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After a little bobble in the return shipping; i now have the reel in hand. In deciding on a reel color, i went with the “Light colored reels” crowd based on the opinion they show dings and scratches less than dark colors. I cant say i’ve ever dinged a reel so that probably has little merit but...

Wow, i want two of them!

A couple years ago i bought a 16 ft boat from these folks. The layup is 6oz. Glass, Bassalt /Innegra and carbon / innegra on the football. This guys strictly a hand lay-up operation and I'm sure “Ben” would be happy to talk to you about this stuff. Mine was not a “one of”, he does them regularly...

I know many of you don’t want to hear it; But, my double is a lot more comfortable and i go faster, easier than a single. Of course im not doing any pirouette’s to waltz music!

Difference between 2:1 and 4:1 epoxy laminating resin: Epoxy resins come in a variety of ratios, depending on the desired application. The most commonly used ratios are 2:1 and 4:1. A 1:1 epoxy resin is not typically used as a laminating resin as it is not as strong. It is often used for river...

As someone terribly sensitive to all the epoxies i was elated to see this post. However, The site doesn’t show anything other than casting products which are completely different chemistry.

My son in law moves massive amounts of freight into their remote cabin this time of year; on a freight sled behind a snow machine. I would think it would be fairly straight forward as long as your not intending to ski it in manually?

Sorry you folks live in such hostile environments!

What started as a one time winter project may turn into an annual event, Lord willing? I will however, need to make some good notes before i sleep too many times. There was so much to learn as i went along figuring out what’s important and the sequence of finishing the parts in the right order...

Sorry about the “dead spot”, i’ve been playing with the “check works” on the reel and not wanting to just drill a bunch of holes in the frame while i try this or that; i built a little turning fixture. With this i can look straight in from the side and see what’s happening; which is pretty...

Today I cleaned up some loose ends and at the end of the day the reel will stand on her own two feet! The check work is next. Early this morning i set up and made spool latches, then the spool went back in the lathe to fit the check sprocket. Lastly i drilled the frame for the line guard. By the...

My check gear is done and it’s more of a sprocket than a gear but im confident it will run smooth! I’m about .100 larger diameter which accommodated my cutter and still gave me 24 teeth; OEM was 28 on the pattern reel. I roughed a blank from 4340 ht before going to the mill to generate teeth...

Thanks for the kind words i certainly appreciate the adulation but this is just me having fun! I went on line and plugged in Bench Made fly reels and after viewing some of them, now when i look out there at the tools in the shed, i realize; “im not the sharpest tool in the shed”! What ability i...

Thanks fellas, yea a lot of this project was done on the mill; in a dividing head, rotating to cut both the windows on the frame and this piece.

Today i had a good day and got the line guard roughed in. There’s still a little file work and some polishing but it’s pretty well there. Once lined up in the mill and using the Digital readout i did everything i could and now all the work is in the center and lines up well. From the mill back...

Thanks Bob, im having fun. Today being Christmas eve i didn’t get too carried away but i did make a little progress! The shaft and it’s retaining bolt were finished and i made a dummy bushing (delrin) so i could mock up everything and check the latch function. Good thing i did because i needed...

In a couple days we’ll get off our butt’s and gain 9 seconds that day. Yesterday we lost our last second and by mid February you’ll be able to feel and see the change then by late April there will be some open water!

Today was a good day! The bushing end of the shaft was machined a little tight to the bushing then the O.D of the bushing was machined to a snug fit in the spool while it was still on the shaft; with the aid of double sided tape and a live center. This insures good concentricity once assembled...

Today’s focus was on some of the small spool parts. The pictures show where i started and how i ended up. It seems like the farther i go the more little things i need, tooling components; longer 3-48 screws etc, and being the holidays my progress will come to a halt directly while i wait for...

That ugly packing nut cleaned up fine and will make nice line guards, however i had to buy a smaller corner rounding mill so the guard will get screwed on later. The latch recess in the spool is done as is the latch cover. It was left on the stump for easy holding in the mill. 🙄the Alphorn...