Finally got a 2052

CincyDavid · December 26, 2025, 04:48:46 PM

Grubby dirty little 2052 arrived today in a 2062 box with a booklet and multi-tool for a 2062. It is going to mainly need a lot of cleaning and beautification from what I can tell so far. Early production, dated EE (1966).

CincyDavid · December 26, 2025, 04:50:04 PM

Now if I can find an Eagle Claw ECL and a Ted Williams III and Ted Williams 470 I'll be good to go with 2052 clones and variants.

jgp12000 · December 26, 2025, 04:52:23 PM

Pictures please after you clean it up? EE is the best made one.

https://reeltalk.orcaonline.org/viewtopic.php?t=22555

Gfish · December 26, 2025, 06:17:18 PM

Hopefully yours has a metal spool spindle.

CincyDavid · December 26, 2025, 09:22:16 PM

It does have the metal spindle, I purposely looked for an earlier model to avoid the plastic downgrades.

DougK · December 30, 2025, 11:16:09 PM

excellent.. they are fabulous little reels.
I have an EE which gets fished, and a DA with the cracked plastic spindle. This year I thought that was a pity, and bought a cheap EE 'for parts only' to get the metal spindle. Turned out the cheap EE was in perfect condition, its parts preserved in some kind of grease that had frozen the reel together.. a good cleaning and it's humming again.
Well now to look for another cheap EE ;-) ha.

CincyDavid · December 31, 2025, 02:29:02 PM

EEand EC are the way to go, but they are thin on the ground. It is fun getting a cheap "parts" reel that turns out to be better than the one I was planning to fix with the parts.

Midway Tommy · December 31, 2025, 06:05:01 PM

Quote from: DougK on December 30, 2025, 11:16:09 PMexcellent.. they are fabulous little reels.
I have an EE which gets fished, and a DA with the cracked plastic spindle. This year I thought that was a pity, and bought a cheap EE 'for parts only' to get the metal spindle. Turned out the cheap EE was in perfect condition, its parts preserved in some kind of grease that had frozen the reel together.. a good cleaning and it's humming again.
Well now to look for another cheap EE ;-) ha.

Here's a 2052 plastic bushing main shaft fix. You can repair the one you already have rather than trying to find a donor part or reel.

[https://alantani.com/index.php/topic,25104.msg285584.html#msg285584]

CincyDavid · January 29, 2026, 03:41:27 PM

Clean little EC-dated 2052 arrived today. This one won't need much cleanup, compared to some of the crusty messes I've bought previously. It wound up being just over $30, including shipping.

CincyDavid · Reply #9 - Re: Finally got a 2052

Got a truly filthy, nasty little 2052 DA today as part of a lot purchase. Of course the spindle is split but all of the pieces are there, whatever that's worth. It was purchased as a parts reel but it spins freely and has a snappy bail spring, I may just use it as a beater "truck reel".