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Reel 37 Spool

Posted on March 19, 2014 by dave49

On fixed spindle reels like this, the knob and its counterweight attach directly to one face of the spool. So I have made the face flange thick enough to accept 4-40 screw threads. A step-by-step pictorial on making this part … Continue reading →

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Reel 37 Foot

Posted on March 18, 2014 by dave49

The foot is entirely made on the mill, except that I use the lathe to turn a sanding mandrel for the bottom surface. For the many posts on machining the foot, go over to “Categories” at the right edge of … Continue reading →

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Reel 37 Frame

Posted on March 17, 2014 by dave49

This is a difficult part; there are many operations and a correspondingly high possibility of making an error that will force a start-over. A step-by-step pictorial is in an earlier post of 10 June 2013, “One Piece Frame”. All the … Continue reading →

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Reel 37 Plans

Posted on March 16, 2014 by dave49

I have not made a post recently but I have been busy making reels. To keep the blog going, I will make a series of posts showing the several detail drawings. Lacking a name for this design, I will just … Continue reading →

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Plan Set for Fixed Spindle Reel

Posted on October 23, 2012 by dave49

Soon available at The Eclectic Angler is my new plan set for two sizes of the Fixed Spindle Reel. Update 27 Nov 2014: Sales of this plan set have been moved from The Eclectic Angler to Reel Lines Press. The … Continue reading →

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Power Fibers Article on Anodizing

Posted on July 30, 2012 by dave49

The July 2012 issue of Power Fibers contains an article that I wrote on anodizing. For the next 3 months, you can download the issue and read the article here. Much of the material is a re-hash of posts on … Continue reading →

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Plans for Aluminum Frame Reel

Posted on December 30, 2011 by dave49

I have been machining parts for the Aluminum Frame Reel from a few finished drawings, but mostly from sketches on yellow lined paper. It is time to put together all the drawings, so next year I can still figure out … Continue reading →

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Reel Plans

Posted on May 7, 2011 by dave49

After making the reels shown here, I sat down and redrew my rather ragged looking set of plans. Then I contacted Michael Hackney to see if they would be something to show on his forum Reelsmithing. He was favorable. After … Continue reading →

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Full Text of Article in “Power Fibers”

Posted on May 6, 2011 by dave49

Editor Todd Talsma of Power Fibers gave me permission to print my article here as well. Since the April 2011 issue of the magazine is available on-line (and free) for just 3 months, this seems like a good idea. I … Continue reading →

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“Power Fibers” Article

Posted on April 26, 2011 by dave49

Power Fibers is an on-line magazine of interest to bamboo rod builders. The April 2011 issue just came out, and you can download the .pdf file here. I mention this because I authored one of the articles, “Small Machine Tools … Continue reading →

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