Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Thanks akFish and gary760,
This is my first 2 speed so surprised how much resistance between Hi-Lo.
Had a brain fart too, it is a visw not visx.
Helps when I sit down when I have time to look at things and think things out and not on the fly.
After looking at the threads on Alan's forums I believe it would not hurt to do a bit of a service before I use it.
Anything that you can suggest to keep a eye out for would be a help as well.
I want to set it for shore based fishing, my plan is to run 80lb braid with 100-200m of 37kg mono.
Is this a good idea or would there be safer/better options, I'm all ears as a beginner at the LBG scene.
All my prior experience up till now has been boats, that life is rare now.
Anyway thanks for the info, eased my mind a lot 
PRSD 

If i find a decent reel to start in on, how much will the up-grade cost me?\
Mike

Rescue we had for 18 yrs. had to have him put down two yrs ago, one of the hardest things we had to do.

I get wood qtips as well and carve the wood side for different projects &
Fill wollered out holes to reattach
Hardware.

Yes this will come in handy. Thank you

The only difference between a 221 1:5 high speed and a 220 1:3 regular —- is the main and worm gear, a longer crank for more torque, a 221 badge, and a tiny red S sticker that denotes high speed.  Everything else is identical.

The trick would be finding either a decent 221 donor reel with a good set of gears to rob from, or a set of 221 gears.  Then just do a crank swap and a badge swap.

I have plenty of 220 gear sets —- but the 221's are very rare.

I might have some —- do not know without counting teeth.

It seems like I do maybe one or two of the 221's for clients every month.

Here is one I did a couple of weeks ago.  It was really rough before I restored it using a fair number of new key parts.

These are rare and outstanding reels.  Great size, high speed, strong, versatile.

If you found one, and wanted a full restore to new —- I could do that for you also.

Even if you found a rough one —-the gears would likely be fine.

I might have a few laying around that will eventually be restored to new.

Best, Fred

Really like the looks of the Vamp reels. A metal handle-knob? They "look" well made. Except, of course, for the absence of a line roller. Gonna guess that good functioning line roller is expensive to make. Think of how much line runs through something that small in diameter. Plus the bearing part(s) should be pretty water resistant.
Did "the House of Hardy" ever make any spinning reels?

Thanks for the kind welcomes everyone, it's really great to be here.
I've posted a few things already, but more to come. 

Quote from: foakes on May 15, 2024, 10:31:18 PMWelcome aboard, Paul!

Best, Fred

Thanks Fred