Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Quote from: Midway Tommy on Today at 05:26:46 PMThey are few and far between. Could be a long time before you see one in real reel life. 

Thanks Tommy! I can't for the life of me remember what the price was, but I don't think it was a lot. Just glad my memory hasn't failed me. I even looked it up online and couldn't find any info or images on it.

Thanks
Jeff

They are few and far between. Could be a long time before you see one in real reel life. 

Quote from: Midway Tommy on Today at 04:27:37 PMHerter's model 73 is the same reel as the Dam 265 Microlite. Circa about 1961.

I knew I wasn't absent minded! I'm getting up there in age, but not that up there. Lol!

Thanks
Jeff

Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on Today at 01:52:08 PMOk I apologize for dragging this back off the rails after it had returned to the topic at hand.

But I can't help but ask, re: skiing and wax. Everything I've read makes sense, both about how yes it does initially have an effect and how it wears off fast. Isn't everyone doing the ceramic coating thing on cars now as a supposedly longer lasting alternative to wax? Wouldn't it be worth considering the same product on your ski bottoms for the same reason? Not into skiing myself. Something about the Florida climate made it less appealing to me.

There are waxes that include "ceramics".

In addition to being hydrophobic, the ski base coating  has to be able to stick to UHMWPE -that's the hard part. The bases themselves are not smooth. "Structure" (grooves) are scratched into the bases for a variety  of reasons, one of which is to create a toothy surface for the wax to mechanically bond too.

Lots of upheaval in the ski wax business as the favorite high performance stuff (containing some kind of fluorocarbon) was recently banned in most countries after it was found to be a cause of PFAs getting into groundwater in resort towns- not to mention  sickening ski techs.

Since  a very slight improvement in wax performance can make the difference in getting a podium finish in alpine and cross country ski racing, there is no shortage of technical folk looking at this, and timed racing events makes for a good test lab.

 No equivalent on the fishing side.  When it comes to casting performance, we have nothing like the ski racing industry going on. Just a few casting competitions. And it is hard to measure  actual fishing success rate due to all the variables involved.  So on the fishing side, marketing BS has a much better ROI than doing the hard work of product innovation, and industry investment is balanced accordingly.

 While  Varivas does a a reputation for high quality products, that literature for this product is full of 'sciency"  claims that if  you look closely don't really tell you anything of substance. "average of five test results" - hah!

Looking forward to seeing what MexicanGulf finds out.

 -J

Herter's model 73 is the same reel as the Dam 265 Microlite. Circa about 1961.

Maybe it's just me, but it seems like the old conventional's (Penn and Ocean City) geared at around 2.5:1, are in better operating condition than the higher geared reels.

Ok I apologize for dragging this back off the rails after it had returned to the topic at hand.

But I can't help but ask, re: skiing and wax. Everything I've read makes sense, both about how yes it does initially have an effect and how it wears off fast. Isn't everyone doing the ceramic coating thing on cars now as a supposedly longer lasting alternative to wax? Wouldn't it be worth considering the same product on your ski bottoms for the same reason? Not into skiing myself. Something about the Florida climate made it less appealing to me.

Reel Clean,
  Washer RD 18199 was missing at the end of the worm gear ,resulting in the pawl traveling too far to the rear housing and hitting it. Added a washer and problem is gone,thank you

I decided to try this product, we'll see what happens and the sensations it will give me. Varivas is a company I trust very much.

I have posted this before: Keith saw a 304 post I made,and gifted me 1-complete 304,& one parts 304.I use the complete one daily,Fred gave me a new bail for it,& I polished the handle ,it works flawlessly,it is still catching fish.I got the parts to repair the other 304,also flawless now.I never met Keith in person,but sounds like he was a great man.