Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Our next Tiburon project is a 1.25" wide Jigmaster kit.  That's approximately half the width of the 2 7/16" 500, and 3/8" narrower than the 501.  This is about as narrow as one can go and still be able to mount a rod clamp and have room for a large thumb.  They are available in any of Tiburon's standard colors (red, purple, cobalt blue, electric blue, silver, black and dark green), and you can mix and match spool and frame colors.  They are $129 plus $4.94 for shipping if paid by check, money order, Visa or Mastercard.  For credit card payments, I will be sending invoices through Square.com.  Add 3% for PayPal payments.  There are 40 kits available and they are scheduled for delivery in late July.

Please let me know if you would like one.

Thanks,

Randy

Put me down for one in cobalt blue Randy. Will these work with Cortez or other plates?  Either way is fine with me just checking. Thanks for doing all these kits, you're on a roll!  Sheridan

Wow, very cool!
Put me down for one please! Silver/silver  :)

Randy,
You are on a roll!  ;)
I'm thinking Dark Green/Black spool... Mean Green Surface Iron Machine  :o :o  :o
One can never have enough enough narrow reels ;D
Thanks for doing this!!!
Danny

Randy, one silver/silver please.
     Greg

Hi Randy
        I am in for an all silver one
Juan

Randy... dark green frame / silver spool

Gracias, Steve

Quote from: Swami805 on June 22, 2018, 05:13:00 PM
Put me down for one in cobalt blue Randy. Will these work with Cortez or other plates?  Either way is fine with me just checking. Thanks for doing all these kits, you're on a roll!  Sheridan

Thank you Sheridan!  These kits will work with any standard Jigmaster plates: Cortez, Accurate, Lee Pro, Baja Pacific, etc.  They will also work with several other Penn models: 259, 250, 1/0 Senator, and probably one or two others that I can't think of at the moment.

They will also work with Newell 300C plates if you put the little orange bushings on the spool shafts.  I don't know if they will work on other Newell series if you use the bushings.  I am pretty sure that they will work on the original P and G series, but I have been told that the later Newells had smaller trim ring inside diameters and smaller OD spools, so they may not be compatible.  Maybe our Newell experts could chime in on this issue?

I am also going to ask Tiburon if they will make some shafts for the 505/506HS plates, but I don't know about that yet.

Thanks again,

Randy

Want it, Need it, Gota have it, Gona get it !!!

1- purple/purple please. Thanks, Randy. I'll do da PP thing.

I'm in for 2, please! 1 green, 1 cobalt blue. 1 electric blue spool and I'm still not sure about the other....probably silver though.

Thanks Randy!

I'm in for two  1 cobalt blue    1 dark green.  Thanks for offering this.

Bob

Randy I'm in for 1 red with red spool and 1 purple with purple spool. Thanks!

I can't decide on what color... I have bergandy, red and black plate reels.
Suggestions???

One electric blue and one purple, both with matching spools please for me.

     Randy       ......   farmer 56  here   ....    one  black  on  black     ....   thank  you   dennis

Here we go again  ;)  ;)

I would like one red with silver spool....and one black with silver spool

Thanks Randy

  Ted

Randy, I'm in for one. Please make it an Electric Blue frame and Black spool.

Thanks Bud and have a great day!
.................Lou

Randy,
   I'm in for a black with silver spool.  I promised myself I wasn't gonna build any more reels, but we all know how that goes. 8)
Thanks Randy!
Dom

         Randy  ...   2nd.   one    silver on silver  ..farmer  out

I'm in for one... color to be determined soon ...

Cool

Silver on silver R. P.
Will need a Tib 113hn Silver spool with this order.

tone

Quote from: Vintage Offshore Tackle on June 22, 2018, 07:36:47 PM

Quote from: Swami805 on June 22, 2018, 05:13:00 PM
Put me down for one in cobalt blue Randy. Will these work with Cortez or other plates?  Either way is fine with me just checking. Thanks for doing all these kits, you're on a roll!  Sheridan

Thank you Sheridan!  These kits will work with any standard Jigmaster plates: Cortez, Accurate, Lee Pro, Baja Pacific, etc.  They will also work with several other Penn models: 259, 250, 1/0 Senator, and probably one or two others that I can't think of at the moment.

They will also work with Newell 300C plates if you put the little orange bushings on the spool shafts.  I don't know if they will work on other Newell series if you use the bushings.  I am pretty sure that they will work on the original P and G series, but I have been told that the later Newells had smaller trim ring inside diameters and smaller OD spools, so they may not be compatible.  Maybe our Newell experts could chime in on this issue?

I am also going to ask Tiburon if they will make some shafts for the 505/506HS plates, but I don't know about that yet.

Thanks again,

Randy

Ok you changed the options on me.  Electric blue in 500 and purple in 506 if they are making it.  If not then both regular jigmaster shafts

I'd like to add another to my previous request....

.....silver on silver

  Thanks again for offering these cool custom kits Randy

  -Ted-

I'm in for one in red.

Mike

Randy, put me down for One (1) Cobalt Blue/on Blue (spool)
tom f

Is it too late to put in an order for 1 purple kit?  Also, any idea what the line capacity will be approx?

Quote from: Jkjhung on June 26, 2018, 01:04:17 AM
Is it too late to put in an order for 1 purple kit?  Also, any idea what the line capacity will be approx?

Jon, no problem ordering a purple kit.  It looks like I have 12 kits left.  As to the line capacity, according to the Penn website, the 500L holds 525 yds of 65 lb. braid, and it's spool is approximately 2 7/16" wide.  The P21XN will have a spool width of approximately 1.25", so 1.25/2.44 = .51 X 525 yds = 268 yds of 65 lb. braid.  I'm not sure that this is a good way to estimate the line capacity, but it's the only way that I can think of.

Thank you for your order.

Randy

Quote from: Vintage Offshore Tackle on June 26, 2018, 01:45:30 AM

Quote from: Jkjhung on June 26, 2018, 01:04:17 AM
Is it too late to put in an order for 1 purple kit?  Also, any idea what the line capacity will be approx?

Jon, no problem ordering a purple kit.  It looks like I have 12 kits left.  As to the line capacity, according to the Penn website, the 500L holds 525 yds of 65 lb. braid, and it's spool is approximately 2 7/16" wide.  The P21XN will have a spool width of approximately 1.25", so 1.25/2.44 = .51 X 525 yds = 268 yds of 65 lb. braid.  I'm not sure that this is a good way to calculate the line capacity, but it's the only way that I can think of.

Thank you for your order.

Randy

Sounds good.  Thanks Randy

Please put me down for one Randy. Purple frame, purple spool.
Thanks!
Tom

Randy, please add a red/red 505/506 kit to my previous grn/slvr order.

And thanks!

Can I change mine in reply #9, from a regular jigmaster frame/spool in purple, to a 505/506 size in purple/purple Thanks.

Quote from: swill88 on June 27, 2018, 04:30:22 PM
Randy, please add a red/red 505/506 kit to my previous grn/slvr order.

And thanks!

Will do Steve.  Thank you!

Quote from: Gfish on June 28, 2018, 03:27:30 AM
Can change mine in reply #9, from a regular jigmaster frame/spool in purple to a 505/506 size in purple/purple Thanks.

No problem Greg.  Thank you!

 One more to add to my previous requests...  

.....black on black

Ted

Silver with Black Spool for me ...

Cool

Just to clarify... my stock JM plates will work with this kit???

Cool

Just thought of this... could I get an extra 505 / 506 Spool to go with my kit ???

Cool

Quote from: CooldadE on June 29, 2018, 07:03:55 PM
Just to clarify... my stock JM plates will work with this kit???

Cool

Cool, these kits with the 500 spool shafts will work with:

Stock Penn plates
Cortez Conversion plates
Accuplates
Lee Pro plates
Baja Pacific plates

They will also work with Newell 300C plates if you have the little orange spool shaft sleeves.

I am sorry to say that Tiburon is making an equal number of spools and frames, so there will not be any extra spools on this run.
Thanks,
Randy

Just to clarify, the 505/506HS XN spools will only work with stock Penn plates and Accurate HS plates.

Quote from: Vintage Offshore Tackle on June 27, 2018, 03:59:18 PM
Ok you changed the options on me.  Electric blue in 500 and purple in 506 if they are making it.  If not then both regular jigmaster shafts

Randy, Tiburon is making 6 P21XN spool shafts for us to fit the 505/506HS side plates, so I am changing your order as you instructed above.  Thank you!

Thank you the other R

I will take a 505/506 Black/Black. Thank you!

Quote from: Vintage Offshore Tackle on June 29, 2018, 07:32:42 PM
Just to clarify, the 505/506HS XN spools will only work with stock Penn plates and Accurate HS plates.

What's an Accurate HS plate?  Is it different from other Accurate plates?

Thanks

The HS plates will only fit the spool from a Penn 505Hs or 506hs

Quote from: Johnfishy on June 30, 2018, 12:20:46 AM
The HS plates will only fit the spool from a Penn 505Hs or 506hs

Ahh yes yes.  Thank you.
Steve

Thank you to everyone for the great response.  We have 30 out of 40 sold, so there are 10 kits left, of which 2 can be for 505/506HS side plates.

I need to give Tiburon the color mix on Monday, July 9, so if anyone is thinking about it, I would really appreciate it if they would place their order before then so that I don't have to guess what colors to run for stock on the remaining kits.

Thanks again,

Randy

    Randy    ....   farmer  56  here   ....   as  we  talked  on  the  phone  ...   color  change  for  me  .....    one   black on black    ...  and  one   black   and   sliver  spool    ...  thanks   dennis

Randy I would like to change my color to red frame blue spool.

Mike

Quote from: mikeysm on July 02, 2018, 02:21:59 AM
Randy I would like to change my color to red frame blue spool.

Mike

Mike, I'm assuming that you want the electric blue spool, not cobalt blue.  Is that correct?

Thanks,

Randy

Hey Randy,
Hope you are having a great 4th.
I would like a purple frame and a dark green spool for a 500 pls.
Need your address to send a check.
Best,
Jonathan

Hey Randy, will these be numbered like the 20/0 kits ??

Having them numbered speaks volumes about the custom non typical tiburon kit

Yes Randy that is correct.

Mike

Quote from: theswimmer on July 05, 2018, 03:50:35 AM
Hey Randy,
Hope you are having a great 4th.
I would like a purple frame and a dark green spool for a 500 pls.
Need your address to send a check.
Best,
Jonathan

Got it Jonathan.  PM sent.  Sorry for the delay

Thank you!

Randy

No worries , I been moving boats and don't let my phone distract me when we are working.
Usually  just me and the Capt. So not alot of time off.
Best ,
JT.

Quote from: Maxed Out on July 05, 2018, 04:34:43 AM

Hey Randy, will these be numbered like the 20/0 kits ??

Having them numbered speaks volumes about the custom non typical tiburon kit

Ted, I appreciate the suggestion, and I wish that we could number all of these kits, but the 20/0 was a special limited one-time project. 

These other kits may or may not be run again, so we don't want to give the wrong impression as to their rarity, plus it would add a little bit to the cost, and present another opportunity for error.

Thanks again,

Randy

Randy how about a update on the kits?


Mike

How about Cobalt Blue and Silver Spool? Is that possible.............................Joe 

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Randy how about a update on the kits?


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Mike, Tiburon has finished making the kits and they sent them out to be polished and anodized last week.  When they come back, they have to do the graphics.  They expect to have them ready to pick up by 8/17. if

Thanks Randy. How many do you have left to sell?

Mike

Quote from: mikeysm on August 05, 2018, 04:57:03 PM
Thanks Randy. How many do you have left to sell?

Mike

Mike, I have 3 silver kits left, of which 2 could be HS (for 505HS or 506HS side plates) if desired.

Quote from: Reel 224 on August 05, 2018, 03:04:02 PM
How about Cobalt Blue and Silver Spool? Is that possible.............................Joe 

Joe, I have three silver P21XN kits that are not spoken for.  Tiburon sent them out for polishing and anodizing last week.  The silver spool is no problem.  I will call Tiburon tomorrow to see if it's not too late to change one of those frames to cobalt.

Thanks,

Randy

Randy: If that can be done I would like the kit. I will send a PM with my Info>>>>>>>>>>>Joe

Hi Randy,

PM'ed you yesterday ...... you received it?

Best,
Victor

Quote from: GoldenRage on August 07, 2018, 07:04:51 PM
Hi Randy,

PM'ed you yesterday ...... you received it?

Best,
Victor

I did Victor, and just responded.  Sorry for the delay.  I was fishing yesterday and too tired to do anything afterwards.

Thanks,

Randy

Hi Randy,

Thxs, got your response to my PM.

Caught anything?

Best,
Victor

I'd like a silver one, please, Randy!  /Joe

Quote from: Decker on August 09, 2018, 07:43:57 PM
I'd like a silver one, please, Randy!  /Joe

It's yours Joe.  I think that's the last one.  Thank you and everyone else too!

Randy

Thanks again Randy, I love my silver and black "mini 349H".  I will also be using a Surfmaster 250 handle side plate and have a low speed mini 349 when I need lower speed.

Quote from: Keta on September 10, 2018, 02:53:39 PM
Thanks again Randy, I love my silver and black "mini 349H".  I will also be using a Surfmaster 250 handle side plate and have a low speed mini 349 when I need lower speed.

Thank you Lee.  I am glad to hear that you are happy with the reel.  What a great idea that you came up with: A poor man's two-speed!  Imagine the deckhand's surprise when you swap side plates in the middle of a fight!

Thanks again,

Randy

Any of these kits still available?

Is it just a frame and spool?

Quote from: pjstevko on October 11, 2018, 06:38:54 PM
Any of these kits still available?

Is it just a frame and spool?

PJ, the kit consists of the frame, spool and rod clamp kit.  They were all sold, but I am still holding one for someone who may decide that they don't want it.  I should know this weekend one way or the other.  Do you want one if it becomes available?

Thanks,

Randy

Quote from: Vintage Offshore Tackle on October 12, 2018, 11:05:51 PM

Quote from: pjstevko on October 11, 2018, 06:38:54 PM
Any of these kits still available?

Is it just a frame and spool?

PJ, the kit consists of the frame, spool and rod clamp kit.  They were all sold, but I am still holding one for someone who may decide that they don't want it.  I should know this weekend one way or the other.  Do you want one if it becomes available?

Thanks,

Randy

What color is the set you have?