Pictures

All the parts for three reels, ready for anodising

Design drawing for my third homemade reel

Drawing with all the parts

The reel ready for anodising

The reel ready and anodised in a nice brown and silvery colour

I like the design very much.

Design drawing for the new reel

All the parts without measurements.

Milling the rough shape of the face/housing plate.

Detail of milling the outside of the fish shape face plate.

Sawing the precise fish shape and the holes inside with a jigsaw.

The sawing is finished

Rough fish shape still on the MDF plate with the two screws.

The screws removed from the faceplate.

Turning the flange part of the spool.

Milling of the weight reduction holes with a rotary table.

Finishing the spool on the lathe.

A small rotary table on the milling machine table.

The bearing shaft.

The bearing shaft placed in the face plate.

Global drawing for making a reel foot

The reel foot and the adapter.

The adapter fixed in the vice on the milling table.

The locknut and the plastic ring to reduce friction between the locknut and the spool.

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