I found a link to an archive of the reel magging / reel repair posts made by Lars Hawk aka "Grandpa Old Spook". I thought some folks here might be interested.
https://web.archive.org/web/20051023083100/http://www.100megspop3.com/oldvalkyry/index.html
I love the Way Back Machine ;D
THanks for the link Greta info !