Hey Guys! Good news, I have released a free set of plans for the reel. If you are interested, subscribe to my channel and shoot me an email at JHreels@gmail.com and I'll get a load of files moving your way.
Awesome video series! Your efforts to make this build series and share the plans is much appreciated. I just started my reel build and am working on the reel foot now. The video doesn’t show the drilling /tapping of the holes used to secure the reel body to the reel foot. Do you have any recommendations on how to locate these holes? I could mount the foot on a rotary table and dial it in but I’m thinking it may be better to finish the reel body and match drill the holes using the reel body as the guide. Any suggestions?
When it was all said and done, I ended up drilling and tapping these holes parallel and just spending some time to make a asymmetrical countersink by hand in the frame to properly flush the screws. It would have looked a bit nicer if the holes were angled, but it works either way.
Thanks! That approach seems to be what other reel makers have been doing in the videos I've seen. I may go this route for my initial build. I'm making four reels and may try both approaches to see if there's any significant difference.
Hey Guys! Good news, I have released a free set of plans for the reel. If you are interested, subscribe to my channel and shoot me an email at JHreels@gmail.com and I'll get a load of files moving your way.
JH reels can you send me plans?
I'm a manual machinist and would love to try to make my own
I may have missed it, but how did you cut the radius where the foot meets the seat?
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Wow! So Cool!
could not order the plans on the email listed ???????????????
Awesome video series! Your efforts to make this build series and share the plans is much appreciated.
I just started my reel build and am working on the reel foot now. The video doesn’t show the drilling /tapping of the holes used to secure the reel body to the reel foot. Do you have any recommendations on how to locate these holes? I could mount the foot on a rotary table and dial it in but I’m thinking it may be better to finish the reel body and match drill the holes using the reel body as the guide.
Any suggestions?
When it was all said and done, I ended up drilling and tapping these holes parallel and just spending some time to make a asymmetrical countersink by hand in the frame to properly flush the screws. It would have looked a bit nicer if the holes were angled, but it works either way.
Thanks! That approach seems to be what other reel makers have been doing in the videos I've seen. I may go this route for my initial build. I'm making four reels and may try both approaches to see if there's any significant difference.
Awesome!
@Bryan Manka where you able to get the drawings from JH reels for this build?
@@feathersfinsoutdoors5140 Yes, I did get the plans and built two. They turned out amazing.
any plans for sale... or do you know of a site whit detail plans for reels
Shoot jhreels@gmail.com an email and he'll forward you some plans
You were getting pretty close to your rotary table jaws buddy
-Jeff
Your fast forward should have been the real time of your feed
Using caliper to mark out like that.....big no no.
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i just can not watch this, the music sucks