate bushing to move the spool towards the tailplate, and center it properly on a Hawaiian wide JM kit.

Thanks for sharing!

John

Whoa those delrin dots are brilliant. Woulda saved me a lot of time, even if i enjoy making things.  Does Sal have those for sale?? Also that is a very nice looking super jig, as nice as aluminum anodized plates are...a clean set of penn plates is still a killer look.

[Ron Jones]

Just goes to show what can happen when people don't feel like fixing my submarine! Bet it happened after telling the boat 2nd shift.
OK, had to. Some people here might get it. Seriously, that is really cool. I bet if you used 99 plates the 68 stand would be easier to fit and you could still use the Jiggy outer plate. The spool, no way around it, takes someone who knows what they are doing.
Ron

[Tightlines667]

I heard about the machine at the boatyard in Hickam harbor producing custom reel parts back in the 60s.  There certainly are examples of widened Pfluegers, Penns and other floating around.  Cool to see one here.

I used one of Sal's delron dots inside the headplate bushing to move the spool towards the tailplate, and center it properly on a Hawaiian wide JM kit.

Thanks for sharing!

John

Whoa those delrin dots are brilliant. Woulda saved me a lot of time, even if i enjoy making things.  Does Sal have those for sale?? Also that is a very nice looking super jig, as nice as aluminum anodized plates are...a clean set of penn plates is still a killer look.

Pm me your address and I will send you a few.

John

[coastal_dan]

Neat piece of history, thanks for sharing.

[Bryan Young]

I heard about the machine at the boatyard in Hickam harbor producing custom reel parts back in the 60s.  There certainly are examples of widened Pfluegers, Penns and other floating around.  Cool to see one here.

I used one of Sal's delron dots inside the headplate bushing to move the spool towards the tailplate, and center it properly on a Hawaiian wide JM kit.

Thanks for sharing!

John

Whoa those delrin dots are brilliant. Woulda saved me a lot of time, even if i enjoy making things.  Does Sal have those for sale?? Also that is a very nice looking super jig, as nice as aluminum anodized plates are...a clean set of penn plates is still a killer look.

Pm me your address and I will send you a few.

John

Were do you install the delrin dots and how do you keep them from slipping?

[Tightlines667]

I heard about the machine at the boatyard in Hickam harbor producing custom reel parts back in the 60s.  There certainly are examples of widened Pfluegers, Penns and other floating around.  Cool to see one here.

I used one of Sal's delron dots inside the headplate bushing to move the spool towards the tailplate, and center it properly on a Hawaiian wide JM kit.

Thanks for sharing!

John

Whoa those delrin dots are brilliant. Woulda saved me a lot of time, even if i enjoy making things.  Does Sal have those for sale?? Also that is a very nice looking super jig, as nice as aluminum anodized plates are...a clean set of penn plates is still a killer look.

Pm me your address and I will send you a few.

John

Were do you install the delrin dots and how do you keep them from slipping?

Brian,

I just drop them inside of the bushing.  Not sure that it matters at all if they slip.  The tip of the spool shaft rides against the delron dot, instead of the bronze.  Freespool seems to be better if anything.  Not sure what kind of results longterm use would bring.  Maybe Sal knows, since he is the one that cut these?

[PacRat]

Bryan.
I believe the dots go inside the bushing to shim the spool over by the tip of the spool shaft against the outboard end of the bushing rather than the spool shaft shoulder against the inboard end of the bushing. These solve the problem of spool shaft variances like when the bushing is all the way in and your spool still needs to move over a bit. They just sort of float and it shouldn't matter if they slip as they are captive.
-Mike

[Alto Mare]

Yup,! Most Tom's bearing cups come with a nipple in the center (am I allowed to say that ),
Just as Accurate. Once you slip the bearing in the cup, there is no open space at the base anywhere, the delrin dot sits on top of  that nipple, through the inner bearing race.
If you did run into a bearing cup without the nipple, you will then need to make a delrin washer as big as the bearing, with no inner hole of course.
You could Easley use the proper shim washer designed to go in back of the bearing, the problem with those at times the bearing will hit the pinion, making it hard for the eccentric lever to go in or out of gear.
The delrin washer does increase freespool on most.
Using a delrin spacer does not lift the bearing out of its cup.

Sal

[Alto Mare]

Yogi, the brass spacer you're showing is one of the best option for all reels, when dealing with centering the spool. I have made a couple and posted about them, but don't remember where.
I'm sure you know how hard it is to make those, I made mine from slicing a bushing with a cutting wheel, it still take a lot of work.
Our machinists should make us a bunch in stainless steel from the small reels up to the 16/0's, I know I would grab a few.

Sal

Found trhe pic

[Yogi_fish808]

Yogi, the brass spacer you're showing is one of the best option for all reels, when dealing with centering the spool. I have made a couple and posted about them, but don't remember where.
I'm sure you know how hard it is to make those, I made mine from slicing a bushing with a cutting wheel, it still take a lot of work.
Our machinists should make us a bunch in stainless steel from the small reels up to the 16/0's, I know I would grab a few.

Sal

Hi Sal,
I actually have brass tubing that has the perfect inside diameter to fit jigmaster shaft ends with a perfect outside diameter to match the thick part. Slice off the size needed with a dremel diamond wheel and file/sand down, fairly quick. Having stainless versions in multiple sizes would be very convenient. I originally got the idea from the orange plastic sleeves included on newell 300c jigmaster plates, they were meant to allow penn spools to be used....figured out that it works great for other applications as well!

Aloha,
Kyle

[Alto Mare]

Very cool Kyle. Brass or stainless, we're still on the same page. These would sure cure many reels out there.
Tom?
Lee?
Anyone?

[Cortez_Conversions]

Very cool Kyle. Brass or stainless, we're still on the same page. These would sure cure many reels out there.
Tom?
Lee?
Anyone?

You rang?

.125 ID, but what is the OD an thickness?

[Alto Mare]

Very cool Kyle. Brass or stainless, we're still on the same page. These would sure cure many reels out there.
Tom?
Lee?
Anyone?

You rang?

.125 ID, but what is the OD an thickness?

Hello Tom, thanks for getting back to me.
These would be nice if we could get them for many reels.
The OD would be the same as the thicker part of the spool shaft, so when the washer rests on the shoulder it would be of the same size, well actually if you could make the OD 0.05mm+/- less than the shaft it would be better. I'm guessing the thickness could be  0.15mm, it wouldn't be a problem adding another on top if needed.

Thanks Tom.

Sal