Homemade Fly Reel Ep. 1: The Reel Foot

Follow along as I build a fly reel from scratch, This video covers machining the reel foot from a piece of 6061 Aluminum.
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Edit: Please excuse the bad music on this first video, I've been getting a little better at making these.

[@jhreels874]

Hey Guys! Good news, I have released a free set of plans for the reel. If you are interested, subscribe to my channel and shoot me an email at [e-mail] and I'll get a load of files moving your way.

[@bryandesignall]

JH reels can you send me plans?

[@bbbbreaksttv]

I'm a manual machinist and would love to try to make my own

[@jeremyquinlan7245]

Wow! So Cool!

[@aaronbarker300]

I may have missed it, but how did you cut the radius where the foot meets the seat?

[@blakeb4399]

5:44

[@richardwesterfield4578]

could not order the plans on the email listed ???????????????

[@lindnernathan]

You were getting pretty close to your rotary table jaws buddy
-Jeff

[@trahanmartin]

any plans for sale... or do you know of a site whit detail plans for reels

[@Jery7]

Shoot [e-mail] an email and he'll forward you some plans

[@TXManka]

Awesome video series! Your efforts to make this build series and share the plans is much appreciated.
I just started my reel build and am working on the reel foot now. The video doesn’t show the drilling /tapping of the holes used to secure the reel body to the reel foot. Do you have any recommendations on how to locate these holes? I could mount the foot on a rotary table and dial it in but I’m thinking it may be better to finish the reel body and match drill the holes using the reel body as the guide.
Any suggestions?

[@jhreels874]

When it was all said and done, I ended up drilling and tapping these holes parallel and just spending some time to make a asymmetrical countersink by hand in the frame to properly flush the screws. It would have looked a bit nicer if the holes were angled, but it works either way.

[@TXManka]

Thanks! That approach seems to be what other reel makers have been doing in the videos I've seen. I may go this route for my initial build. I'm making four reels and may try both approaches to see if there's any significant difference.

[@jhreels874]

Awesome!

[@feathersfinsoutdoors5140]

@Bryan Manka where you able to get the drawings from JH reels for this build?

[@TXManka]

@@feathersfinsoutdoors5140 Yes, I did get the plans and built two. They turned out amazing.

[@billyc2572]

Your fast forward should have been the real time of your feed

[@peteb954]

Using caliper to mark out like that.....big no no.

[@FinoNick]

my name jeff

[@jamesminick1251]

my name is jeff

[@cojo582]

i just can not watch this, the music sucks