Wanted: Handle nut for EVH 621 3/0

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Wanted: Handle nut for EVH 621 3/0

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I'm excited. Picked up a few 621's from a member here, and I'm chomping at the bit to start working on them. I'm taking a brief pause to consider preserving the patina on one of them.... that one may get just soap/water and some Hot Sauce.

One, a 3/0, arrived with a small crack in the head plate. The seller has graciously donated the reel to me for parts, but truthfully I think it's my favorite and may be the one I keep - but I need a replacement head plate. It's a shame, the crack in the original is minuscule.... I'll practice plate repair after I find a replacement.

EditThe "crack" turned out to disappear after sanding with 400-grit, so I've refunded the refund from the seller. I've edited the title of this post as I no longer need a head plate.

The same reel is missing a handle nut.

Please PM me or reply here if you can help this EVH newb out.

Thanks.
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Re: Wanted: Handle nut for EVH 621 3/0

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Just curious, I'm new to EVH as a maker... is it more than likely that his other 3/0 reels would have the same style and size handle nut, or where things so variable from one reel to another back then that nothing concrete can be said about this...? I don't have but copies of two catalogs to look at pictures (which I haven't done yet, but I think one or both of the catalogs predates the 621).

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Re: Wanted: Handle nut for EVH 621 3/0

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Those nuts varied over the years, Sid, so you will need shaft diameter and TPI to tell.
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Re: Wanted: Handle nut for EVH 621 3/0

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Sid:
This is a really good book to study before you buy any more EVH reels:

The Celebrated Reels of Edward Vom Hofe
by Ted Bingham
ISBN-13: 978-0615168821 (Paperback – Jan 2007)

Ted's book has been an extremely useful resource for me and is available from online sellers. (NB New copies may be less expensive than used so shop around).
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Re: Wanted: Handle nut for EVH 621 3/0

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Paul M wrote:Sid:
This is a really good book to study before you buy any more EVH reels:

The Celebrated Reels of Edward Vom Hofe
by Ted Bingham
ISBN-13: 978-0615168821 (Paperback – Jan 2007)

Ted's book has been an extremely useful resource for me and is available from online sellers. (NB New copies may be less expensive than used so shop around).
Thanks, Paul. I got it straight from Lori Bingham a little over a week ago. It was great for the history of the company and for showing each reel manufactured, but I was disappointed in that it fell a little short on the descriptions of mechanical variations through the years. I would have liked to have seen more pics of opened reels demonstrating these variations.... but that's just me and where I want to go with this, and since he wrote the book he went where he wanted it to go.

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Re: Wanted: Handle nut for EVH 621 3/0

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My thread gauge (finally) arrived. The nut I'm looking for would fit on a screw that is 1/4" major diameter and 30 TPI. Anyone know what "G" means on my thread gauge? It seems to be equivalent to TPI.
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Re: Wanted: Handle nut for EVH 621 3/0

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I cannot find in any of my handle nuts a 30 pitch thread. The engineering unit for 1/4" is 20, 24, and 32. I believe the G stands for gage. I will keep looking and see what I can come up with.
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Ed Rods wrote:sdlehr
I cannot find in any of my handle nuts a 30 pitch thread. The engineering unit for 1/4" is 20, 24, and 32. I believe the G stands for gage. I will keep looking and see what I can come up with.
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Thanks, Ed. I'll check again tonight when I get home, but I already did this twice. I'll check against 32 TPI, it can't be 20 or 24, I can't be off by that much.

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