Hi,(Disclaimer By no Means am I a proffessional I am a fisherman & repair reels as a hobby.)I recently got a 750ss that looks brand new but it is missing the handle, for the time being I came up with this....
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I had an old 7500 handle with a broke pivot & knob
[(http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o774/richiec72/pennhandle5_zps4e99a6c2.jpg) (http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/richiec72/media/pennhandle5_zps4e99a6c2.jpg.html)]
Had to drill/tap the pivot replace the pivot
[(http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o774/richiec72/pennhandle6_zps166b14dd.jpg) (http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/richiec72/media/pennhandle6_zps166b14dd.jpg.html)]
Then I put a threaded brass rivot with a hex head machine screw,
[(http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o774/richiec72/pennhandle4_zps707b55cf.jpg) (http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/richiec72/media/pennhandle4_zps707b55cf.jpg.html)]
Next I got out the torch.......
[(http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o774/richiec72/pennhandle_zps2adab25a.jpg) (http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/richiec72/media/pennhandle_zps2adab25a.jpg.html)]
[(http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o774/richiec72/pennhandle3_zps497ff9d6.jpg) (http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/richiec72/media/pennhandle3_zps497ff9d6.jpg.html)][(http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o774/richiec72/pennknob_zps5fea5b54.jpg) (http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/richiec72/media/pennknob_zps5fea5b54.jpg.html)]
Sacrificed a Perfect 349h green swirley bakelite handle. @#!!
Back to the drawing board, [(http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o774/richiec72/pennhandle8_zps272fad19.jpg) (http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/richiec72/media/pennhandle8_zps272fad19.jpg.html)]
Went through the box of Misfit parts, found a busted up 113h newer handle made out of plastic.(it took well to the torch) drilled & cut the sleeve off the 113h handle & epoxied it on
[(http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o774/richiec72/pennhandle2_zpsabfc2411.jpg) (http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/richiec72/media/pennhandle2_zpsabfc2411.jpg.html)]
[(http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o774/richiec72/pennhandle9_zps9dc28fb6.jpg) (http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/richiec72/media/pennhandle9_zps9dc28fb6.jpg.html)] The End result, A handle that will do for the time being. Tight lines, & Semper Fi Rich
Rich, It looks like that handle will be better than a stock one. Bob
You did some nice work Rich, actually too nice for me to tell you how much that green handle was worth ;D
Thanks for sharing.
Sal
Chaulk it up to lessons learned ,Perhaps to save someone else from ruining parts. the black handle in the pic works , but I removed way too much material to fit the newer knob.
It will soon look like the 650 blank Only a matter of time....
Next time, I will use much smaller bits ,& work my way up . It would have been cool if the green knob fit. Got a box of junk parts in the shed from other franken reel projects,
mostly before I found this site.Also have Alot of experiments that worked out good too. The older bakelite knobs do not like heat.
[(http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o774/richiec72/pennknob2_zpsb28f1ad4.jpg) (http://s1342.photobucket.com/user/richiec72/media/pennknob2_zpsb28f1ad4.jpg.html)]