Line pressure on a reel spool

[Makule]

I saw one of these many years ago, and thought it was something that a machinist had done with a customer's reel to make it wider than original.  The threads on one side were broken and there was no way it could be repaired, except to cut the entire mid arbor and make a new one.  We decided it was too much work and tossed it.

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The belled flanges were made in the correct diameter for a series of spools and the width was set by the length of the center arbor section.  The flanges slip over slightly smaller diameter ends on the arbor.  The nuts hold everything together, including the spindle.  If you get a used spool, check to make sure the nuts are tight - I found one that they were loose.  Everything is stainless except the clicker ratchet.  I have seen some with brass/bronze nuts, possibly early production?  They are very corrosion resistant but I have seen a couple with some pitting.

These spools were used on many of Penn's smaller reels, all the Peer levelwinds from 9 through 309 and the 210, Squidders, Jigmasters and similar sized, all the Long Beach, and probably a few more.  The LB 67 spool is a drop in fit for the 113 (black) Senator.  The LB 66 can be used to build a narrow version, and the LB 68 for a wide version.  Those are the largest SS spools I know of.  They were not made for H/Special Senator models.  I wish they had been.  

[Makule]

he lost me at "cumulative pressure....". 

cumulative =

increasing or increased in quantity, degree, or force by successive additions.

More times you wrap that line around your hand, more pressure gets added by each turn.

[Ron Jones]

Thanks for that.
My girls have these spools on their 85s spooled with 300 yards of 40 pound Power Pro and topped with 30 pound Ande. We have fished then for akule and such but I have been hesitant to take them out for bottom fishing because where we do that you can hook into a hamerhead that might cause the swagged spools issues. We'll hit the water this weekend!
Ron

[Shark Hunter]

That's the book I was looking at.
That is one Giant reel there!