I received a pair of Lee's arms today and I must say, I am impressed! I polished one with some Mother's wheel polish with my Dremel. It only took a few minutes. It is shiny enough for my liking. Lee!, Good Job old Boy!
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I put the polished one on a 9/0 and I Like it!
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The only thing, The hole for the handle is a larger than the hole required for Alan's Handles. I just put a washer on the screw end and tightened it down with some blue Loc-tite. For the bigger reel applications, you will need to get a handle with a shoulder on the shaft to take up the extra space. The more I think about it (and required by Sal) The screw can snap without the added support.
Eat your heart out guys!
Styling fits the reel perfectly. I like the "brushed metal" look more than chrome. Nice pick up!
Ask Alan if he has the other style parts for his handles. For now I'll drill the arms for the screw.
I say you leave it the same Lee. If some one want to use different handles, they will need the extra space.
Again, these arms are heavy duty and very nice! ;) Thanks Lee!
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I'm going to take that back, Per Sal's request and it makes sense to me. The screw can snap without the added support needed around the handle hole. The Boss is sending my the counterbored spindles for his handles to make these as tough as they look!
nice!
Lee does some really nice work!
Just for comparison how rugged these handles look.
Stock 9/0 arm on the left, Fishing reel 079 ss arm, Lee's on the right. Where's the Beef! :)
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That's some good looking stuff right there !!
Quote from: Shark Hunter on October 27, 2013, 01:09:31 AM
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Alan has handle shafts that have that countersink instead of flat mating surface ones for these purposes.
Quote from: Bryan Young on October 29, 2013, 09:57:48 PM
Alan has handle shafts that have that countersink instead of flat mating surface ones for these purposes.
Yup, that's the handle I drilled these for.
Quote from: Bryan Young on October 29, 2013, 09:57:48 PM
Quote from: Shark Hunter on October 27, 2013, 01:09:31 AM
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Alan has handle shafts that have that countersink instead of flat mating surface ones for these purposes.
He is sending me some as we speak. The countersink will be stronger than just a small hole for the screw.
For the small handles (112H/500) the screw is plenty strong, any thing larger should use the other handle.
I put one of Alan's handles on my Penn 40 GLS crank arm. I had to drill out the arm a bit to fit the screw. I fish this reel for grouper with a pretty tight drag, ~18-20 pounds. It hadn't occurred to me that the screw might not be up to the torque. Should I be concerned?
Would you recommend I swap out the crank arm or buy a countersink handle? I'm also planning to install them on my wide 4/0, 6/0 and 9/0 Sealines. Comments on that application?
BTW, your 112H crank arm arrived today, and it's wearing one of Alan's grips. It's really nice!
I wouldn't worry about the screw in anything from a 113 down, for a 114H and up I would consider using only the countersunk ones.
Some Closure on this topic. I received the counterbored spindles from the Boss.
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"This is how we do it"
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Stylin' and Profilin'!
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