Spiral Wind alignment guidance?
- Paul M
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Spiral Wind alignment guidance?
I met a Spiral Wind collector a few years ago and when he learned of my interest in Canadian marked reels he gave me one of his Spiral Winds with the Canadian Patent mark on the foot. These were sold by AL&W so it is a great add to my collection. When I finished cleaning and re-assembling the reel, I tested it to see how evenly the line would be laid down on the spool. After many attempts, I finally got things lined up to work pretty well but I am assuming there is a trick to setting up the gears and spiral, eliminating guess work. I am planning to help clean up half a dozen more of these for my friend so to make my life easier, does anyone know how the parts needs to be aligned in order to get perfectly even line wraps on the spool?
Re: Spiral Wind alignment guidance?
Paul, assuming the video shows an "after" picture, it looks to me as if the spiral's working fine, i.e., constantly switching direction of rotation. It's probably Hyla Maynes's fault if the line doesn't wind as evenly as hoped. When Penn made the Levelmatic, they changed things so that the LW rotated in only one direction.
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Re: Spiral Wind alignment guidance?
Steve, yes, that is an "after" picture. It works OK as shown but I had to open and re-align the gears and spiral bar several times to get it to the point where it lays down line somewhat evenly on the spool versus bunched up towards one side. I didn't see any alignment marks inside but surely there was a way to get it right the first time.
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Re: Spiral Wind alignment guidance?
Hi there Paul, as commented, the action looks correct. In my reels there are (small) alignment marks on the gears/mechanisms, so might be worth taking one more look. They are neat reels!
Cheers,
George
Cheers,
George
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Re: Spiral Wind alignment guidance?
Spectacular! Glad it worked out Paul. I'm not quite sure why they used the "o" instead of an arrow!
Tight lines,
George
Tight lines,
George
Re: Spiral Wind alignment guidance?
Great post, Paul, and always great reels. Thanks for sharing your stuff!