A Bullet-proof reel?

[olsmelly]

These drawings were for a homemade centrepin reel, using lightweight materials. Unfortunately I wound up fighting for my life rather than building the prototype............. and the idea has remained on file for some years now..........

The basic design may be applied to the good old Scarborough Reel as well as the basic Centrepin.

I also note that 2.2mm Carbon/Kevlar Twill is now down to £23 per metre. I just bought half a dozen 10mm ID roller races and 2m of 10mm stainless steel rod for another £21 (incl delivery). So! with S/S strip for the chassis, some S/S screws and a lorra enthusiasm, it should cost around £100 fer three deep sea reels.

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[olsmelly]

I'll get the hang of these attachments yet!

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[olsmelly]

I should have said, I could probably make HALF A DOZEN fer £100 or less!

[Cam]

sounds good and what price are you going to charge for them i may be interested.i love pins here is a pic of one of a pair of my most cherished pins ...IT IS AN AERIAL LONGCAST by Dave Beale of Christchurch .Made for my 25th wedding anniversary one from the misses and the other one was reaching fifty from the kids...
Made of ally and then anodised i suspect the salt would eat them and i only use them for barbel .

[olsmelly]

I'm not making any at the moment, as my project book is overflowing............and they'd only be experimental anyway.

The idea for the standard centrepin was to incorporate a weighted rim into the spool, to facilitate its use in trolling across swims. I have a much more sophisticated design, to incorporate brake switching and the like.

The idea came from a discussion on another angling website on the use of modern lightweight materials in the construction of these individual engineering miracles...............unfortunately, I succumbed to a storm of Pulmonary Embolisms, which nearly croaked me and the whole project went to file 13....as I nearly did........

The construction of a sea-proof Scarborough is actually quite simple, but the braking tends to be rather rudimentary.

[olsmelly]

Sorry! I forgot to answer the question properly!

The original costing, back in 2005/6 was between £12.50 and £20 per prototype unit. However the lightweight materials have significantly reduced in price, while the metal bits have significantly increased. However the bearings and ancillaries have remained about the same.

[olsmelly]

Reviewing materials, the spool sides can be considerably reduced in cost by use of Lantor Coremat. Using a sandwich of Coremat between Kevlar/Carbon Twill makes sense, since the two layers of Twill will give huge amounts of strength to the spool.

Of course, it might be prudent to use a fine glassfibre cover to the whole thing, just to provide a little "softness" and resilience to the spool. An 8" spool inner diameter will provide just over 25" retrieve per turn and a 9" outer diameter will provide enough room for 600yds of 80lb braid in a 1" wide spool!........ which should be enough for anybody...........

The spool side separators are best made from brass standoffs. Apart from the ease of construction, this allows air to circulate the line and makes cleaning so much easier.

[AQUAJAK]

Have you put one together yet?

Nick

[olsmelly]

No! And I probably will not.

I do not have the personal workspace to do so, because my son moved hinself and his family back in, so they could keep an ey on my failing health and make sure Maw is properly safeguarded in the event of the inevitable. (I suffer a variety of potentially fatal conditions, which can flair up at any time)

Whilst circumstances have moved on, the availability of my space has not.

..........I still live in hope..........