Homemade Tools & Line Winders

[spize909]

spize,

can you post a pic of the current reel seat you're using? i'm building one right now and still have no reel seat.

thanks

current reel seat is 2 hose clamps
I am getting what I need today to improve on that.

[Cone]

Nice job! Another idea for a motor would be a treadmill motor and speed control. There are a lot of those around. People like using them for clothes hangers.     Bob

[Eric Hensel]

I know I'm late to the party, but using a standard light dimmer explains where all your torque went --it essentially wastes the amperage before it gets to the motor (which is designed to run in a narrow range) Notice that fans have 2 or speeds that only vary a small amount. If you turn the control  down until the motor stalls --it will sit there and overheat, eventually burning your house down. . It is not a good idea to do this.
Also that's a small "shaded-pole" AC motor (I think --this isn't my field) --not a true single-phase; which locks onto the current pulses (60cps in the 'States) at a fixed speed and will likely burn up if you tried this.
The folks suggesting DC (battery; portable drills) variable-speed motors have the right idea, because they have circuitry designed to maintain torque as the speed drops.

[trekgod3]

Here's a line spooler I just built. I got the idea from instructibles.com.

[Bryan Young]

Sorry, I tried fixing the post because I wanted to see the pics, but I cannot even pull it up on the web.

[trekgod3]

what do you mean? the picture shows up just fine....

Here's a direct link:
http://www.lakecityquietpills.com/photo/multihost/images/08890688486851922076.jpg

Here's a link to the instructible I based it on:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Cheap-Fishing-Line-Winder/?ALLSTEPS

[Alto Mare]

Very nice Treckgod and you even rounded the edges . Thanks for sharing.

[Keta]

[johnachak]

hi    bob      i figured why put extra wear and tear on the reel, stripping the line, if the reel is apart its a cinch.

Excellent idea for sure! Do you have several different sizes or does that one size pretty much stretch to fit most spools? Does the wood jig "Burn" the tips of the spool shafts?

[feeder]

Got sick of manually winding on my line and decided to build a winder to go with a new spooler I bought after seeing someone build one of their own. Still needs a little work, but it's nearly done.

Original design I was using:
http://i0.wp.com/shinyinsanity.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/si_winder_01.jpg

New Build:
http://i2.wp.com/shinyinsanity.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/si_winder_22.jpg

Build process:
http://shinyinsanity.com/homemade-line-winder-preservative-free/

Video of it in action:

[foakes]

Beautiful job, feeder --

That is clever, well engineered, simple -- and looks tough.

Nice explanation.

Best,

Fred

[feeder]

Beautiful job, feeder --

That is clever, well engineered, simple -- and looks tough.

Nice explanation.

Best,

Fred

Thanks Fred. I appreciate that.

[Tightlines667]

Nice!

Have you considered having someone produce a small run of these and offering them up for sale?  I think there is definately a market for spooling machines that don't require tapping into one's home equity line of credit.

Just a thought.

[Tiddlerbasher]

Lovely job How difficult was the anodising? I keep meaning to try it as I have a lot of aluminium projects.

When I built my line winder I used a variable speed 36v dc e-bike motor. To up the torque and lower the revs (180rpm final) i used small timing pulleys - Can wind with 20lb of drag if necessary. In practice 8-10lb of drag is all you will need for braid. To get the drag I used a lever drag principal - very consistant. The level wind was a re-cycled sic rod tip - keeps the hand away from the moving bits

[swill88]

Nice!

Have you considered having someone produce a small run of these and offering them up for sale?  I think there is definately a market for spooling machines that don't require tapping into one's home equity line of credit.

Just a thought.

a really good thought!