Line guard wooden reel.
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Line guard wooden reel.
After reading LuckLucas' excellent thread on "Getting Ready for the Frost" I thought why did I not think of that, use a wooden reel on really cold days. I have had this reel for a while now and thought it will be perfect for such an occasion. It is a 4" standard Sheffield pattern which had a very poor line guard attached to the outer edge. It had to go, so it went and I have replaced it with a much more user friendly Homer style annular fine wire guard.It is just great when a plan comes together. Now bring on the frost.
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Re: Line guard wooden reel.
Great idea, and beautifully executed too! I may have to attempt something similar. A series of hoops perhaps as my skills probably won't stretch to soldering a cage!
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Re: Line guard wooden reel.
Nicely done Fred
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Re: Line guard wooden reel.
A great job and a much nicer idea than some of those ugly Bickerdyke things you sometimes see shamelessly nailed onto the backs of these lovely reels..
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I would have done it myself in another life!, well done, lovely!
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Re: Line guard wooden reel.
I adore these wooden pins and I own four. I only wish they had shallower spools.
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Shallow spool versions are out there Jack. See my journal entry "Getting ready for the frosts"MaggotDrowner wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:52 pm I adore these wooden pins and I own four. I only wish they had shallower spools.
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Re: Line guard wooden reel.
Have seen that. You did well with that one. I've never seen them before.LuckyLuca wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:46 amShallow spool versions are out there Jack. See my journal entry "Getting ready for the frosts"MaggotDrowner wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:52 pm I adore these wooden pins and I own four. I only wish they had shallower spools.
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Re: Line guard wooden reel.
I had the problem with the depth of spool, but I was determined to use the reel, so I got some cork sheeting, I wound this round the spool till I had the required depth, then used one layer of self sticking cork sheet to hold the other cork in place, this meant if I wanted to remove the cork, nothing was actually stuck to the reel. I know some will say "what if the cork slips", but it surprising how good the grip of cork is on wood. I have not had any trouble with bedding in or slipping so far.
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Re: Line guard wooden reel.
Very elegant!