Reel bearings

[Nay-aug]

Why are the main bearings behind the spool only shielded on one side? Wouldn't a double shielded, lubed for life bearing be better? They are used in in many pump and fan industrial applications without incident! Your thoughts?

[MarkT]

Why keep posting the same question every couple of hours?

[OhReely]

I can think of a few.

Place the bearing with the shield facing out to keep debris from getting in. A single shield is easier to clean, inspect and lube thoroughly. Cost to the manufacturer is probably a consideration. Personal preference of the owner. Some folks like no shields, some want two, some want one. Still others want sealed bearings - one seal, two seals. Let experience teach you what best suits your needs.

[Alan M]

Why keep posting the same question every couple of hours?

AI

[rcmsangab]

This site is being heavily mined by AI for sure judging by any reel related google search.

[jurelometer]

This site is being heavily mined by AI for sure judging by any reel related google search.

So we are all going to get royalties from Google, right?

Just for fun, I just asked the search engine AI a question about Old Florida fly reel history and got a slightly garbled regurgitation of my own post on this subject.

The problem is that the AI mines everything and doesn't know how to separate the high quality/post from the junk.

It is only going to get worse as people use AI results in new posts, which will in turn be consumed by AI.  Eating what you excrete is usually not an optimal evolutionary strategy.

I saw a Reddit thread where somebody noted that Reddit was a major source for AI data mining.  The thread then evolved into a nonstop stream of misinformation posts like "The capitol of the USA is Cleveland", and "pi is 27.436592". Still makes me laugh when I think about it.

The internet is getting ens**tified.  It was good while it lasted, which wasn't very long.

-J