Fun with Delrin part 1 - spool

[ragdoll]

Hiya My new rig has been Blooded!! or at least salted.

Figured its time to post.

I had some time on my hands so I got hold of some delrin rods and a sheet of delrin and decided to see what I could make of it.. . I did my research.. heres my first item,

a delrin spool.

 

[Texass]

Can you add a bit of meat to this? For instance where do you get the delrin? I'd really appreciate a step by step of the process you used to make the spool.

Making a narrow spool was today's playtime project. I only want about 35' of line for my SMB. What I ended up with will work until I run across a small spool, but making an actual delrin one would be much cooler.

 

[cool_hardware52]

You can order all manner of plastics from http://www.usplastic.com

McMaster-Carr also has some.


I do have a question ragdoll? I see no end reliefs for fingers, how do you hold onto and control the spool?


Regards,


Tobin George

 

[ragdoll]

Its quite complicated but ill try to draw up a diagram to explain.

If you look at the attachment, the black section is a delrin spindle and a large spool face with holes like the previous picture. That section is held to gether with epoxy and SS screws.

the blue sections are delrin rings made tight on the spindle and epoxied.

the red section is a free spinning spool face in between the end cap and the delrin rings.

When I deploy, I hold on to the red section and let the spool spin out and deploy. when I need to retrieve the line, I just hold on to the red section and reel it back in using the knob on the black face.

When i started out making a spool, I wanted somethign I could reel in like a reel but spool sized.... all my other designs involved many more moving parts and didnt work as well. this design just requires good mechanical tolerance and it has 2 main parts. Good thing about delrin is that it is self lubricating and is used for its lubricating properties in industrial applications.

So far, 20 odd deployments, no fuss no muss.

now you know

You can order all manner of plastics from http://www.usplastic.com

McMaster-Carr also has some.


I do have a question ragdoll? I see no end reliefs for fingers, how do you hold onto and control the spool?


Regards,


Tobin George

 

[cool_hardware52]

Thanks ragdoll, pretty cool.



Tobin