[alantani]

a few people have asked about the tools i use for working on fishing reels. i shot a few photos a while back and thought i'd post them. if you like to tinker with reels, you might find something here that might help you out.

first the lubes. i use shimano drag grease on all the carbon fiber drag washers. i'm finally running out and may switch over to cal's grease. it's half the price. corrosion x is the lube i use on all the bearings, level wind assemblys and reel handles. and lastly, there's yamaha engine grease. that goes into all the screw holes and all the other non-exposed metal surfaces. it stays blue forever. i can open up a reel and know immediately if i've worked on it before or not.





here's my tool rack. i found some hard blue styrofoam at work, don't remember where the box came from, drew a 1 inch grid and started punching holes. it forces me to be neat.



flat, phillips and allen heads.



deep standard and metric sockets, precision screw drivers.



my little handy dandy bearing puller.



6 inch calipers. i use this alot!!!!!!



specialty shimano and penn spool wrenches.



a working inventory of all the penn ht-100 drag washers made. i order all my penn stuff from pennparts.com. i'm their biggest non-business account!



bearings from bocabearings.com. they like me alot as well.



boxes of screws. mostly stuff that i've accumulated over the years.

http://www.fullspeedfishing.com/gallery/data/500/medium/105_1117.JPG

this little dremmel comes in handy! seems that i'm always grinding away at something.

http://www.fullspeedfishing.com/gallery/data/500/medium/105_1118.JPG

more boxes of stuff.

http://www.fullspeedfishing.com/gallery/data/500/medium/105_1119.JPG

http://www.fullspeedfishing.com/gallery/data/500/medium/105_1120.JPG

i'd have carpal tunnel syndrome without this little baby! it's a little electric screwdriver from milwaulke. they're about $100, i have two, finally busted one and i need to replace it.

http://www.fullspeedfishing.com/gallery/data/500/medium/105_1121.JPG

now for the grease gun. this is another little item that i could not do with out. here's the grease.

http://www.fullspeedfishing.com/gallery/data/500/medium/105_1122.JPG

here's the gun. home depot has these. note the position of the nozzle.

http://www.fullspeedfishing.com/gallery/data/500/medium/105_1123.JPG

home depot has these as well. it's a blowgun kit.

http://www.fullspeedfishing.com/gallery/data/500/medium/105_1124.JPG

take the inflator needle and cut off the tip with the cutting wheel of the dremmel, the screw it into the adaptor.

http://www.fullspeedfishing.com/gallery/data/500/medium/105_1125.JPG

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screw in the adaptor, load up a grease cartridge and you're all set. this is another "must have" item.

http://www.fullspeedfishing.com/gallery/data/500/medium/105_1127.JPG

http://www.fullspeedfishing.com/gallery/data/500/medium/105_1128.JPG

and lastly, my favorite. 7-8 years ago i found this wrench in a tackle shop for $20. i put it next to a standard penn wrench so you could see the difference. i bought two, lost one, and just had a machine shop buddy make a bunch more.

http://www.fullspeedfishing.com/gallery/data/500/medium/105_1261.JPG

i also have a small compressor, a bench grinder, a drill press and a half gallon ultrasonic cleaner loaded with green soap. the only thing i still need is a small bench lathe. i want to start cutting sleeves to blueprint lever drag reels. yes, it's taken over my garage....

http://www.yourfishpictures.com/data/500/medium/100_0881.JPG

 

[MrBill]

Great Post. I'm going put one of those grease guns together. Your half of the garage looks very organized but your wife needs to clean up her half.

 

[captdeej]

Alantani,

when you use the battery operated screw driver do you set a light clutch when tightening and then tighten with a hand swrew driver snug?

Just concerned about over tightining screws and was thinking of getting on of those milwalkies.

 

[alantani]

when the electric screwdriver is off, the clutch is locked and it behaves like a regular screwdriver. i generally start with a turn, then go automatic at the lightest setting, then finish manually. i've been using it for so many years now that it's become second nature.

 

[captdeej]

Thanks Alantani!