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[Lunker Larry]

Welcome to you and all the other newbies I missed.
Sitting here in sunny Florida for the next 2 months.

[Shark Hunter]

Welcome!

[quintmundus]

Hello All. Long time lurker, now on board! Thank you for the many contributions with so much valuable info. Vintage Penn collector, huge Jaws fan here. Cheers!

[Wompus Cat]

WELCOME
from Central Texas

Any Relation to
Frank Mundus

[Crow]

Welcome !!

[Midway Tommy]

Welcome from the Heartland, Quint.

[alantani]

welcome!!!!

[Maxed Out]

 Welcome Quint. There's a few Penn enthusiasts here !!

[kjdunne]

Welcome from NJ...more than a few Penn fans here!

Kal

[Brewcrafter]

Welcome Quint from the SoCal Inland Empire. - john

[Milt Ordakowski]

Hi Alan. this is Milt. I just joined.
I was wondering how to tell the difference between the asbestos drag washers and the carbon fiber?

[Brewcrafter]

Welcome Milt from the SoCal Inland Empire.  The first time you see the washers the differences are pretty apparent.  And a lot of it has to do with the age of the reel (I don't know that anyone has used asbestos in many many years).  Asbestos are thicker, and very hard/inflexible.  Think brake lining or clutch surface in an automotive application.  Carbon fiber (CF) are more of a very thin, hard fabric, black, and many times you can see the crosshatch "weave" of the fiber.  They are (somewhat) flexible.  Unless what you are working on is a museum piece, CF upgrade with a light coating of Cal's Grease is the way to go. - john

[Bill B]

I know I have missed a bunch of new members.  Welcome to the greatest site on the web.  Bill, SoCal mountains

[Benni3]

Welcome from Salem va,,,,

[keithm87]

Hi all! I'm keith from VT. New here, just picked up a couple old penn 130 originals, and an Avet TRX 50w.

Will be working on maintenance for the 130 reels in the next couple weeks and I'm sure I will have questions.

Thanks for having this community!