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Paine Falls' DeMarco Center Pin Reel
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Paine Falls' DeMarco 5 Centre-pin Reel. Classified as a 5 Center-pin, technically it is 4.950 / 125.7mm. Spool width 21/32 / .650 / 16.51mm. Spool depth 3/8 / .375 / 9.53mm. Overall width from palming rim to back of back plate: 1-1/16 / 1.0625 / 27mm. Mass: 10.1 Oz. (286.33g) Overall weight with 4.9 Oz. (138.91g) Spool weight. Fully rounded palming rim for increased comfort. Back plate domed and corners rounded to ensure maximum ergonomics and user comfort. Available in LH and RH Retrieve. The new DeMarc...
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Fluted Float Making Tutorial, by Mike Wilson, UK
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Courtesy of Mike Wilson. 1/2 square balsa blank. Choose the hardest available which can appear slightly grey in color but is easier to handle as it doesn't crumble. It comes in 3' lengths giving you (6) 6 floats from one length. Scalpel and several new blades, a pen knife, a medium half round and flat file, a selection of sand paper in varying grits, wood filler and enamel paints to suit your preferences. With the blade of a pen knife dig out the wood cleaning up the notch. Repeat for all four sides.
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Batson's RainShadow RX8 XST1383F Float Blank Review
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Batson Enterprises has a well established industry reputation of manufacturing/distributing quality and value oriented rod building blanks and components. Their proactive approach to market trends and consumer demand has grown their product lines and offerings substantially over the past decade. As. The blank, when first received, was a newer offering to their float lineup and given its specifications was destined to be tested to its fullest through the course of this review. Batson Enterprises Home Page.
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Float Fishing Connection's Misc. Video Vault
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Click on the buttons below). In this four part video series, Adam DeMarco of Paine Falls takes us through the steps necessary to clean, lubricate and maintain a centre-pin reel. Part IV features the removal, cleaning and repacking of the ball-bearings. DIY'ers will enjoy the additional footage in Quick Release mechanism - Reassembly, where Adam will take us through, step-by-step, the reassembly process of a typical spool quick release cap. A welcomed routine for going on 5 years now. Now get back to work!
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Traditional Cork Float Building Tutorial, by George Lockhart, UK
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Courtesy of George Lockhart. Traditional Handmade Floats,. Yorkshire Dales, UK. Cork, sharpie, centre measure device, power drill lathe or mini-lathe, sandpaper of various grits,. If your looking at making your own floats in the future, may I suggest a few publications you should try and get? Most of them are now out of publication so you'll likely find them by carrying out an internet search. By Bill Watson, The Float. By Keith Harwood and finally an old Ultra Floats Catalogue. The first thing I do is t...