another 4/0 Drag Test

[gstours]

This is another twist of the 113h eared drag washers. As I found a 3.3 penn sst gear I milled the 8 ears in the sidewalls as others have done. next I received some .020 sst keyed washers from Brian Young,  they are really nice by the way!  after cutting the 1.4mm washers and fitting those I was able to use 5 cf washers and 4 thin steel washers and a fatty on top.  as shown.
after assembly in the test reel the drag was burnt in by walking across yard, cranking down and reeling in and repeating until max drag was achieved,  the reel was placed on my heavy duty rod, and the max drag was found to be #32 which is quite smooth at the heavy setting.  I think this will fish fine at 20-25#drag, thats what my body likes, no more cept on the rail.

[Ron Jones]

One fantastic reel that can fish 80 pound braid. I like it.
Ron

[Shark Hunter]

Wow GS! You don't need to buy any hot rod parts. You are making your own! Very Nice! 
I take it you have your own milling machine.

[Cone]

gstours, I've seen your post on the Daiwa gear you milled. Now you've done a 113h. I have considered doing it to some of my Penn Steel gears. I'll have to get off my duff and try it myself soon. You've set the bar high!  Bob

[Shark Hunter]

If that wasn't enough Bob, He has offered his milling expertise to those who want the 600H gear + the double dogging mod to the plate. I am in too deep with my Senators to persue this or I would!

[BMITCH]

Gs, very nice work! Hey, what are you doin with a 113H

[DaBigOno]

Very Impressive!

[gstours]

Hello B.Mitch;   its winter her and I like to play with the tools/toyz......the 113 is a great reel and I had never milled a sst gear for it....sooooo thats part of it.   and Brian Youngs thinnnn sst washers are waay cool.  especially if they drop in.....(get it)  so that got me thinking the rest is in the lead hangin......thanks for the question......I like all reels , some girls I dont like.    How about those SEAHAUKS????lets play ball.....gst.

[BMITCH]

Gs. Check your PM's. As far as the Seahawks....I dunno Manning and the broncos are gonna be hard to beat. They NEED to get pressure on him. I'm indifferent to who wins, no NY team I'm in it for the commercials

[Bunnlevel Sharker]

Hello B.Mitch;   its winter her and I like to play with the tools/toyz......the 113 is a great reel and I had never milled a sst gear for it....sooooo thats part of it.   and Brian Youngs thinnnn sst washers are waay cool.  especially if they drop in.....(get it)  so that got me thinking the rest is in the lead hangin......thanks for the question......I like all reels , some girls I dont like.    How about those SEAHAUKS????lets play ball.....gst.

I hope the land chickens get beat up one wall and down the other

[pompano joe]

Nice Rod!

[Dominick]

G.S.Tours:  Get ready for a small world story.  I clicked on the photo of your drag experiment and found myself in photobucket.  You had some pretty nice fish pictures and when I reached the photos of the giant halibut low and behold there was my wife's niece holding the tail of one of the butts.  She is the one on the left in this photo.  http://s1344.photobucket.com/user/gst6814/media/009_zps6dd95d50.jpg.html Where are you located and have you posted a plug for your tours?  Dominick

[DaBigOno]

Those are some huge butts!

[Shark Hunter]

I like Big butts and I cannot lie!

[BMITCH]

Dominick, this means you guys are like what...related gs just might show up at Christmas. I saw the prime rib you cooked up