Keeping up with different sized screws on a spinning reel

[festus]

I swiped this pic from a Facebook reel repair group.  It may be useful to some who (like me) have problems working on the newer spinning reels.  When I say newer, I mean 1980s to present. 

[alantani]

i've used this before, even ice cube trays until i knocked one over.  now i just line them up and i'm usually ok. 

[steelfish]

........ even ice cube trays until i knocked one over.  . 

been there done that 


thats an awesome tip Festus, but mostly for beginners, now I just line them up in the same pattern they were on the sideplate of the reel on a non slipping surface on my working table, and take lots of pictures with my phone  (in case one of my cats run over them)

[happyhooker]

Looks like a good safety measure--too easy to try to put a long screw in a short hole.

Frank