If you had access to a CNC machine, would you be able to customize gear ratio

[d-a]

Originally Posted by JerseyBrian

Exactly the post I was waiting for! Thanks Alan! I'm going to go and mess with some of my older, junk reels tonight and take a better look at things

If your friends have some scrap aluminum have them make you a set out of it first to see if it will work. The program can be saved. AL machines faster and has less wear and tear on the equipment. If it works have them make them out of SS. 316 would work but you would need to heat treat it before machining. Of course your buddies should already know that. If you heat treat after machining you could possibly warp the gears.

d-a

[JerseyBrian]

Originally Posted by d-a

If your friends have some scrap aluminum have them make you a set out of it first to see if it will work. The program can be saved. AL machines faster and has less wear and tear on the equipment. If it works have them make them out of SS. 316 would work but you would need to heat treat it before machining. Of course your buddies should already know that. If you heat treat after machining you could possibly warp the gears.

d-a

Always appreciate good info d-a. That is a very good idea (to use Al. first when doing R&D) as well as the heat treating. I will keep that in mind.

Originally Posted by gimmedeal

Which spinning reel?

Fred

Anything with line capacity and size like a Quantum Cabo/Boca "70/80" series, Saragosa "14000/180000" series or TICA "10000" series reel... What I would basically like to attempt is to create a high gear ratio'ed, large spinning reel like the Stella 10000 or other Daiwa spinners....and not having to buy an Okuma VS Either way, if I did follow through with this project I would create a gear set that could be swapped in and out with the stock gear ratio so that I could always reverse my actions Plus, if it's for free, I might as well test my mechanical engineering friends (the machinists) and see if they've earned their undergrad degrees or not lol.

[Uncle Russ]

I really wish you had come to me for advice before consulting with Alan on this. Just last night I got our manual can opener to work for the first time since we bought it--one minute, there was a fully-sealed can of Progresso chicken with rice soup on the counter--the next minute, there was the can with the top off and old Uncle Russ eating out of the can with a table spoon. Let me know if you need any help setting the machine up.

Russ

[Fishhead56]

LOL

[gman]

I have a granite and marble CNC's ha ha I dont think they would work on a reel though

[bunile]

ANYTHING IS possible. Think about making the spool bigger instead or combined with a gear increase , as that would also increase your line -in-per crank. That might be less engineering and more fanagling with the thingy ma jingy !!

[gmack]

17-4PH material would be good material to use for the gears. After machine get it heat treated and then nitride coated. That would be the ticket!

You could always spend some big bucks and look into some nickel alloys.....925 inconel for instance. Ultra corrosion resistance.

Gary

[d-a]

Originally Posted by gmack

17-4PH material would be good material to use for the gears. After machine get it heat treated and then nitride coated. That would be the ticket!

You could always spend some big bucks and look into some nickel alloys.....925 inconel for instance. Ultra corrosion resistance.

Gary

I would heat treat them before machining, just to make sure they dont warp during the heat treatment process.

d-a