Reel Repair by Alan Tani

General Maintenance Tips => Tools and Lubricants => Topic started by: wallacewt on February 18, 2011, 12:26:16 PM

Title: true story
Post by: wallacewt on February 18, 2011, 12:26:16 PM
went into the dentists to get some used dental picks.2 lady receptionists."may i help you" do you have any used dental picks?"what" you know them tools the dentists tortures his patients with!  "you cant have those" why not? "they are a health risk" i cracked up :D :D
Title: Re: true story
Post by: Norcal Pescador on February 18, 2011, 04:19:54 PM
If you had asked for some of those tiny drill bits you would have been arrested for trying to obtain a "weapon of terror". ;D ;D
Good luck with it, Mate!
Title: Re: true story
Post by: Keta on February 18, 2011, 06:24:28 PM
They can be when you slip and stick one through your thumb, I know.

Title: Re: true story
Post by: Alto Mare on February 18, 2011, 10:39:17 PM
Quote from: Keta on February 18, 2011, 06:24:28 PM
They can be when you slip and stick one through your thumb, I know.

Hey Keta, were you servicing your reel on the boat? Not that I haven't done that before.
Title: Re: true story
Post by: broadway on February 21, 2011, 04:10:43 AM
Keta,

     Look out... I heard you could get gingivitis of the finger ;D
Dom
Title: Re: true story
Post by: saltydog on August 20, 2012, 08:19:03 PM
I get mine off of ebay cause they are right,some of the people they do dental work on have hepatitis,HIV and other comunicable diseases.Not good.
Title: Re: true story
Post by: Nessie Hunter on August 20, 2012, 09:25:34 PM
Yep, those are pretty dangerous...   ::)

Very High quality & expensive also...

I get my cheapo ones at Harbor freight...   
Cheap and almost disposable, but work pretty good and last plenty long...
Title: Re: true story
Post by: Bryan Young on August 20, 2012, 09:48:42 PM
I get mine from my dentist. She gives them to me after they have been sterilized.
Title: Re: true story
Post by: misanthrope on August 21, 2012, 03:24:55 AM
Plactic O ring picks work well for me.
Title: Re: true story
Post by: saltydog on August 21, 2012, 04:01:49 AM
I got a set of picks,I think 11 of them for 3.00+2.00 shipping so if 5 bucks is expensive those drag washers are a killer and lets not even discuss a reel spool a customer warped the other day fishing 100 on a 2/0 then you gotta find the darn thing,go figure.
Title: Re: true story
Post by: day0ne on August 21, 2012, 04:12:35 AM
I saw them at either Walmart or Kroger today, complete with dental mirror
Title: Re: true story
Post by: saltydog on August 23, 2012, 04:25:07 AM
Yup and Harbor freight is carrying a couple different sets now.