These parts were heavily corroded, I blasted them in my cabinet with 180grit aluminum oxide, drilled some holes in the bars, shot them with the last of my Alumahyde and then baked. I should have sprayed the bushings and all of the shiny hardware with same- maybe later. I was tempted to port some holes in stand too- but i feared for the integrity of it. Did not save much weight, reel weighs 1 pound 7 oz, with newell 5:1 gears and Penn aluminum spool.
I am doing another with cerakote - going to go with crimson or orange on the plates, crimson pin-striping on the black accurate frame, should be more durable finish than this stuff- which is already pretty tough. I'll shoot the hardware with flat-black. It's the 506 I double-dogged with steel sleeve - trying to get a mini-Hurst shifter handle made for it. Going to call it "506 SS" Super Sport.
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Looks great - well done Joel.
The holes are a nice touch. Like the handle too.
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Justin
Beautiful job Joel. Your very talented. Nice work!,
Bob
Very Nice! I like the holey work on it. How about using matte black hardware on a matte black reel clamp? ;)
hi joel are those the jigmaster bars i sent you? very nice i like the look. harryk
Have you fished any of these yet? Any idea how they hold up to salt water?
They look great!!
Ron
gee joel you didn't ask for new, just used, you said you were going to pain't them, i can believe that there were worst ones out there
Nice Joel and very different. Is the handle from an Intl. 12 ?..
Very nice, I really like it.
Quote from: JoeR on June 20, 2013, 12:22:31 AM
Very nice, I really like it.
Very nice! I would like to do some powdercoating soon. May I ask, are those Newell bushings on that Jigmaster?
SNAPPERHEAD
Do you find the cerracoat to be better than Duracoat? If so, is it a lot better?
JoelB
When using Newell Bushing drill a 1/16" hole through the Bushing so you can oil them easyly without removing them. Yes I know it lets water in but oil cures that problem. I had to open the hole in the Bushing because it was to thight on the spool shaft of the 501 that I put them in.
Mike
Nice work. Very interesting.