Hi guys - I had a visitor on Saturday morning arrive with a box - He said I found these in his dads shed and all he wants is one reel that works for his son to use What ever left over is mine - in the box was two Delmar 285's and two long beach's - a 65 & 66 - honesty it looked like a bomb had gone off inside that box - two of the reels had been pulled apart at some stage and the other two wouldn't even turn over - Plates were in pretty good nick and all the handles looked all right too so I said i would give it ago.
After stripping everything I noticed the Delmar & long beach share the same parts and came up with a wider version of the 285 using the 65 stand, posts and a stainless steel spool which I had to do allot of cleaning and rust removal from the center part of the spool and fingers crossed and the head and tail plate of the 285.
Spool - I ground out most of the rust with a dremal then taped off the outer center area over the stainless edge and sand blasted the center part of the spool - then painted with rust kill and applied two clear glass coats to the affected area - then onto the lath to try and get some of the staining and the odd small pitting out - I started with 800grt and went up to 1000grt .
Dremal work...
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After sand blasting-rust kill & glassing...
(http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad223/mattman1965/a004_zpsim5r8d1o.jpg) (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/mattman1965/media/a004_zpsim5r8d1o.jpg.html)
(http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad223/mattman1965/a003_zpszpdgdpyz.jpg) (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/mattman1965/media/a003_zpszpdgdpyz.jpg.html)
In the end I put the bigger handle 24-66 and Star 10-66 off the Long beach 66.
All in all everything came together and works sweet and can even get over one minute of free spool .
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Next to a standard 285...
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(http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad223/mattman1965/a007_zpseo3rawek.jpg) (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/mattman1965/media/a007_zpseo3rawek.jpg.html)
(http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad223/mattman1965/a008_zpsn7ou7pmx.jpg) (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/mattman1965/media/a008_zpsn7ou7pmx.jpg.html)
Most of the internal parts came out sweet - all the main gears and pinion's gear sleeves & bridge's are mint - more spare parts for future builds .
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Enjoy.
Matt...
Beautiful work, and great save on these old soldiers, Matt --
Thanks for showing us your skills.
Best,
Fred
Nice work Matt! I like what you did to save the spool, I'm gonna have to use that
Nice.
The spool comes apart and the center piece of the spool can be made on a lathe.
Nice work. Is the glassing like epoxy? From previous thread the reel you put together is the same as a Delmar 286.
Quote from: Keta on February 25, 2015, 02:57:03 PM
Nice.
The spool comes apart and the center piece of the spool can be made on a lathe.
lee how does the spool come apart?
I think it unscrews. There is a hexagon head on both ends. I never new that it could be taken apart though.
Quote from: Bryan Young on February 25, 2015, 06:31:06 PM
I think it unscrews. There is a hexagon head on both ends. I never knew that it could be taken apart though.
Thanks guys - yeh I saw the big hex nut on both ends of the spool but didn't have a socket big enough - so I guess the piece in the middle is or acts just like a spacer ??
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That's what I think, but I have never taken one apart.
I'll try to dig to the bottom of my pile and see if I can find the one I have apart.
Quote from: sharkman on February 25, 2015, 05:17:39 PM
Nice work. Is the glassing like epoxy? From previous thread the reel you put together is the same as a Delmar 286.
No-Its the same stuff I use for fiber glassing but just using the resin - I mixed up about one teaspoon and added three drops MEKP to kick start the reaction and painted on with a small paint brush - kept the reel spinning and ran a butane torch over it to get rid of any air bubbles and spent the next five minute's slowly turning the handle .
Thanks Keta I've never seen one broken apart before.
Awesome Work as usual Matt! ;)
Quote from: Mattman NZ on February 25, 2015, 08:36:44 PM
Quote from: sharkman on February 25, 2015, 05:17:39 PM
Nice work. Is the glassing like epoxy? From previous thread the reel you put together is the same as a Delmar 286.
No-Its the same stuff I use for fiber glassing but just using the resin - I mixed up about one teaspoon and added three drops MEKP to kick start the reaction and painted on with a small paint brush - kept the reel spinning and ran a butane torch over it to get rid of any air bubbles and spent the next five minute's slowly turning the handle .
Thanks Keta I've never seen one broken apart before.
That's the same methods for finish coats on fishing rods. :D
Still looking for my camera to take photos of the disassembled spool.
Lee
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Mike ;D
Quote from: bluefish69 on March 07, 2015, 04:38:58 AM
Lee
There is a GOOD DEAL on EBay for Go Pro Cameras at $23 ea.
Mike ;D
D'oh!
I did not want to pull the clicker gear or line pin but here's what they look like. Pull the line pin and the center sleeve can be pressed off.
(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g104/IGFA19Keta/Reels/Spool_zpstkmk5t8v.jpg) (http://s54.photobucket.com/user/IGFA19Keta/media/Reels/Spool_zpstkmk5t8v.jpg.html)
Thank you Lee for showing us that.
Thats cool Lee, never took a spool apart but always wondered. I have a sailfisher spool looks good
but it is loose from the center hub I haven't tried tightening it up because I don't have a sailfisher reel.