Aluminum Jig Master side plate sets

Rancanfish · December 23, 2015, 03:20:05 AM

Oh my Ted, gorgeous!

Oh my Fred, you are the man. I'm going to take a drive after the first and just make reels from dust at your shop!

anglingarchitect · December 23, 2015, 03:44:03 AM

Quote from: Max Doubt on December 23, 2015, 02:00:53 AM
Wow Fred, that's a heck of a lot of "leverage".....you win !!

Here is another Cortez masterpiece......Aluminum frames are the cats meow, but sexy comes in many different shapes and forms.

She's a beauty.

Alto Mare · December 23, 2015, 05:21:23 AM

You guys are doing an excellent job with these parts, our Jigmasters here are unmatched.
We should all be proud and especially the guys than make us the parts, nice team work..

Ted, that red one with posts looks awesome, you mind showing me the other side of the head plate? I like to see something.

Sal

Maxed Out · December 23, 2015, 05:27:45 AM

Sure Sal, here you go.

foakes · December 23, 2015, 05:30:34 AM

That is beautiful, Ted--

Best,

Fred

Alto Mare · December 23, 2015, 05:43:47 AM

Thanks Ted.
The pic is too dark and at a wrong angle, doesn't the gear show from the outside? It does on mine.
That would look awesome on a shelf, but not so good to fish with.

Sal

Maxed Out · December 23, 2015, 06:01:49 AM

I never noticed. .... but perhaps a wad of grease should stop most water from entering.

Maxed Out · December 23, 2015, 06:04:32 AM

Quote from: Alto Mare on December 23, 2015, 05:43:47 AM
Thanks Ted.
The pic is too dark and at a wrong angle, doesn't the gear show from the outside? It does on mine.
That would look awesome on a shelf, but not so good to fish with.

Sal

This is the one I've been salmon fishing with and I love how smooth it is.

Alto Mare · December 23, 2015, 06:16:34 AM

Quote from: Max Doubt on December 23, 2015, 06:01:49 AM
I never noticed. .... but perhaps a wad of grease should stop most water from entering.

Anything can be taking cared of, I had a custom gear cover plate made on mine.
This is only needed if you're using a stock stand from Penn, not needed with a tiburon or accurate frame:
http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=15144.msg156698#msg156698

Sal

Billyhill · December 23, 2015, 08:38:01 AM

Can these be made to work on a 506hs???

Rancanfish · December 23, 2015, 02:35:40 PM

billyhill, the spool shaft is a different size.

However, these come with the choice of ball bearings or brass bushings for a 501. A 506 would have bearings and a higher gear ratio. But you could then upgrade these with a Black Pearl 5-1 gear set and have nearly the same reel.

Hope that helped.

sdlehr · December 24, 2015, 04:52:21 AM

Here's my contribution to the photo show. I'm working on getting a red spool, and I'll upgrade the handle, just can't do it all at once. I used the innards from my Dad's Jigmaster that I inherited. He bought it in the 70's and I haven't done anything with it until now. Turns out it had a steel (maybe SS) bridge plate, main gear, pinion, eccentric and eccentric jack. The pinion yolk is the only brass in the reel. Interesting that these SS parts are over 40 years old. People have been hot-rodding Jigmasters for a long time....I was surprised when I got inside - I hadn't been there in over 6 months, and at that time I didn't know what I was looking at. I've come a long way. I told Tom the plates were "slicker than snot", amazing the tight tolerances. Sal, I didn't notice the main gear showing before I got the Tiburon frame from Randy (it was on my doorstep when I got home from work this evening.) I'm not saying it wasn't exposed, I just didn't notice with the standard foot.

Shark Hunter · December 24, 2015, 07:30:52 PM

Looks Great Joe!

foakes · December 24, 2015, 07:33:08 PM

Great work, Sid & Joe --

One thing to remember --

You are assembling your own custom reels of the highest quality components -- you are doing what few folks in the world could ever do -- and you have progressed a long way in such a short time.

Do not take your skill and these products for granted --

They are unique --

We have extraordinary members and resources here on the Alan Tani site -- and the benefits are inumerable.

That is what this site is really about...

You are both ready for graduation --

Best,

Fred

Maxed Out · December 24, 2015, 08:23:40 PM

Sid, you can get a nice red spool for your reel for around $20, but the spool on there looks just fine

Joe, that's a dandy, it's like Raquel Welch and a Sherman tank rolled up into one.

I been scratching my head trying to find a color combo I liked for the black plates and while getting ready to preparing Christmas dinner I finally settled on the black/red combo, and I kinda like it. Tom is a genius !!

P.S. I'm not ready for graduation yet, all my cortez reels are still stock inside.....but that will soon change thanks to Alan C, Alan T, and Bryan...and Sal for being our guinea pig