jerryadams Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 (edited) This is my home made electric reel which was used on Saturday for browns bottom bash. The motor and gearbox is from an electric golf cart. It spins at about 2500 rpm and out the gearbox it spins at about 60rpm which is perfect for driving the reel. The reel is an alvey snapper real. The rod is a cheap old roller tip. The base and bits and pieces are made from stuff I had lying around and its all fully welded for ridgidness. Its spooled with 800m of 130lb braid which filled to the brim but after the first use it tightly packed the line back on and in reality it could handle up to 1200m of 130lb braid. As for its performance you can see on fISHING rEPORTS OF THE GEMMIES AND COD CAGHT ON SATURDAY AT BROWNS. It handled 2 gemmies and 1 cod in one drop. The motor did not slow down at all and the current draw is not over 7 amps. The reels spindle did heat up due to the drag which was tight. the total weight of the fish on that drop was 8kg gemmie, 5kg gemmie and 5kg cod total 18kg and about 6mins to bring up. Motor and gearbox was baught on blah blah poop for $105 and $20 of steel, The rest was around the garage. Edited September 24, 2009 by jerryadams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattwf Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 mate can u give us a bit more info? what'd u use to make it? how long did it take? cost? most importantly did it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottyman Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 That is indeed very interesting... is that a windscreen wiper motor and drive mechanism you've got hooked up there....??? And please... how did it work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnv Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 wow looks great very cheap reelthere ...................????????????????????????????????? SO DID IT WORK PLEASE TELL ALL cheers john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tan the fisherman Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 wow looks great very cheap reelthere ...................????????????????????????????????? SO DID IT WORK PLEASE TELL ALL cheers john I think it did. Check this out Electric winch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryadams Posted September 24, 2009 Author Share Posted September 24, 2009 mate can u give us a bit more info? what'd u use to make it? how long did it take? cost? most importantly did it work? Ive just updated more info. More pics another another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisecraft Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Mate That's ingenious. Excellent contraption, well done. Regards Kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnv Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 great invention, just goes to show that home made things for fishing do work well done john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adzzy Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 nice work i would make 1 for sure if i could get to browns Lets start the production line !!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyR Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Nice job! Looks a lot tougher than some of the shop bought ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mik Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Brilliant! Love that idea. I have 2 electric downriggers which I reckon could possible be converted to something similar with bugger all effort. Thanks for the ideas mate that really is very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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