Anyone tried DIY spools? $29-$40 BFS spools!

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Re: Anyone tried DIY spools? $29-$40 BFS spools!

Post by LowRange » Thu Jan 28, 2021 7:13 am

Also Air Brake honeycomb DIY spools for 28, 30 and 34 mm reels. I have the 17 Tatula SV version of this spool. Crazy light weight but the Air Brake is a little questionable in terms of quality of construction.
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Re: Anyone tried DIY spools? $29-$40 BFS spools!

Post by LowRange » Thu Jan 28, 2021 7:24 am

Also clear colored plastic Daiwa I style knobs from AMO. I want that aluminum thumb bar on that example TDZ.
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Re: Anyone tried DIY spools? $29-$40 BFS spools!

Post by LowRange » Mon Feb 15, 2021 7:52 pm

Fixed inductor AMO or ZPI like 36 mm TD Zillion spool. $99 on Ebay from SDS.
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Re: Anyone tried DIY spools? $29-$40 BFS spools!

Post by adam lancia » Tue Feb 16, 2021 3:02 am

Someone finally listened! :big grin:

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Re: Anyone tried DIY spools? $29-$40 BFS spools!

Post by HobeyBaker » Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:30 am

Without reading 60 pages of this thread, could someone tell me what the best BFS spool would be for my Steez CT SV? Thanks

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Post by Dalleinf » Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:36 am

HobeyBaker wrote:
Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:30 am
Without reading 60 pages of this thread, could someone tell me what the best BFS spool would be for my Steez CT SV? Thanks
Roro spool from rorolure is very nice if you can live with a Chinese spool in your Japanese reel.
KTF spool from karil.co.jp is also very nice, JDM and more expensive.

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Re: Anyone tried DIY spools? $29-$40 BFS spools!

Post by LowRange » Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:24 am

HobeyBaker wrote:
Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:30 am
Without reading 60 pages of this thread, could someone tell me what the best BFS spool would be for my Steez CT SV? Thanks
Amo/Roro

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Post by Dalleinf » Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:41 am

LowRange wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:24 am
HobeyBaker wrote:
Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:30 am
Without reading 60 pages of this thread, could someone tell me what the best BFS spool would be for my Steez CT SV? Thanks
Amo/Roro
LowRange, I am curious, you write “/“ because Amo and Roro is the same company?
I have many Roro spools (10+) and at least 5 Amo spools. My experience with Roro is good while my experience with Amo is less good, e.g. ill-fitting and noisy spools.

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Re: Anyone tried DIY spools? $29-$40 BFS spools!

Post by LowRange » Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:35 am

Dalleinf wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:41 am
LowRange wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:24 am
HobeyBaker wrote:
Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:30 am
Without reading 60 pages of this thread, could someone tell me what the best BFS spool would be for my Steez CT SV? Thanks
Amo/Roro
LowRange, I am curious, you write “/“ because Amo and Roro is the same company?
I have many Roro spools (10+) and at least 5 Amo spools. My experience with Roro is good while my experience with Amo is less good, e.g. ill-fitting and noisy spools.
Amo goes by another name. I think it's Momo now. Roro. Roro appears to be a different company. You're right about the stock bearings on the Amo spools. The two I have are very loud but otherwise the spool is good.

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Re: Anyone tried DIY spools? $29-$40 BFS spools!

Post by amso4 » Sat Feb 27, 2021 2:24 pm

I have a couple of the Amo spools and the bearings scream. Can someone recommend some decent quality bearings that are whisper quiet and also perform well? Don't really want to spend a ton of money.

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Re: Anyone tried DIY spools? $29-$40 BFS spools!

Post by hoohoorjoo » Sat Feb 27, 2021 2:29 pm

amso4 wrote:
Sat Feb 27, 2021 2:24 pm
I have a couple of the Amo spools and the bearings scream. Can someone recommend some decent quality bearings that are whisper quiet and also perform well? Don't really want to spend a ton of money.
You can use light oil and a dremel to "run in" the bearings at 10,000 rpm for a few seconds at a time. This will usually smooth out a noisy bearing, provided it isnt going bad already.
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Re: Anyone tried DIY spools? $29-$40 BFS spools!

Post by mark poulson » Sat Feb 27, 2021 5:02 pm

hoohoorjoo wrote:
Sat Feb 27, 2021 2:29 pm
amso4 wrote:
Sat Feb 27, 2021 2:24 pm
I have a couple of the Amo spools and the bearings scream. Can someone recommend some decent quality bearings that are whisper quiet and also perform well? Don't really want to spend a ton of money.
You can use light oil and a dremel to "run in" the bearings at 10,000 rpm for a few seconds at a time. This will usually smooth out a noisy bearing, provided it isnt going bad already.
Forgive an "I'm just curious" question. How fast does a baitcaster's spool actually spin?

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Post by hoohoorjoo » Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:26 pm

Dont know if that has ever been quantified before, but I'd guess around 20,000 rpm just after start-up at the beginning of the cast.
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Re: Anyone tried DIY spools? $29-$40 BFS spools!

Post by amso4 » Sun Feb 28, 2021 5:19 am

I roughed out some back of the napkins calcs and for a 50yd cast it would spin a spool (30mm diam) about 2100 revs. So if a cast took 3 sec, the that would be 485 rev/sec or about 9.8K rpm.
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Post by hoohoorjoo » Sun Feb 28, 2021 7:33 am

^^That assumes a constant speed from beginning to end of cast. Those numbers may be an accurate average of the entire duration of the cast. The highest RPM would occur a couple seconds after start-up. I remember reading that Shimano's DC system is regulated to reach up to 10,000 rpm at the beginning of the cast, iirc.
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