Help on the 113H Tank mods

[seaeagle2]

I have a couple spare 113H sideplates, and some stainless dogs from Keta.  I have a generic rotary tool but I have never used one in my life.  Hows about some advice on the procedure.  How should I secure the sideplate while I remove material, how should I mark where to remove material, what type of bit / tool should I use to remove the material.  I have some extra 113H dog springs so I was planning to use them.  Any advice would be appreciated.

[seaeagle2]

I'm still pretty new at this tearing apart reels thing. I'm probably not the only one that's seen the double dog mod and not been quite sure I want to take it on, well, here's my first attempt.  I will say I have a couple extra side plates so I wasn't too worried about screwing it up.  So here's how I did it.  I put just the gear in the sideplate, then took one of the "bridge screws" and a dog and put the screw in from the  inside (that way it didn't keep dropping out).  Then I used a pencil and marked what to grind  away.  I used a little "engraving" bit to start, then used a grinding wheel to sort of smooth it all out.  There's got to be a better bit to use but this is what I had on a Sunday morning at the house. I sort of test fit it and it seems to be working okay so far. I used a rotary tool that I got at Costco.  

[Bryan Young]

Looks good.  I just used dremel with a grinding cylinder where the head of the grinding stone was flat.

[redsetta]

Great stuff seaeagle.
Be wary of shaving too much off the top edge, which works as a 'spring shield'.
If there's not enough left to hold the spring, you can use some brass/copper plate to make a shroud which fastens down under the bridge, like so:



Let us know if you run into any problems.
Good luck, Justin

[alantani]

photo of the month! 

[Nessie Hunter]

You guys impress me all the time..   So much ingenuity........