Anecdotes and learnings from our years elbow-deep in fishing reels... ;)
"The size of the part is inversely proportional to the distance it travels when it hits the floor."
Feel free to add your own...
Looking forward to the enlightenment. ;D
Murphy's Law applies here on a regular basis......... :-[
Good call Nessie - so true.
And another, which always happens around the beginning of spring:
"The less time I have to service reels, the more reels I have to service."
And one from last night:
"The rarer the part, the more likely it is to break."
Hows about...
When disassembling or reinstalling...theres always "one".... theres gotta be that "one" to make things difficult. :P
The moment you stalk up on one particular part, all the reels that come in somehow needs other parts except the one you stalked up on. :-\ :o
Good post Justin.
Here is mine: Although we don't need it we need to have it ;)
Nice one Sal - I picked up a mint little 112H last week which I definitely needed, yet didn't need at all... ;D
Here is mine....
Wife: "Why do you need so many fishing reels?" Me: "Cause I only have one wife"
Panama
Class Panama. ;)
It is better to have and not need, than it is to need and not have.
Oh, so that's what they mean when a spring goes "boing" !
Why does my nose itch now?
The 'Law of Mechanical Repair', I believe, Dominick... ;D
As far as servicing reels for your pals goes... "A favors not a favor if it's done like a favor"
Dom
"The more urgent the service, the more brittle the Dartanium." :P
OK Justin here is one more, just in case you have a price for the winner ;D:
The more the screw ups the more parts in your arsenal.
Beans, Beans the magical fruit, the more you eat the more you toot ;D Sorry, I couldn't help myself
Quote from: broadway on October 05, 2011, 12:05:57 AM
Beans, Beans the magical fruit, the more you eat the more you toot ;D Sorry, I couldn't help myself
::) ::) oy vey
There always one... :D
"My greatest fear is that when I die my wife will sell my reels for what I told her I paid for them." (Anon.)
Best yet IJ. ;D
Quote from: Irish Jigger on October 05, 2011, 02:48:26 AM
"My greatest fear is that when I die my wife will sell my reels for what I told her I paid for them." (Anon.)
mine, too!
Quote from: broadway on October 05, 2011, 12:05:57 AM
Beans, Beans the magical fruit, the more you eat the more you toot ;D Sorry, I couldn't help myself
Hehe, heard another version when I was younger (along the same lines)...
Beans, beans are good for your heart
The more you eat the more you f*rt
The more you f*rt, the better you feel
So, have beans, beans for every meal...
It is written: The part the falls on the floor and is lost forever is the very one you have no more of, and either need to rob one from a personal reel, or spend 9.99 on freight for a 1.99 part... >:( ;D
Thanks for jumpin' in with that one, Mooki... I hadn't heard that version, but I like it! ...words to live by
Dom
....this won't take long at all,, just a quick service....
then get inside and figure out everything you need is made from unobtanium... :o
So true Snagged.
I serviced the most beautiful-looking early Jigmaster last night.
It looked like it'd never been used, so I figured 'this won't take long'.
Unfortunately, it was full of crud inside, had a thoroughly bent eccentric, crushed dog spring and damaged gears.
It all came together in the end, though... ;)
Cheers mate, Justin
I'm sure it was a piece of cake for you Justin. ;)
If they where easy to service it would boring....I think :-\
True Sal. I did a Stellar 4000FE the other night and couldn't help but wonder if they design these things to drive guys like us to distraction.
But at least I wasn't bored! ;D
...and, for my sins, two more Stellar 4000s turned up today... :P
They're beautiful little reels though. ;)
My wifes favorite"How many screwdriver sets do you need honey?"
Its a bird, its a plane, ITS SUPER DOG SPRING ;D ;D ;D
No matter how clean the reel looks on the outside, don't underestimate what you would see on the inside.
"I wear the pants in my house"........................My wife tells me which ones!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: Mooki on October 05, 2011, 01:10:07 PM
Quote from: broadway on October 05, 2011, 12:05:57 AM
Beans, Beans the magical fruit, the more you eat the more you toot ;D Sorry, I couldn't help myself
Hehe, heard another version when I was younger (along the same lines)...
Beans, beans are good for your heart
The more you eat the more you f*rt
The more you f*rt, the better you feel
So, have beans, beans for every meal...
Beenz, beenz, the African wonder....the more ya eat the more ya thunder.....
I like this one: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
How about an ounce of Yamaha grease is worth a pound corrosion. Dominick
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will irritate enough people to make it worth the effort
Especially before I've had a cup o'coffee.
Kitchen cleaning products are your friends.
Used to be a time when estimating a home chore would take an hour, was usually pretty accurate. These days, I have to multiply that estimate by about 3. Doing car repairs take a multiply of about 10. Don't have any problems with fishing reels, as I don't use a clock when working with them. Must be my clocks are screwed up.
When springs fly there is a natural tendency for them to head toward the most cluttered corner in the room.
I have accepted this fact and have only done about 30 reels. :-[
Don't spit in the cup you have reel parts in, keep it to the side
And if you are like me and work on your reels in the "Man Cave" on the table, you get REALLY worried when the Significant Other is heading into your work area with her vacuum cleaner.
I have this fear of going to put the reel back together and not realizing I had dropped some doodad and have to dig through the Vacuum cleaner bag to make sure it did not get sucked up.
Eventually,,,, all parts are found,, some may be after I am dead..
Be careful with those itty bitty spool clickers on spinners. I think the are related to dog springs.
Just when you think you've updated to every mod. On a given reel....someone here will make/do another upgrade you haven't thought of which you "MUST HAVE" causing you to tear the reel down again ::) in short just leave them taken apart until the night before you intend to fish it.
This is why I stay with Newell because there is not too many improvements to make.
X2 on that one
Bryan has drags for Newells. Alan has some handles and I think the 113h gears will fit some Newells so Alan C has you there. Their is never a reel that cannot be modded.
Ron
The chance you will strip the head of a fastener is directly proportional to the rarity of fasteners with that thread multiplied by the difficulty you will have tapping the material it screws into, all to the power of the depth below the surface that the fastener sits (thus preventing you dremeling a slot in the top or attacking it with vicegrips)
You may think what you herd me say is what I meant, but what I meant was not necessarily what you heard. (Confusion)
You can't fix stupid... but you can muffle the sound with duct tape ;D
Not sure if anyone has mentioned the Murphys law as far as reel repair and maintenance is concerned, But here it is. "What ever can go wrong will go wrong"
And another truism is. If it ain't broke make it better.
The odds of a job going wrong are directly proportional to the number of people watching....
Regards
Mark
When I royally screw up a reel, I contact Alan Tani, ASAP !!!
Dave
Included excerpt from OCRA's..
"Cleaning, Restoring, and Repairing Antique Fishing Reels"
Quote from: Tightlines666 on June 07, 2015, 12:19:10 AM
Included excerpt from OCRA's..
"Cleaning, Restoring, and Repairing Antique Fishing Reels"
Some good rules to live by.
"It may not be very productive, but it sure is gonna be interesting".....Bill
My favorite. Why do you have so many reels you can only use one at a time. Reply why do you have so many shoe you can only use one pair at a time.
Don't force it, get a bigger hammer!
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
josa1
Quote from: josa1 on April 29, 2016, 03:47:43 AM
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
josa1
"If you want a new one, break the old one first, so your wife feels sorry for you" !!!
"I'm sure that one little spring won't matter much......right? ???"
This was after I discovered my reel had a "Jesus Christ" spring.
The Jesus Christ spring: That little spring that flies out of nowhere like a bat out of hell only to get abducted by an invisible alien tractor beam to another dimension.
When your cursed with fat fingers ::) it makes it all the worse dealing with those cursed tiny springs. ;D
Joe
I keep a hammer handy for when I don't have the right screwdriver. Then, everything looks like a nail.