OT home made fly reel
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OT home made fly reel
Fly fishing has definitely become my sport to be. It has been a while since I have tinkered in the machine shop but lately I have had the itch. I just completed making this all aluminum fly reel. I came up with an open bore design which I have never seen before. I have the spool riding on two o-rings that are turned into a tube. This tube is made into the frame all being one piece. The end of the tube is threaded and I made an aluminum knurled nut to hold the spool on. The drag system is that of a click and pawl. There are teeth that are recessed and cut into the backside of the spool and a nylon plastic pawl or clicker that engages into the teeth. This is only a 3 or 4 weight reel so a sophisticated drag was not necessary. Alot of file work and polishing to finish it off and this is what I have come up with.
Now just to add some line and take it to the river!
Now just to add some line and take it to the river!
Why ride when you can walk!
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Thats Awosome Groundpounder!!! Your skills as a machinest are top noch. Did you get a patent on that before posting pictures? i sure hope so.It reminds me of the tube bottom brackets on the new mountain bikes. Excellent work.
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gt lazer 2 [turkey] gt lazer 4 [deer]
wasp sst hammers
groundpounder
lumizone
ff string
gt lazer 2 [turkey] gt lazer 4 [deer]
wasp sst hammers
groundpounder
lumizone
ff string
Re: OT home made fly reel
Nice job on that reel GP
now your going to have to start takin orders
very nice!!
now your going to have to start takin orders
very nice!!
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Re: OT home made fly reel
Nah, just going to be a one off customsecret wrote: Did you get a patent on that before posting pictures? .
Why ride when you can walk!
Re: OT home made fly reel
Groundpounder,while your out at your shop....You think you could make a "run" of Groundpounders to fit the Matrix? Please.
Exocet 200
gt lazer 2 [turkey] gt lazer 4 [deer]
wasp sst hammers
groundpounder
lumizone
ff string
gt lazer 2 [turkey] gt lazer 4 [deer]
wasp sst hammers
groundpounder
lumizone
ff string
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Re: OT home made fly reel
Outstanding!! How many hours do you have in that beautiful piece of work?
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Re: OT home made fly reel
SWEET !
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Less work.....more hunt
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Re: OT home made fly reel
WOW I'll take 2 please That is absolutley awesome
wonderfull job.
Dave
wonderfull job.
Dave
Be safe in all you do! See ya in the woods!!!
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Firebolts
Swhacker BH,s 125 grn
cheek pad /excell string
D-Bars
S-5,s
vixenmaster custom strings
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Re: OT home made fly reel
Going to guess around 40. I did make a drawing before starting but a few things changed along the way which took some extra time. Also several hours just in filing and polishing. The main machining to get what looks like a reel is pretty quick. Its everything else thats so time consuming.Deerstalker wrote:Outstanding!! How many hours do you have in that beautiful piece of work?
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I did not know that the riser changed? Will the GP mount not fit anymore? Have not really thought about getting back into production on the mount.secret wrote:Groundpounder,while your out at your shop....You think you could make a "run" of Groundpounders to fit the Matrix? Please.
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Re: OT home made fly reel
That be some slick machining you did, very nice my friend
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groundpounder wrote:I did not know that the riser changed? Will the GP mount not fit anymore? Have not really thought about getting back into production on the mount.secret wrote:Groundpounder,while your out at your shop....You think you could make a "run" of Groundpounders to fit the Matrix? Please.
I saw a post by Munch that said his mounts would fit the Matrix.
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Re: OT home made fly reel
Not yet Wabi. Just finished polishing it today. Haven't even put line on it yet. I might be able to give it a spin some time next week.wabi wrote:Looks nice!
Have you been able to test drive it yet?
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