Thread: I don't know how y'all do it....

I have never binge worked on my reels. I generally just clean and lube individual reels when it seems like it has been awhile since it was last done. I also tend to leave my lines on the spool for excessively long time periods. So far it hasn't seemed to bother my fishing any.

Glad to see that mold getting some use.

Nate.

Originally Posted by njones

Glad to see that mold getting some use.

Nate.

I've been having a good time with it. The whole process is a little addictive. Started with a 67 pound ingot. Just got done getting that processed into smaller fairly clean lead pieces. Still waiting for some supplies from Barlow tackle to Flux them a second time and cast into small ingots. Made a couple hundred so far, have about half those painted and baked. I'm going to need more hooks before long. Lol

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I have a local retired fellow who cleans and lubes reels for less than $5 each. He is much more thorough than I am so I give him my most used reels every winter to go through. Four of my reels are no longer available (Quantum Micro MSC) and they are the first to get the spa treatment.

Originally Posted by zekepa

I've been having a good time with it. The whole process is a little addictive. Started with a 67 pound ingot. Just got done getting that processed into smaller fairly clean lead pieces. Still waiting for some supplies from Barlow tackle to Flux them a second time and cast into small ingots. Made a couple hundred so far, have about half those painted and baked. I'm going to need more hooks before long. Lol

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Unless you're pouring them to sell, what's the main purpose of going thru all the fluxing and purification rights ??

A long time ago I got a melting pot & insert jighead mold to make my own tubejig jigheads. I used tire weights & pieces of a lead pipe, skimmed off the floating slag with an old tablespoon, and poured my jigheads. They functioned just fine. Got a splitshot mold and used the same lead for them, but the "hard" lead made them very hard to close/open without the use of pliers ...

I go thru my reels every "early spring" too. Occasionally they need cleaning twice. I fish alot and am pretty hard on my reels every now and again.

I cleaned these gently with warm/soapy water and lubed them up in the key spots. These are all pricey reels but I only clean them and lube them once a year. I usually get bored in late January or February and binge clean/lube them all.

I have not found a guy close to me since moving to Arkansas that services reels. Back in TN I used a guy out of Nashville for a number of years. He retired but loved working on Japanese reels. So my nephew and I provided him with about 25 reels between the two of us to keep him occupied somewhat. Back in 2019 I just casually asked him how many he did a year....the number was 2000. I did not think much about that until I got back home and then it hit me. The man was making a darn good living. Two thousand times 30 dollars for a reel service and he was bringing in 60 grand a year. Not sure how long he had been servicing reels but it was a number of years. He would tear them down just like in the pic from this guy I followed on YouTube. As a matter of fact the pic is of the 2015 Luvias 2004...of which I owned several but gave them all to my sons. He would clean all parts using ultrasound and lube to factory specs. Still looking for a guy local but may have to send mine off to Florida or Canada now.


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