Reel Repair by Alan Tani

I have been working on setting my rod and reel shop for some time now, I have just added a new section that is for machine work. The lathe is new and the tool cabinet also. I had an old lathe and milling machine for years that was second hand and is worn out, so I am replacing those a little at a time.

These are pictures a my shop so far. It's a work in progress............................Joe

Looking good brother....want to come do mine now . Bill

   I like it Joe...sure beats my work area...the kitchen table.

beaitiful work shop Joe, wish I have something like that.

my workstation is a portable table and 3 tool boxes that I move from the living roon to the bedroon in two steps 

Guys it doesn't matter what you work area is, it's the work you can produce any were. I am retired and had plenty of time to accumulate lots of tools over many years, and as some of you know I had a gun smith work shop for many years. So I have had a start on all these things. That lathe is new but it replaces an old one.

You guy produce some pretty amazing things in your own right. I like to tinker with making parts and producing custom things that you can not get normally so I will try to make things in the future so I can make different as others do on site.

Thanks for the complements.........................Joe   

Looks great Joe! Your gonna love that lathe.

...................Lou

Quote from: STRIPER LOU on October 04, 2018, 01:41:45 AM
Looks great Joe! Your gonna love that lathe.

...................Lou

Lou: I've made a few spacers for some of the older Penn reels and it was very easy and fun for a start to get used to the lathe and it's accuracy. I'm sure I can get up to speed with working with it soon.

Joe

 Great start Joe. That lathe looks like fun. I bet you are like a kid in a candy store.

I'm assuming you'll eventually build a nice sturdy bench for it. I'm sure you already have a few things in mind to make. Looking forward to results

Ted

Looks good. Nice lathe.

Looking good!

Looking good, Joe. I can tell you from experience it will always be a work in progress, so keep on keepin on. 

Everybody has nice stuff but me (an old Dead Milkmen song).  

Nice new set-up Joe.  That was a big chunk of change.
-steve

Very nice Joe, I hope you get many years of enjoyment from it.
Now, weren't you moving or am I wrong?

Best,

Sal

Nice set up Joe, everyones dream to have a lathe, including me, not that i could use one properly, just remember no matter what size shed we build, it will still be to small, keep well & get many years of use out of it, cheers Don.

Quote from: Alto Mare on October 04, 2018, 10:46:23 AM
Very nice Joe, I hope you get many years of enjoyment from it.
Now, weren't you moving or am I wrong?

Best,

Sal

You are right Sal. We were, but at 74 & 72 and our life is invested here we have decided to keep our roots planted were they have prospered and grown in this state for better or worse we are staying, God willing we will try to make the best we can of it.

Joe