custom 704 rotor cup

[TJC]

with a little help from the "lion" it spins like a top

[Andy P]

it really looks nice with the other bail wire mount removed.

[lion1044]

AH' Mini 706 How Sweet it "IS"

[TJC]

Really Happy With The Way This One Came Out !! Has Some Of The Best Parts From All 3 Reels. Thanks For All Your Help Lion Your The Penn Master..

[goldenmember]

Came out great!

[tradrodz]

Nice job! did you drill those VS holes or did you have them done? and if you had them done how much does a job like that cost?

[TJC]

drilled and filed the holes myself ...take you time...not so hard..good luck

[pricise10]

I saw that same reel on ebay.

[TJC]

maybe it looked like it ?? but this one is on my rod..

[RippinLipps]

TJC,

 

How wide are your slots that you drilled if you don't mind me asking. I removed the bail wire mount on the one that I was working on too and love the look. Beautiful balanced appearance to yours!

 

RLs

[RhodyFisher]

How did you re-balance the rotor cup after removing the bail wire post on the other side? It looks like you may have poured some more lead in there where the bail release mechanism used to be?

[canalmadman79]

rhody, you don't really need to rebalance.  the kit has a small fitting that takes care of that.  also, on my custom one where i cut the bail wire off.  it didn't throw the balance off.  hope this help. -mike.

[RhodyFisher]

Canalmadman, I was thinking of actually grinding off the bail wire post altogether, where that piece from the kit is supposed to get screwed into. It looks like in the picture above, this reel has had the same thing done. if you look opposite the manual pickup arm, there is no bail wire post with that thing screwed in. It will give the rotor a nice look, without having that useless post on the other side, but after removing all that metal, and not using the counterweight from the kit, the rotor cup will probably be out of balance. Probably will need to experiment with pouring some lead in a couple of the compartments on the bottom of the cup.

[canalmadman79]

 

 

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Originally Posted by RhodyFisher 

 

 

Canalmadman, I was thinking of actually grinding off the bail wire post altogether, where that piece from the kit is supposed to get screwed into. It looks like in the picture above, this reel has had the same thing done. if you look opposite the manual pickup arm, there is no bail wire post with that thing screwed in. It will give the rotor a nice look, without having that useless post on the other side, but after removing all that metal, and not using the counterweight from the kit, the rotor cup will probably be out of balance. Probably will need to experiment with pouring some lead in a couple of the compartments on the bottom of the cup.

 

ok got what you're saying now.  nice idea.  that will deffinately look awesome.  i just left mine in, too lazy. good luck with the build, make sure you post some pics.-mike.

 

[RhodyFisher]

I certainly will post pics. It's still a work in progress. If all goes well, I'll have it up and running by the time the stripers arrive.