Black Pearl's gears for 500- 505 & 112H

[BMITCH]

So Sal, your thinking of a 5+1 for the"custom" deeper BP gears in hex? If lee could make that happen that would be awesome!
Bob

[Alto Mare]

Keep in mind we might be asking for problems on this reel, It might be great for the Tank though.
Bryan's kit is doing a very good job on the Jigmaster, I'm very happy with it.
That reminds me, I need to order a few more sets from him.

[Ron Jones]

5+1 will be awesome!!
We would realistically only ever use half the available drag at most. Should be really smooth.

Ron

[jigmaster501]

Will there be any 4:1 Stainless gears coming out instead of 5:1 anytime soon??

[Black Pearl]

Will there be any 4:1 Stainless gears coming out instead of 5:1 anytime soon??

It is hard to say. There are not that many people request 4:1. There is bigger market for the 5:1.

I need to be able to sell 150 set before I can make that happens.

Thanks,
--Alan

[BMITCH]

Alan, about the 5:1 gears....are they still on schedule for mid Dec.??

[Ron Jones]

Lordy,
I know I need them before the trip in June.

Ron

[floating doc]

5:1 plus one of Lee's (Keta) custom crank arms and one of Alan's kolkar handles.

[Ron Jones]

Dont' forget Alan's sleeve and Lee's double dogs!
Ron

[Black Pearl]

Alan, about the 5:1 gears....are they still on schedule for mid Dec.??

It is still schedule on 12/15. 

[Dr. Jekyll - AKA MeL B]

doc and ron, that's what i have on my not quite mini tank. not DD yet...

[BMITCH]

Thanks for the update Alan.
Bob

[SNAPPERHEAD]

Alto, I do not know if this is a repeated question but, didn you notice a change in the drag range from the lower gears than the higher gears?

BEN

[Black Pearl]

Ok, guys. Here is the latest update on this gear set.

I want to be honest to all you guys about this gear set. As you all know that we did not copy from other gear set. We wanted to make sure this gear set is true 5:1 gear ratio, and my resource was try to accomplish this task by making the pinion OD little smaller than the original PENN Jigmaster 500 pinion gear. By doing so, the teeth became very thin and soft, therefore, it stripped under pressure of 15lbs rolling testing.

Since this problem occurred, my resource and I will have to come up with solution to solve this problem. Therefore, I will have to push back the release date on this gear set. I want to make sure that we have a good product and keep all your guys to be happy.

I am really sorry on the above problem. If you have a set of the first 20 sets of this gear set, I will send out a replacement pinion gear when I come up with the solution.

I hope that no one will be mad at me about it. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thanks,
--Alan

[Ron Jones]

Sounds good to me Alan, I apreciate the quality product. I'm sorry about the production delays, I'm sure you want to bring this to market.
Ron