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I like to have this set up

Nice video! Bought some mason line, tested a section of it in the sink - and it did not float🤔 It’a three stranded twisted line… Any ideas?

Amazing instructions and videos

Well done I've learnt alot from the video thanks

Just got into rod building a few months ago and your video and explanation helped me out for sure !!

I found one of my dad only rod and reel. Rod is fiberglass and the female section is metal , male is fiberglass and was a little loose. I found a cheap and easy way to tighten it , I use a small bit of cling film on the tip of the male part and it was good! But you have to replace the film every time you take the rod apart, but a roll of film is cheap and you can use it a thousand times 🤷🏻‍♂️

Great video

very well done. thats a lot of research!!

Update - I now have just about 400 vintage reels in my collection. I will never forget your Daiwa 8600 spinning reel video. I now have seven of the reels in that series. By the way, almost all of my vintage spinning reels are 50 years old or older. Keep up the good work! - Chris

I built a chrome Mitchell 498 from parts. It took me almost three months to find all the parts and get everything to fit perfectly. The chrome work was done by a custom motorcycle shop. I had some help from a few other Mitchell reel enthusiasts who helped find the most difficult parts. If anyone asked me was my reel a work of art I would absolutely say yes as there was a lot of creativity in the side plate and other places. I will never fish with it’s it is definitely one-of-a-kind. I’ll bet you feel somewhat the same way about your Shakespeare. - Chris

Both look like good tools. The cuticle cutter is like an edge beveler in leather work except a lot cheaper. But it can be sharpened. Use heavy cord or small leather lacing cord, saturate with compound used on leather strops, secure the tool and slid cord from back of cutter to front. Just like stropping a blade or chisel. Should give nice sharp edge. Quick tip, if your burnishing tool has a nick or bur, burnish the edge on a piece of leather. A belt, side of a shoe or a strop, anything with smooth leather. That will slick it up like glass.

By FAR this BEST hand wrapper out there! Used it for the first time last night. Great tension and I love being able to reverse under tension. Great job on this!

Love the old Penn 420SS. Metal body, brass / ss worm drive, single bearing, skirted spool, quiet (but not instant) anti-reverse, a large, single Teflon drag washer that can be replaced with a more modern material such as HT-100. The older Penn 716 has a very similar drive train, a cup-type rotor, a clicking AR system, and a very similar drag system. I like these too. The 420SS and 716 / 716z reels are in some demand though, so costs are quite a bit higher than for a Mitchell 308 or a Shakespeare 2052. Penn 714 and 430SS are the next size up. The 4300SS, a later version of the 430SS, retains the worm drive but has a graphite body and a different drag system. Note that while the 4300SS has a worm gear drive, the 4200SS does *not*! The main gear is garbage-metal, the pinion brass, and you should not reel under pressure if you want to prolong the service life of the gears. I've caught a *lot* of fish using the 4200SS in salt water in spite of these shortcomings. Biggest was a 20lb+ bat ray that took me 45 minutes to land and left me with an aching wrist for a week. Just putting that out there so people understand there's more to reel design than just gears and body material.

nice job...simple an ez...ty for the vid...made my life easier,,,,

No review on bail flip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The frustration I felt trying to line my guides up straight, I had to wrap a 13 foot one piece surf casting rod

Great videos, picked up a couple little things from it. Well done.

i really want to buy one of your wrappers but dam 95 is way to much for me

What kind of tape are you using? It appears to be a bit thicker than masking tape.

Awesome stuff

What gear ratios are in reels from that era?

I too use the double edge razors over the single edge. I find the double edge razor blades to be superior over the single edge. They are considerably sharper. I cut the double edge razors in two with heavy duty scissors. I’ll take masking tape and double wrap the back edge where I made the cut. The tape makes the cut blades easy and safer to pick up and use.

Valuable info. Thank you

Have you noticed any effect on the 3d print from the heat of the motor?

This Trinity Veteran Rods I had purchased Kevin's wrapper, the newer one, I have been using another person wrapper that they sell that is well known. I do have to say that this wrapper is incredibly easy to work with. As for me disabled this wrapper is easy to work with then others, I have delt with. Along with that I can break it down to 3 ft and take it to the garage while I am relaxing in there wrapping rods or even doing deco wraps.

This is brilliantly simple. I don't make rods (stumbled on this looking at fly tying vid's) but I think it might solve a design issue I've had stuck in my head for years, for something to hold a spinning round rod length. I'd just need to scale it up so to be heavy duty, using speargun rubber. Thanks!!!! -You might have thought of and tried it, but having a mod'd design that can be screwed down to plywood or a desk/table top might be a good option for those that can't get/don't want pipe. -FYI: don't worry about patents. This is your design (since you changed the one you were inspired by from 3 bands to 4) and you've got precedence just by virtue of posting public videos. No one but big corp's with deep pockets can take action on patents anyway. People always love to shout "you should patent that" on YT, not considering YT is public domain and patents cost huge money to write up, register and defending them can bankrupt most people. Best thing you can do is make the stuff yourself, invest in getting the product in front of people and let word of mouth do the rest. Sell as much as you can, as soon as you can, because someone in China is going to see it, calculate if there's a profit to be made, buy one from you and reverse engineer it. Then knock it off for pennies on the dollar. They'll mass produce it and kill your business in the process. There's fart-all you can do about it. I know b/c I've had that happen with one of my designs.

I just found some of my dad's old rod and reels. Your video is very insightful.

Cool

Are the files available ?

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I have an 80s ryobi reel and idc what yall say im throwing 30lbs braided line on it because why not. Its my main combo and im tired of losing fish because the line snaps. I've tried higher mono and no luck. The ibky thing i can say i really hate about it is the gear ratio. Its a 3.4:1 where im used to 5.1:1

Awesome project. Exactly i was looking for.

Dude clamping the thread under the foot is genius. Thanks!

After purchasing one of these I have realized that the price is what hurts this reel. It's the one of the few times where you could say that a good reel has too low of price. Because of the number of reels that Shimano offers for 100 or less it has to be, but the price turns buyers away not knowing how good this thing is.

NIce! Very helpful! Can I get the name or a link to the metal tool you're using in the last example for straightening the wrap? Thx!

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I’ll take a vintage reel over the more modern reels any day. I’m particularly fond of the blue Ohmori Shakespeare 2400 series. They all have two ball bearings, metal case, and aluminum spool, etc. there were four reels in this series: w400, 2410, 2430, and 2450. That 2400 model would truly amaze you. Also, I will not have a reel with no AR override. Thanks for sharing this Sigma. I would love to have one. - Chris

Any plans to sell the STL files? I'd rather buy your .STL's to justify my 3d printers than waste filament on the several incomplete designs floating around.

I was watching this again because it popped up on my CZcams feed. I have eight of the Shakespeare Sea Wonder reels and recently found and purchased two PUM conversion kits for the Sea Wonders. I converted a 2090 to manual line pickup and it turned out fantastic. I’m keeping the other kit intact as I want it for my reel collection. I know of no one who has ever seen these prototype kits or a PUM Sea Wonder spinning reel. - Chris

I gave this technique a try. It seems to work fine. You're correct about not using it to cover long wraps. I tried doing it on a thread wrapped metal ferrule on a two part rod. It turned out uneven on the long wrap. My next rod using this will be even better now that I learned how to gauge the setup time for the glue. I didn't use steam to set it as it was a very humid day when I tried it, so I let the humidity set it. I also used a rod turner while waiting for the glue to set.

My logic is the same as your. If their low end product is trash their high end product is just as bad.

I just started building any tips and tricks always are helpful

Should have waited till end . I seen how.

How did you cover the hole where your temperature probe was?

Great review!! Thank you for your effort.

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Another great video - you're the man!

I was about to stop using flourocarbon coz it fails with any knot i tie, this one never broke this is my go to knot now, it works with mono also excellent shock resistance

This is an amazing technique to fix the guides on the blank. Thanks for sharing !