Reel Repair by Alan Tani

  I am a old school line spooler , prefer to do it by hand ,slow and steady .   I can lay wraps side by side , layer upon layer .   Yes it does take a lot of time to do , and it does build your arm muscles .     Mono line is a piece of cake to spool, lots of round diameter , it`s like reeling up the garden hose on the hose reel .

    Braided line is a different animal ,much thinner with no real round diameter .   And you can get a lot more yardage on the reel .   The animal part of braid is you don`t want to be sloppy spooling it from the start .  No piles or waves or criss crossing when spooling , that`s the start of dig ins  and waffling the line .  After watching many people spool reels i can see why there is a problem dig in and back lash with knots from hell .    So i want to take some of the human error out of the equation .  The concept..  Something that wants to level wind it`s self .

Lets see were this goes !

 

Quote from: jurelometer on May 17, 2024, 11:13:47 PMCutting board material is either low to medium density polyethylene or polypropylene.  Both are rather soft and squishy, and are actually a bit difficult to work with to make small dimensionally accurate parts,  as the material will flex and melt easily from friction during machining.

If you wanted to DIY, Delrin (or any acetal) would be a better choice.  It has very good mechanical properties and is easy to machine properly. It is widely avalable. 

A 3D printing trick that is not used enough is to 3D print fixtures for holding/indexing stock to make more accurate parts out of other materials. 

I suspect that getting the part from Fred is the more economical and ultimately satisfactory approach, but if you want to try making your own part, I understand.  I am the same way.

-J

Thanks Jurelometer.

I did a quick google search on cutting boards just now and a lot of the sites say that it's made of high density polyethylene HDPE.

Assuming some/many cutting boards are HDPE, would HDPE be any better or worst than the low- or medium density polyethylene or polypropylene that you talked about above?

I got this reel at an estate sale and it is missing some parts. Specifically, the cross bar (and screws for it), harness lugs, the handle lock screw, and one quadrant screw. 

I've got two questions - first, is this a TTS 30?  Second, can someone point me to where I can get these missing parts?  Thanks!

Quote from: pjstevko on May 17, 2024, 11:23:06 PM

Quote from: Keta on May 17, 2024, 10:08:55 PMOr just go with one or two assist hooks on top.

Thats the rigging most Captains I've fished with prefer.

They don't like trebles swinging around if the fish is hooked by the assist hooks.

Yup, for some reason the deckhands do not like large hooks in their body parts.


When I was a deckhand on Oregon charter boats I hated diving plugs due to having to remove a hook or two from my hands.  Even a smallish albacore inhaled plugs so hooking was never a issue.  A BFT will  swallow a 16-24 ounce eddy bomb.

definitely change out the drag set to greased carbon fiber.  make sure to add a #6-114 drag washer under the main gear!

Quote from: pjstevko on May 17, 2024, 09:57:54 PM

Quote from: Bill B on May 17, 2024, 05:17:18 PMI'm getting excited. It's going to be a busy month.  The wife has a fundraising benefit for Teen Challenge. Then we celebrate her birthday and our 30th wedding anniversary.  I still need to make space in the freezer, just in case 😉.  I still need to pick up 1 rod.

Bill

Bill what rod? And what reel is going on it?

It will be a Fishing Syndicate 130# class rod and my VISX 50.  I am not planning on getting beat to death like 2 years ago.  Yeah its been 2 years since my last BF trip. (Thumb surgery)  Bill

Quote from: MarkT on May 17, 2024, 10:49:11 PM

Quote from: Steve V. on May 17, 2024, 08:50:05 PMI know I'm late to the party but I have 58. Probably about 75 reels to go with them. I'm a novice collector. I do have 2 20" drill presses though. I had 4 but gave 2 to my son. Good old American iron. He got a Rockwell and a Delta (plus a bench top Delta) and I kept a Delta and a Powermatic (plus a bench top Delta). Yes, I used to collect (hoard) machinery and tools.

 

Steve

Rockwell, Delta, Powermatic... sounds like table saws!

Powermatic 66 table saw and many other machines.

Quote from: pjstevko on May 17, 2024, 09:57:00 PMIf you can find a through wired sinker you won't need the safety leash to the treble hook.

I'd hate to lose the fish of a lifetime by trusting the factory wire.

Be it a assist hook or treble, it's cheap insurance to leash it.

In my opinion.

Top assist hooks obviously work too!

Thanks for posting the pic Lee,

Steve

Quote from: Keta on May 17, 2024, 10:08:55 PMOr just go with one or two assist hooks on top.

Thats the rigging most Captains I've fished with prefer.

They don't like trebles swinging around if the fish is hooked by the assist hooks.

Quote from: Mjg378 on May 17, 2024, 10:16:20 PMGetting excited!!  Made my first bomb today!  Not sure if this is through wired so put a leash on it to be safe. 
MikeG

Looks good!