Straightening bent rims

Lets say a friend of mine fell on the rocks and slightly dented the rim of
his cartridge reel so its out of round a little bit. Now, when he palms the
reel, instead of a smooth rub, he gets this pulsating because of the dent.
Its not enough to make the reel chirp, but its enough to be bothersome. Or
so he tells me. Are there any tricks for making the cartridge true again, so
it has that nice silky feeling it used to?

--riverman

Lets say a friend of mine fell on the rocks and slightly dented the rim of
his cartridge reel so its out of round a little bit. Now, when he palms
the
reel, instead of a smooth rub, he gets this pulsating because of the dent.
Its not enough to make the reel chirp, but its enough to be bothersome. Or
so he tells me. Are there any tricks for making the cartridge true again,
so
it has that nice silky feeling it used to?

--riverman

Tell your "friend" "welcome to my world." I've found that when I try to
straighten something like this, unless I have a machine shop available
(which I only had when I worked on high explosives), that it will probably
not come out "true." Unless its really bad or you're "friend" has a lot of
dough, tell him to fix it as best as possible and think of it as a reel with
"character."
--
Frank Reid
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"Frank Reid" moc.deepselbac@diersicnarf wrote in message
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...I worked on high explosives....

Oh, Lord this conjures ima.....

(Yes, I know, there will probably be a few comments about me and Tritonal,
so bring 'em on.)

Oh.......heh, heh......never mind.

Wolfgang

Frank wrote:snipunless I have a machine shop available
(which I only had when I worked on high explosives), that it will probably
not come out "true."

This concerns me, but you must have lived thru it for the most part.

Big Dale

Frank wrote:snipunless I have a machine shop available
(which I only had when I worked on high explosives), that it will
probably
not come out "true."

This concerns me, but you must have lived thru it for the most part.

Well, it wasn't me living through it that concerned my coworkers.
--
Frank Reid
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4lb hammer
wooden bench
keep your thumbs out the way
then strike sharply at the offending rim
then a quick trip to the local shop
this will fix it for good

"riverman" wrote in message
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Lets say a friend of mine fell on the rocks and slightly dented the rim of
his cartridge reel so its out of round a little bit. Now, when he palms
the
reel, instead of a smooth rub, he gets this pulsating because of the dent.
Its not enough to make the reel chirp, but its enough to be bothersome. Or
so he tells me. Are there any tricks for making the cartridge true again,
so
it has that nice silky feeling it used to?

--riverman

"riverman" wrote in
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Lets say a friend of mine fell on the rocks and slightly dented
the rim of his cartridge reel so its out of round a little bit.
Now, when he palms the reel, instead of a smooth rub, he gets
this pulsating because of the dent. Its not enough to make the
reel chirp, but its enough to be bothersome. Or so he tells me.
Are there any tricks for making the cartridge true again, so it
has that nice silky feeling it used to?

--riverman



New reels are cursed I tell you! (I know your friend's probably
wasn't that new) ... anyway ...

A "friend" of mine has a habit of dropping every fly reel he has
ever owned before using them ... some of them twice. Each of them
has the "character" to which Frank referred. A day being jammed
against rocks and drownded would be paradise compared with the
"treatment".

Once spooled back into the box - before it leaps to a
sickening but, so far, non-terminal thud. Even then they are not
always safe. The latest, a Ross has been spooled and reboxed ...
to "his" knowledge the Box has been ..err .. exposed to the whim of
gravity three times.

Steve