Came across this video at the Mitchell Reel Museum (great site worth a visit).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfw_5-rYKng
thanks john
nice simple reel,
not so simple if you are just starting out
tutorials are the backbone of this site
drag?
cheers
I found & used the Mitchell Museum when I rebuilt my 3 - 306 reels. Great Site
Mike
Perfect timing - There's a Mitchell 300 on its way to me as I type... I had one as a teen (WAY before the turn of the century) and don't know what happened to it, bought one off EBay for old time's sake.
has any seen a tutorial on drags for this reel, like upgrades maybe?
Quote from: fishhawk on January 07, 2016, 05:40:57 PM
has any seen a tutorial on drags for this reel, like upgrades maybe?
Just slip in a carbontex washer of the same size. These reels generally produce very modest drag and have just one drag washer in them.
These reels are from a bygone era when the drag matched the engineering of the reel to keep it in operation for decades. Now reels have drags put in them that will rapidly destroy them ;).
thanx john, kinda what I thought, just hoping there was more I could do.
Mark
I noticed that the man servicing the reel, was using a block of wood that had been carved to hold the reel in place.
Anyone else here do this, and if so how is it done ?
Thanks,
Terry.