Quotetwo nice fitting rubber scales
excellent idea!
the grip will better fit ..;)
Quotetwo nice fitting rubber scales
excellent idea!
the grip will better fit ..;)
Hand spot finished the metal bits with a dremel and Cratex abrasive.
Cheers, Don
I'll post better images Sat, my camera battery is sleepy.;)
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Back later... I'm polishing me shaft.:yaydance:
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I use a piece of spectra and SS polishing paste to dress the line bore smooth. At this point the 7mm shaft tail, floppers, and mini fins are profiled and metal finished.Shaft cone Gflexed on.
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Cool
Mm Tahitian
nice;)
I mentionned I got some problem with the line release clip
do you intend to fix/ change or?
nice;)
I mentionned I got some problem with the line release clip
do you intend to fix/ change or?
I will leave it as is for now, and practice using what C4 supplied back then. I know it's on the opposite side for a Yank, but I too can drive a car in the UK with no problem,;) My double gun has line releases on both sides.
It has been 12 years since I shot a 110 C4 Mono, what slowed me down on reloading in current and messy seas, was indexing the shaft tail back to the mech in one fluid motion, this has led me to fit a open plastic track to ease reload opps in less than flat seas. All these mods will be removed when I retire the gun to the wall.
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Found cracks in the reel shroud that I will repair with some Ti , carbon fiber and Gfex. Yes, I could buy a new one, but no crafty Cuban or Italian skindiver would do that without a fix attempt first.
First step, remove the axle, wash the reel with alcohol and cross hatch sand with #80 grit open paper.
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Here is the C4 reel after laying down a Gflex base coat, laying out carbon fiber strands and recoating with Gflex. I did not use my vac bag so I have some more epoxy to sand off, then bore a new hole. First pic is a thin Ti disk I'll use inside the shroud body when it's done.
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Was up at 5am to take advantage of the cool morning air, before the temps rise again to 100 degrees today. Early morning gives me time to think about things, the coo of a dove singing to me as I work, specks of epoxie dust float about the front porch....then I started thinking, what is the most impotent part of this gun restoration process I'm drawn to commit to each year? Skill...money...materials....time?
As I sand with sore fingers it comes to me. Patience.
I'm not going for a geometrical carbon weave pattern on a reel that was solid black, but it must be strong and a wee bit organic. Now we are finally thin enough to see the gold green fibers getting reflective. Tomorrow at grey light I'll start over again. Good things come to those who wait.;)
Cheers, Don
PS, the chick is away all day at a birthday gig, so I need to bring my reel into the AC cooled houch.....
Off to get some incense to mask the sweet aroma of curing Gflex.:D
Back from the shed.. made two band anchors out of some waste Ti rods that will also be my line hook/shaft hold down after I thread them. Time for the reel to go back outside, house smells like a Buddha shrine with the incense smoldering.;)
When I'm all done I'll send some pic's back to Peppo.
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Beginning trial assemble with button head screws and a prototype RS resetting line release. Yes I'm a hypocrite as I was not going change the stocker.;) Camera battery is flat again, just one flash-less shot.
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The last pic is starting to give me vibes like I want to shoot it, I think it's those grips
I can't believe how good it feels in the hand.:nono:;) letting the grips float in my grip and settle into comfortable position, then electrical taping really made the difference I believe. When I come to Florida, I'll bring it to try out.;)
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Trial rigged the shaft/mono holddown that is a extension of the Ti rubber anchor pin on the left side of the gun(nothing is tight at this point). The line pin has a black nylon tube on the end, so it's hard to see.
Sometimes I will be running brake away to float line, so I slightly enlarged the hole at the bottom of the handle for the bungie. I prefer not to run Hawaiian brake away style where a bungie loop hooks on the line release. In choppy seas the float can yank the rubber loop of the line release and make you re-rig.....of course this is when a monster game fish will slip by your shoulder unseen until too late. :@
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More trial assembly with some 16mm rubber, and mock up line wrap.
Made a small Ti guide plate for the mech that allows the shaft to be slid into the roller sear in one fluid motion with one hand. Now the shaft indexes as smooth as glass with the roller sear, and the auto set line release. The gun will spend the night in my den closet,:nono: with rubber elongated at 3 times specimen length to see how it likes a good rubber soak. Green bands go on Mon night.
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Never seen a wishbone set up like you have on those red bands, I had to zoom in to tell what it was . Gun looks amazing DP
Never seen a wishbone set up like you have on those red bands, I had to zoom in to tell what it was . Gun looks amazing DP
They are articulating ones from Bleu tec, I'm running on this gun. the tapered band end very close to the end helps soften the wishbone against bone on the very tight rubber I run.
Cheers, Don
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