Hi. Apologies if this is the wrong forum. I'm putting it here because the solution is likely to be made of metal.
Anyway, I'm wanting to modify a fishing reel to allow an optional power wind. The problem is that I like lure fishing but have hand injuries which make it difficult for me to repetitively wind in the reel. I can do it a bit, but not for long.
For those who don't know or care, lure fishing requires one to continually cast out and reel in a lure. Its unlike bait fishing which is usually stationary.
So I want to modify a standard spinning reel by adding a power winder which I can switch too when things start to hurt. But I still want the handle to be there - to switch back to when needed.
Attached is a photo the reel which I have in mind.
I'm thinking of a lithium battery and motor pirated from a cheap power tool attached to the rod handle. Probably from one of those straight bodied power screwdrivers. Then some type of power drive up to the reel - probably to the body of the reel on the opposite side to the handle. Most of these reels allow the handle to be attached to left or right side. There is usually a nut screwed into the unused side - just to blank it off but sometimes also to keep the handle in place. In this case the 'nut' is actually a very small-diameter bolt which threads into the shaft of the handle.
A couple of extra things are that it would be nice if it were portable from rod to rod, and also if it could do an excentric retrieve. The latter is very far down on the list.
That's about as far as I have got it. Being hopeless and underequipped for working metal, I was hoping to be able to pirate parts from something else to make this. I haven't seen anything suitable so far.
So my question is, does anyone have any suggestions on how to make this ?
cheers
Arron
reel1.jpgreel2.jpg
Anyway, I'm wanting to modify a fishing reel to allow an optional power wind. The problem is that I like lure fishing but have hand injuries which make it difficult for me to repetitively wind in the reel. I can do it a bit, but not for long.
For those who don't know or care, lure fishing requires one to continually cast out and reel in a lure. Its unlike bait fishing which is usually stationary.
So I want to modify a standard spinning reel by adding a power winder which I can switch too when things start to hurt. But I still want the handle to be there - to switch back to when needed.
Attached is a photo the reel which I have in mind.
I'm thinking of a lithium battery and motor pirated from a cheap power tool attached to the rod handle. Probably from one of those straight bodied power screwdrivers. Then some type of power drive up to the reel - probably to the body of the reel on the opposite side to the handle. Most of these reels allow the handle to be attached to left or right side. There is usually a nut screwed into the unused side - just to blank it off but sometimes also to keep the handle in place. In this case the 'nut' is actually a very small-diameter bolt which threads into the shaft of the handle.
A couple of extra things are that it would be nice if it were portable from rod to rod, and also if it could do an excentric retrieve. The latter is very far down on the list.
That's about as far as I have got it. Being hopeless and underequipped for working metal, I was hoping to be able to pirate parts from something else to make this. I haven't seen anything suitable so far.
So my question is, does anyone have any suggestions on how to make this ?
cheers
Arron
reel1.jpgreel2.jpg
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