damaged Allcocks flick em

[Kirpan]

I have mentioned this reel in the allcocks section, just to recap, bought this reel at boot sale,when I got home I found the edge of the drum damaged, should I file it back to a smooth finish and use it, or would that be a disaster waiting to happen, or try and repair it with an epoxy putty ? by the way the reel spins fine

[Stour Otter]

Interesting post Kirpan. I would go down the "Poxy Putty" repair route first as you have nothing to loose. A build up on the inside with plasticine would certainly give you an edge to mould to. Maybe a build up of "Epoxy Steel Adhesive" applied as it starts to set may be considered, and then rubbed down with wet'n'dry. Mind you, you would have to work fast!




Regards
Stour Otter

[Tomeland]

Saw this on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/groups/7005920 ... 269023082/

[Match Aerial]

Like I said before you can try the epoxy filler. But the problem is the contact area is very small it would be difficult to get a good hold on the fine broken edge.
Use it for spare parts mate.

[Evert van der Plas]

Epoxy filler works great i did some bigger repairs with that, one thing ... work in thin layers for strength off the repaired piece