Whoever modified this 8902 Popular...
Made a really good job of it.
Ventilated 8902
- Lea Dweller
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Re: Ventilated 8902
Looks ok to me, but I am sure that some of our craftsmen on this forum could find fault! ( In the most constructive way of course!)
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Re: Ventilated 8902
It's definitely an ameteur job and there's a bit of burr around the holes, but I like it.
This reel has history and character.
This reel has history and character.
- Nobby
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Re: Ventilated 8902
Yes, a light touch with a countersinking bit would dress those holes up nicely. I think 'amateur' might be a bit unfair..it is incredibly hard to both mark-out and drill, such holes accurately. For that matter it's quite easy to thrupenny bit the holes with a countersink bit......
In the days when motorcyclists drilled everything to lighten it ...it soon became clear it really isn't anything like as easy as it sounds......
There was one 'dealer' selling just such a 'ported' reel a few months ago...insisting it was a rare double ventilated Aerial and asking a price to suit....he didn't sell it.
In the days when motorcyclists drilled everything to lighten it ...it soon became clear it really isn't anything like as easy as it sounds......
There was one 'dealer' selling just such a 'ported' reel a few months ago...insisting it was a rare double ventilated Aerial and asking a price to suit....he didn't sell it.
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Re: Ventilated 8902
I have just been puzzling over the photographs of a reel like this on t'Bay.
Then I read the description.
Then I read the description.
Duffer - The man without skill of hand, without good eyesight and no longer young - the man who really ought to fish!
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(H.M. Bateman / R.D. Peck)