25 yard Hendryx hard rubber fly reel restoration
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 7:42 pm
Some time back I did a restoration on a 25 yard Hendryx hard rubber fly reel. It cleaned up better than I expected, but it had a missing screw. The reel measures 1 3/4" diameter.
Before cleaning.
After cleaning with its big brother the 40 yard model.
From what I have researched the same screws were used on many different models including the casting reels.
The screws on this reel measure, overall length 267/1000s, threaded stem diameter 100/1000s and head diameter 112/1000s. The screws are N/P brass with most of the plating gone.
I didn't clean or polish the Hard Rubber. When I received the reel I gave it a good spraying of Boeshield T-9 to loosen the screws before I attempted to remove them for fear of breaking them off. When the Boeshield T-9 dried it left the Hard Rubber in its current condition and the screws came out very easily. All metal was given the Vinegar treatment and then polished with Never -Dull wadding, which removed the flaking Nickel plating.
I received two screws that Paul (canesterdf) was kind enough to provide me with.
The screws were of proper size and thread pitch but the top half of them was not threaded and when I tried to use them they stopped short of full seating, with the screw head above the surface of the reel plate. I did not have a die of that small size to cut new threads on the un-threaded section, so I decided to cut the un-threaded portion of the screw down to allow it to enter the threaded hole of the reel foot and seat the screw head in the reel plate. I domed the flat top of the screw to match the other screws and add some patina to match them as well.
I am quite pleased with the results.
Before cleaning.
After cleaning with its big brother the 40 yard model.
From what I have researched the same screws were used on many different models including the casting reels.
The screws on this reel measure, overall length 267/1000s, threaded stem diameter 100/1000s and head diameter 112/1000s. The screws are N/P brass with most of the plating gone.
I didn't clean or polish the Hard Rubber. When I received the reel I gave it a good spraying of Boeshield T-9 to loosen the screws before I attempted to remove them for fear of breaking them off. When the Boeshield T-9 dried it left the Hard Rubber in its current condition and the screws came out very easily. All metal was given the Vinegar treatment and then polished with Never -Dull wadding, which removed the flaking Nickel plating.
I received two screws that Paul (canesterdf) was kind enough to provide me with.
The screws were of proper size and thread pitch but the top half of them was not threaded and when I tried to use them they stopped short of full seating, with the screw head above the surface of the reel plate. I did not have a die of that small size to cut new threads on the un-threaded section, so I decided to cut the un-threaded portion of the screw down to allow it to enter the threaded hole of the reel foot and seat the screw head in the reel plate. I domed the flat top of the screw to match the other screws and add some patina to match them as well.
I am quite pleased with the results.
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