So this came in today... a direct drive custom Penn 209. Anyone ever see this before? The guy that sent it to me says his father who was an machinist at Boeing used to make these for a now closed fishing tackle shop in Seattle. https://flic.kr/p/23rwh9Z
https://flic.kr/p/24NBqWk
Interseting like to know the full story behind this... Jeff
What's a direct drive as it refers to the reel?
No drag. Unless there was some odd dog arrangment the handle would have spun backward. Ooops just looked again the anti reverse gear looks like it has been touched by dogs. ... Jeff
here you go!
Probably a 209 modified to operate like a 109. The 109 does not have an eccentric jack or yoke. The eccentric lever just disengages the AR dog. When the dog is disengaged the handle turns backward but you can stop the handle with your hand and line will pull out against the drag. When the dog is engaged the handle does not turn backward and line will pull out against the drag. When casting the handle spins backward on a 109 but not on a stock 9, 209 or 309 (which have eccentric jack and yoke).
-steve
sounds like this was version 1.0 ........
If there are drag washers doesnt look like there is room for much... Jeff
There has to be some type of heavy coiled spring in there. Andy, could you take it apart? I've never seen anything as such.
Sal
Sal: It is soaking today and I will see if it comes apart. At first try no go. Almost looks like it was pressed into the gear...more to come this weekend..
Andy
Quote from: steelhead_killer on March 02, 2018, 05:52:19 PM
Sal: It is soaking today and I will see if it comes apart. At first try no go. Almost looks like it was pressed into the gear...more to come this weekend..
Andy
Andy, try not to break it, I won't feel good about that :). If it doesn't budge, I would let it go.
I'm as curious about this a s Sal. This is more than a little interesting to me... Jeff
guy said he would make the original drawings available to anyone that was interested in making them again. Maybe I will tell him to send me a set and I will share...Andy
Cant say I'm all that interested in duplicating as much as I'm just curious to understand how it works... Jeff
Am I seeing this correct? It looks like the gear is turned around backwards on the gear post...it looks like the drag washer cutout is showing there at the top. ???
Mike, I'm apparantly at the same place you are when veiwing this.
With out this peice being seperated or at least seeing the original drawings it begs more questions than it does answers. A curious thing to look at... Jeff
Quote from: mo65 on March 02, 2018, 08:29:20 PM
Am I seeing this correct? It looks like the gear is turned around backwards on the gear post...it looks like the drag washer cutout is showing there at the top. ???
If so wouldn't the pinion need to be turned to mesh? Hmmm also looks like the ratchet is a separate piece from the sleeve
I thought the same thing, someone put the gear in upside down?
Quote from: JRD on March 03, 2018, 01:27:30 AM
If so wouldn't the pinion need to be turned to mesh? Hmmm also looks like the ratchet is a separate piece from the sleeve
Nope, either way, right side up or up side down, the pinion will match the main gear
Ok so when the reel is in gear and you crank the handle with your thumb on the spool it has no drag. Reel free spools as normal. If you take your hand off the handle and spin the spool it has drag and the handle spins with the gear in reverse. The amount of drag is still star dependent. The owner said that when you get the salmon close to the net you take your hand off the handle so that if and when the bad boy decides he is not ready and makes a final run you will not lose the fish to having a drag set to tight..
Thoughts?
Andy