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braking

Post by mark poulson » Tue Apr 23, 2019 9:58 am

What came first, centrifugal or magnetic brakes?

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Re: braking

Post by ShimanoFan » Tue Apr 23, 2019 11:14 am

Gonna guess here... Abu first with centrifugal, and then Daiwa first with magnets later on???
Why is there a concerted effort of hate? And why is it allowed?

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Re: braking

Post by LgMouthGambler » Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:28 pm

The chicken... :lol:

I think SF is right about Abu and the centrifugal.
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Re: braking

Post by mark poulson » Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:46 pm

Thanks. I don't remember braking on the casting reels I had back in the '50s. In fact, they didn't even have a free spool, just a click or no click setting.
But they are everywhere now. Thank goodness!!!
The thing that gave me the courage to try a baitcaster again was the externally adjustable centrifugal brakes.
I now have reels with both systems, and can't imagine using a reel without them.
I really prefer just centrifugal brakes. For me, they are much easier to control and can be adjusted much more easily, too.

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Re: braking

Post by bASSMAN » Fri May 03, 2019 10:31 am

I think centripetal brakes came first. The 1946 Cycloid Micromatic hade an external centrifugal adjustment.

https://picclick.com/Vintage-1946-Cyclo ... 89285.html

https://www.picclickimg.com/d/w1600/pic ... -Brake.jpg

I think magnetic braking came a year later. The Bristol Electromatic as well as the Ocean City Inductor were released in
1947-48.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1c/7d/ed ... bbc698.jpg

https://reeltalk.orcaonline.org/viewtopic.php?t=4154

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Re: braking

Post by mark poulson » Fri May 03, 2019 6:16 pm

bASSMAN wrote:
Fri May 03, 2019 10:31 am
I think centripetal brakes came first. The 1946 Cycloid Micromatic hade an external centrifugal adjustment.

https://picclick.com/Vintage-1946-Cyclo ... 89285.html

https://www.picclickimg.com/d/w1600/pic ... -Brake.jpg

I think magnetic braking came a year later. The Bristol Electromatic as well as the Ocean City Inductor were released in
1947-48.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1c/7d/ed ... bbc698.jpg

https://reeltalk.orcaonline.org/viewtopic.php?t=4154
Thank you so much!

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