The Reelsmith's Primer Tool List, Materials List, Resources

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The attached pdf file provides a short description of the reel you'll learn to build in The Reelsmith's Primer along with lists of the tools and materials you will need. A Reelsmithing Resources list s also included.

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Cheers,
Michael

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The Reelsmith’s Primer takes you step-by-step through the process of building functional and attractive brass fly fishing reels using only basic hand tools and an electric drill. The completed reel is 3” in diameter, slightly over 1” wide, and weighs 4.65 oz (131.8 gm). It is suitable for a 3 or 4 wt rod and holds a 90’ line with 25 yards of backing. The reel is fitted with a friction drag mechanism that is easy to construct and trouble free. The Delrin™ spool hub provides a low friction bearing that is sealed from grit.

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The book shows photos of all of the tools listed below, describes each tool, and shows how to use them.

1. Leather Work Gloves. Inexpensive leather gardening or shop gloves work well.
2. Safety Glasses. Either comfortable glasses or goggles must be worn at all times when working with metal.
3. A 3/8” or 1/2” electric hand drill and extension cord. Do not use a cordless drill, their batteries will be destroyed.
4. Drill Bits: fractional: 1/4”, 3/16”; wire gauge: #43, #30, #29, #18, #71
   It is much better to purchase high quality individual bits than to purchase low quality sets that you will not use. Slow Spiral bits work best for brass.
5. A 5” Sanding Disk Pad and Disks. These usually have a 1/4” shank to fit the electric drill. The 3M 5” sanding disk has a hard plastic backing disk, which is the most useful. Several 40 and 80 grit 5” disks are also needed.
6. A Swivel Cap Pin Vise. Used to drill holes with the #71 drill bit.
7. A Countersink: 1/2” diameter, three flute, 82°, High Speed Steel (HSS). The body of the countersink should be 1/2”, the shank will most likely be 1/4”.
8. A 1/8” to 3/8 or 1/2” T-Handled Tapered Reamer. These are usually listed as “repair reamers” in tool catalogs.
9. A Tap Wrench and Taps. You will need a small, T-handled tap wrench with a range from 0” to 1/4” to hold the taps. An inexpensive “economy” tap wrench works very well. Purchase high quality taps, you only need two: 4-40 and 8-32. The 4-40 tap is small and easily broken, you might consider buying 2 or 3 “just in case”. The 8-32 tap is not easily broken, so you only need one of these.
10. A Hacksaw and Blades. A good quality, 10” or 12” hacksaw with several new 32 TPI (teeth per inch) blades. Bi-metallic blades are a good choice.
11. A 5” Jeweler’s Saw and Blades. A good quality 5” jeweler’s saw and at least three #1 piercing blades. These blades are 0.012” thick by 0.024” deep with 51 TPI (teeth per inch). These blade will fit in a hole drilled with the #71 drill listed above.
12. A Bench Pin. For working with the jeweler’s saw.
13. An 8” Half Round Bastard File. Bastard files are course. One side is flat, the other is curved.
14. An 8” Half Round Smooth File. Smooth files are for finishing and smoothing. One side is flat, the other is curved.
15. A Smooth Slim Taper File. Useful for getting in to tight places.
16. A Needle File Set. A small set of needle files with at least a small round, flat, and triangular file.
17. A File Card. To keep your files cutting well.
18. A Small (4” to 5” jaw width) Machinist’s Vise.
19. Several Hand Screws or Small Bar Clamps. A Ball Peen Hammer. 8 to 12 Oz work best.
20. A small machinist’s punch (1/16” tip or smaller). Do not use an “automatic center punch”, they do not give you the precision you need.
21. A Set of Small Jeweler’s Screw Drivers. You only need slot-head screw drivers for size 4-40 and 8-32 machine screws.
22. A Small Hobby Knife and Blades. A #1 “X-Acto” knife and several #11 blades.
23. A Needle Nose Pliers. Useful for holding hot parts.
24. A 6” or 8” Digital Caliper. The inexpensive imported digital calipers work well.
25. A 6” Metal Machinist’s Ruler.
26. An Automotive Feeler Gauge.
27. A pair of Dividers.
28. A Circle Center FInder.
29. A Fine Tip, Black or Blue Sharpie™ Marker.
30. A Sharp Scribe.

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These are the materials required to make one reel. They are described fully in the book. These materials were selected because they are easy to work with hand tools, minimize the amount of "machining" required to make the reel, have excellent properties, and look really attractive when finished.

1. One 4" x 10" sheet of 0.032" brass for the reel frame and spool plates. This is enough to make one reel.
2. Three inches of 1" OD x 0.870" ID (0.065" wall) brass tubing split lengthwise into fourths for the reel foot.
3. One and one-fourth inches of 3/16” x 1/2” brass bar for the reel foot bracket.
4. Six inches of 3/16" OD x 0.0895” ID (0.49” wall) brass tubing for the pillars and handle spindle.
5. One and one-half inches of 1/4" OD x 0.120 ID (0.065" wall) hard anodized aluminum tubing for the spindle.
6. One and one-fourth inches of 1" diameter Delrin (or acetal) rod for the spool hub. This material comes in white or black.
7. One inch of 1/2" diameter Delrin (or acetal) rod for the handle knob.
8. Ten 4-40 by 1/4" long brass round head machine screws.
9. Four 4-40 by 1/2" long brass round head machine screws.
10. Six 4-40 by 3/8" long brass flat head machine screws.
11. Two 8-32 by 1/2" long brass round head machine screws.
12. One #4 brass washer.
13. Two #8 brass washers.
14. One #10 brass washer.
15. One stainless steel curved disk spring washer 0.269" ID x 0.423" OD x 0.0082" thick. This washer provides the friction for the drag system.
16. One 1/4" thin (0.01”) phosphor bronze flat washer. This can be substituted with stainless steel if desired.

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On the Web

• The Reelsmithing Forum: http://www.reelsmithing.com/forum
• Reel Materials Packages: http://www.eclecticangler.com

Materials
Local Hardware and Home Centers frequently carry brass sheet, rod and tubing. Most larger stores carry brass round head and flat head machine screws, brass washers, tools, and other supplies like sandpaper, and brass polish.
Local Hobby Shops usually have a display containing brass sheet, rod and tubing, and aluminum sheet stock and tubing. Many also carry brass machine screws and hand tools.

• McMaster Carr 
(http://www.mcmaster.com) carries everything needed to build the brass frame reel, including brass sheet, rod and tubing, hard anodized aluminum tubing, Acetal/Delrin rod, brass round head and flat head machine screws, brass washers, and spring washers.
• Online Metals
 (http://www.onlinemetals.com) carries brass sheet, rod, tubing and, Acetal/Delrin rod, and aluminum tubing.
• Small Parts (http://www.smallparts.com) specializes in materials and fasteners for the hobbyist. They carry brass sheet, rod and tubing, Acetal/Delrin rod, round head and flat head machine screws, brass washers, spring washers, and phosphor bronze washers.
• Speedy Metals 
(http://www.speedymetals.com) carries and assortment of brass sheet, rod, and tubing as well as aluminum tubing and other metals.
• Tower Hobbies 
(http://www.towerhobbies.com) is an on-line hobby shop and carries brass sheet, rod, and tubing, round and flat head machine screws, and some hobbyist's tools.

Tools

• Grizzly (http:/www.grizzly.com) is a large tool and machinery vendor. They offer metalworking power tools, woodworking tools, and many measuring and hand tools. Many of their products are imported but most are manufactured to Grizzly’s specifications and are good quality. Grizzly offers a hand drill lathe accessory if you decide not to build the lathe accessory described in Chapter 5.
• Little Machine Shop 
(http://www.littlemachineshop.com) mostly carries tools and products for small metalworking lathes and mills. However, they do carry measuring and clamping tools and other hand tools needed for reelsmithing.
• Local Hardware and Home Centers carry a wide assortment of hand tools like files, screwdrivers, pliers, clamps, vises, drill bits, measuring tools, etc. These stores also carry electric drills and supplies like spray adhesive, machine oil, WD-40™, sandpaper, brass polish, Loctite™, double-sided tape, and many others.
• McMaster Carr 
(http://www.mcmaster.com) carries many of the tools you’ll need in your reelsmithing shop. In particular, they carry slow spiral drill bits for drilling brass, tapered reamers for cleaning up drill holes, center punches, taps and tap wrenches, and a lot of other metal working and measuring tools.
• Micro-Mark (http://www.micromark.com) carries many hard to find and unique tools for the hobbyist. Their catalog includes drill bits, pin vises, taps and tap wrenches, reamers, files, pliers, saws, and many other tools and supplies.
• Small Parts (http://www.smallparts.com) carries a range of tools in addition to materials; including drill bits, hacksaws, hammers, measuring tools, files, pliers, taps and tap wrenches, screw driver sets, and other tools.