The first thing I did was disassemble the reel & clean it super well. When I tried to take out the screws they were frozen solid. I first removed the foot, then backed out the post screws which brought the post with them. I did this a little at a timeon each post so as not to damage the reel further. Then I held the post in a 0-1/4" drill chuck and was able to back the screws out.
Then I glued the broken pieces back on using Eastman 910 (an industrial adhesive like super glue). I used cabel ties to hold the parts while they set.
After they had dried overnight I removed the cabel ties and drilled a no. 71 (.025") hole on each side of the screw holes at the broken area. I inserted a piece of hardened steel spring wire in each hole which were coated with Loctite 290 (another industrial adhesive).
When that had set for a while I filled any small depressions with hard black wax. Any excess was shaved off. then the area of the patch was sanded with wet or dry abrasive paper, used wet, starting with 400 grit and working down to 2100 grit.
There is a sample of the spring wire in front of the two repaired end plates.
