Experimenting with the 113H drags

[Alto Mare]

Sal, are those the cf sheets you recently got on eBay??

Yes!

[Ron Jones]

35 freaking pounds of drag! That makes it a hundred pound reel. How much 100 pound spectra will a tank hold? This has to be the cheapest reel of that strength around. Amazing job guys.
Ronald

[gstours]

  Thanks to others that have contributed their ideas, and wondering "IF".......as I havent been able to send pictures on this forum yet (slow learner?) I have sent some pictures to others and they do it willingly..So watchout  and watch for more mods to come.......so thanks everybody, from me.........and as someone has already done a 6/0 Im sure,,,,Ive got lots of reels but havent graduated to the big reel class as I have a thing for 2-speed reels, quite a thing.............but hope to try a 114h in the future.......also toying with a big diawa I got recently......It has a 1 pc frame, star drag, sst parts inside, and would hold a wallets worth of 100#spectra..........box stock used condition this reel produced 32# drag when I got it.............next project maybee.................just playin around.....gstours.......

[Black Pearl]

35 freaking pounds of drag! That makes it a hundred pound reel. How much 100 pound spectra will a tank hold? This has to be the cheapest reel of that strength around. Amazing job guys.
Ronald

Ron, do you still need the 113H SUS gear set?

Thanks,
Alan

[Ron Jones]

Absolutely. Sorry, been on vacation. If your available, I'll call right now.
Ronald

[Alto Mare]

Thanks for your crazy tests Gary, it's very much appreciated around here. Just don't blame me or anyone else here when things go snap  .
Keep them coming buddy.
Also thanks for the Pilot Marker idea, it still doesn't help marking the inner side of the gear though .
This is what I do, I dab the gear in some flour and mark the sheet, it has been working nicely for me.

and here is how nice it fits

Thanks again for sharing.
Sal

[George4741]

A lot of interesting things going on here.  Sal, I like the way you mark the carbon fiber sheets with the white.  Very innovative.
  George

[Mandelstam]

I'm glad I didn't see a credit card and a rolled up dollar bill...  

"Man tager vad man haver" - a famous old quote from an old cook book here in Sweden. Translated - You use what you got.

Nice work!

/Karl

[BMITCH]

Sal, is that the SS gear from black pearl? If it is that's beautiful!!! If it is how did you get the cuts made?
Bob

[floating doc]

I probably won't ever do any fabrication on this level, but I sure love reading about it! Amazing work.

[Ron Jones]

OK, I failed.

Can someone tell me how to cut the center of the CF sheet? I used the cut washers in the gear as a guide for a twist drill and rounded off the CF washers inside the gear. What did I do wrong or more importantly what should I have done?

Ron

[Norcal Pescador]

Maybe a hole cutter for gaskets. Look in a good auto parts store. I've drilled out the center holes on CF washers that were too small, sandwiching the CF between two keyed washers and going slow.

[Keta]

I've drilled out the center holes on CF washers that were too small, sandwiching the CF between two keyed washers and going slow.

I do something similar but use a "Sal Mill" a Dremmel.   A gasket punch or a piece of sharpened tubing the proper size works too.

[Robert Janssen]

... as a guide for a twist drill ...

For drilling laminated sheet stock, this kind might work better for you.

[TomT]

If using a gasket punch, it helps to grease the carbon fiber sheet before cutting.  I forgot who originally published this idea, but I first read it on this site.  It definitely helps and I use Cal's grease.
Tom