Playing with old reel parts - Penn 155 goof-around.

[JasonGotaProblem]

Turns out I have a pretty clean one of these with a metal spool.

So don't go deleting that design for plates when you're finished with it. I may have to place an order.

Crazy idea: a magnum build for the handle side plate. Which is to say sized to use gears from the next size up. One of these lil fellas with jigmaster gears would be super cool.

[Wolfram M]

I've already been looking at that. Originally, the gears are 3.0:1 ratio, but using a 5C-209 gearset gets you 3.2:1 in the same spot with no other mods.

I think I could get it to 4.0:1 without much extra effort, but it'll have to wait a bit because I leave for Pensacola on Friday the 31st. Headed down to do some fishing around the bay bridges and off the piers and beaches.

[Wolfram M]

OK. I got the 29L-100 spool in (narrow spool) and the plan is to make spool shafts in this size, the 155 size, and the 200 size first. I need to get this correct before i can trim the spool in to the right size.

Once I have spool shafts to the correct length, making the spools to fit them consistently is much easier.

[oldmanjoe]

    I agree it would be easier .

[Wolfram M]

HA! I found a chunk of 3" OD, 2" ID aluminum tube waaaaaaay back on the stock shelf this afternoon. That'll do, I think.

This is going to get out of hand quickly once I get home from Pensacola.

[oldmanjoe]

HA! I found a chunk of 3" OD, 2" ID aluminum tube waaaaaaay back on the stock shelf this afternoon. That'll do, I think.

This is going to get out of hand quickly once I get home from Pensacola.

It`s about time you use that piece that you had for a couple years !!!!