I’m curious, did you see that there was a need for more drag washers? I have made drag washers from an empty tide, laundry detergent bottle. However, recently, I purchased a sheet of carbon fiber composite that I plan to make drag washers from. I haven’t done it yet, but it’s in my near future plans.
I was. Taking to you about that bail spring. That was pretty slick cleaning the line roller with that Drexel tool! I personally like this reel a lot! You know how much I love a worm ge ar reel. I have so many I’ve lost count. You did a fine job getting this reel clean and back together so beautifully. You told me how much you had to do initially. This reel is in the same vein as the Shakespeare 2062 and the Daiwa 6100 which are also worm gear reels. I do wonder who actually manufactured this reel. Great video Rick! - Chris PS. I thanked WarpedWeirdo for his very good explanation of helical gearing.
Chris, you were on the phone during the first cleaning of this reel and it was really bad. I remember that I had to use the ice pick to clean out the grease in the worm gear. I thought I had pretty much cleaned it up entirely but then I found the crust line roller on this service. I knew how much you liked these reels and that’s why I contacted you when I found it. Dan, commented that he felt that it might be an Omori reel as well. The world may never know. It might be one of those pieces of history forever lost to mankind. I’m glad you like the video.
The line rollers are so small and difficult to clean by hand if they are corroded. I first did this on my bench grinder and it came out beautifully. That was my first attempt using the Dremel tool and I was pleasantly surprised. I feel like I had more control using the wire wheel on my bench grinder but it’s so much harder to reset the camera for that process.
Dan, that was the conclusion Chris Jenkins came up with when I first picked up the reel. I knew how much he liked early worm drive reels so I sent him pictures of it.
Aside from the anti reverse design it looks to be essentially a Shakespeare 2062 copy. From there, aside from the drive gear materials it looks like a pretty decent quality copy. Aluminum certainly isn't as good as steel or brass but it could certainly be worse.
The basic design is similar but the size of the components is very different. The axle shaft in this reel is only about 2/3 the size of the one in the 2062. Less drag capacity and the bail spring is much lighter. Overall it’s a nice reel and I’m happy to have it but it is one full notch below the Shakespeare reel in build quality.
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You can make drag washers out off butter lid container plastic washers to add to your drag system if there is room to add to the washers
I’m curious, did you see that there was a need for more drag washers?
I have made drag washers from an empty tide, laundry detergent bottle. However, recently, I purchased a sheet of carbon fiber composite that I plan to make drag washers from. I haven’t done it yet, but it’s in my near future plans.
I was. Taking to you about that bail spring. That was pretty slick cleaning the line roller with that Drexel tool! I personally like this reel a lot! You know how much I love a worm ge ar reel. I have so many I’ve lost count. You did a fine job getting this reel clean and back together so beautifully. You told me how much you had to do initially. This reel is in the same vein as the Shakespeare 2062 and the Daiwa 6100 which are also worm gear reels. I do wonder who actually manufactured this reel. Great video Rick! - Chris PS. I thanked WarpedWeirdo for his very good explanation of helical gearing.
Chris, you were on the phone during the first cleaning of this reel and it was really bad. I remember that I had to use the ice pick to clean out the grease in the worm gear. I thought I had pretty much cleaned it up entirely but then I found the crust line roller on this service.
I knew how much you liked these reels and that’s why I contacted you when I found it.
Dan, commented that he felt that it might be an Omori reel as well. The world may never know. It might be one of those pieces of history forever lost to mankind. I’m glad you like the video.
That's a neat trick with the Dremel tool!
The line rollers are so small and difficult to clean by hand if they are corroded. I first did this on my bench grinder and it came out beautifully. That was my first attempt using the Dremel tool and I was pleasantly surprised. I feel like I had more control using the wire wheel on my bench grinder but it’s so much harder to reset the camera for that process.
Looks like one of the reels made by the Omori company in Japan back in the 1960s.
Dan, that was the conclusion Chris Jenkins came up with when I first picked up the reel. I knew how much he liked early worm drive reels so I sent him pictures of it.
Aside from the anti reverse design it looks to be essentially a Shakespeare 2062 copy.
From there, aside from the drive gear materials it looks like a pretty decent quality copy.
Aluminum certainly isn't as good as steel or brass but it could certainly be worse.
The basic design is similar but the size of the components is very different. The axle shaft in this reel is only about 2/3 the size of the one in the 2062. Less drag capacity and the bail spring is much lighter. Overall it’s a nice reel and I’m happy to have it but it is one full notch below the Shakespeare reel in build quality.