Reel Repair by Alan Tani

I've been known to use a drill, with a special head that I rigged up using a pipe tee and some padding, to spin the handle on a larger baitcaster or conventional to speed up the process. I've also modified a socket bit (again with a wee bit of padding) to spin the gear sleeve of a penn conventional for the same reason.

I modified the spool and spool shaft of a cheap spinner to mate up with and grip onto a filler spool so I can set the constant tension I want to load with. Then I just gotta make sure I keep the rod section im using straight because if I dip the tip the tension temporarily changes.

I am slowly refining my setup. Joe what you're working on here is very interesting, I may try to adopt a bit of your idea. A bicycle rim might be useful for the larger wheel. I hear they already make brakes for those... And they're adjustable.

Quote from: oc1 on May 20, 2024, 05:46:44 AMIf you load a spinner on a mandrel the line will not be twisted.  But, twists are imparted as line leaves the spool on a cast (one 360 degree twist per spool circumference). When the line is retrieved, the twists are removed.

If you wind a spinner using the whole reel (rotor turning), then the line is twisted as it is loaded onto the reel.  But, the twists are removed as the line leaves the spool on a cast.

Pick your poison..... or, get a conventional.
Before braid line come out I only use spinner for 8 lbs test and under and you're right spinner 

Twists are neither imparted nor removed when drag is pulled but twists are imparted when that line is retrieved.  Twists are imparted when cranking against a slipping drag.  On a spinner with a 4:1 gear ratio there will be four 360 degree twists for every turn of the handle against a slipping drag.  So, the total number of twists accumulate/increase when there is a lot of back-and-forth in a fight.

I only use drill to wind up line on spinner ,Bait casting reel line lay out good .You're right spinner always get line twist .before braid line come out I only use spinner for light line 8 lbs and under but with braid it's less problem ,I load 30 lbs test braid on Dam 220, 2001 and have no problem with line twist .On conventional reel braid help cast further but not much ,using less than 20 lbs test create more problem

Quote from: oldmanjoe on May 20, 2024, 04:43:24 AMTo be honest , I will not machine wind spinner spools.    I much prefer to wind on the reel it self , I want the line lay and know right away if the shimming is correct .

I do shim to get better spooling but unless you use old Mitchell reel that line spooling perfect , most spinner will get as picture when wind on reel itself ,few reels use oscillating gear similar to bait casting reel then line lay out good ( such as Daiwa SS1300,1600,2600 )

If you load a spinner on a mandrel the line will not be twisted.  But, twists are imparted as line leaves the spool on a cast (one 360 degree twist per spool circumference). When the line is retrieved, the twists are removed.

If you wind a spinner using the whole reel (rotor turning), then the line is twisted as it is loaded onto the reel.  But, the twists are removed as the line leaves the spool on a cast.

Pick your poison..... or, get a conventional.

Twists are neither imparted nor removed when drag is pulled but twists are imparted when that line is retrieved.  Twists are imparted when cranking against a slipping drag.  On a spinner with a 4:1 gear ratio there will be four 360 degree twists for every turn of the handle against a slipping drag.  So, the total number of twists accumulate/increase when there is a lot of back-and-forth in a fight.

To be honest , I will not machine wind spinner spools.    I much prefer to wind on the reel it self , I want the line lay and know right away if the shimming is correct .

 Don`t sell the 270 short , it is a beast of a reel .  Fred can get you the parts you need .  There is 5 different spools that fit the 270 with different drag arrangements .   The ru pacific is a nice fun reel also ,not a bull dog  .

I use a cordless drill to strip out old line and since I have many extra spool shaft I use correct shaft for each spool to wind up line

Quote from: Maxed Out on May 20, 2024, 03:26:09 AMI use my electric downriggers. First I put the line onto one downrigger, then under tension, I transfer it to my other downrigger, then adjust the brake so I can hand crank it off the downrigger under tension and onto my reel

  Yes ,for hand winding reel to reel works .      I have mounted reels on closet dowels for line transfer .    I like your line dryer , it is well used going by the bow in the dowel rods .  I have a few myself .

Last 2 weeks I bought 2 weird reels from Ebay ,both of them for $20 One is the Dam 270 that I see on ebay all the time fairly low price but never need that as I have many big reel , another one is R U pacific that I never see before .
Clean the old grease out ,both of them full of black grease that often see on old Dam Quick .The R U Pacific fairly good condition just a bend handle and easy to straight it up . The Dam Quick have many problem and broken parts ,it seem using in salt water for long time , bearings is rusty and shot broken screws and missing 1 little bushing on slider . The 270 built exact like 265 micro lite just anti reverse use pin to lock in drive gear not a dog
I'm decided not to fix the 270 up only use for parts after look at the spool of this reel . for a big heavy reel the drag even smaller than 220

For removing old line from my reel, I use a antique 1930's large line dryer contraption. There's a 113hlw in the pic to show the size of this old beast