Allcocks Perfection Flick em... what £22 buys you.

[Keston]

For cork float body's I rough em out with a knife then mount them on a mandrel ( a nut and bolt) then spin them to shape with 80 grit emery cloth and finish with 1500 grade.
It's amazing how quick 80 grit removes material but you really need to do it outside with a dust mask.

Ah I see ... hole through the pen blank ... mount with nut and bolt and start to shape .
I will look into it thanks

[Shed_Monkey]

Save yourself the trouble John - I had a spare 5 minutes so popped down to the shed and made you a set.

PM inbound.

Cheers
Steve

[Keston]

Save yourself the trouble John - I had a spare 5 minutes so popped down to the shed and made you a set.

PM inbound.

Cheers
Steve

Amazingly good of you sir .Thank you.... pm replied too .
I have started polishing the reel already and it's coming up ok ... just need to try and remove the cobbled together handle pin now . It may not be such a bargain if I need to get the £30 kit from Gary Mills

[Paul D]

I would firstly find out what thread they are, I suspect there 4 or 5BA? There are online model engineering suppliers that will have something suitable.

[Keston]

Houston... we have a problem .
I'm only guessing It looks like the cracked handle may have broken at some point and an owner glued it up together with the pin . This would have meant the handle would not have turned . To remedy this I think they enlarged the hole in the spool and then used a bit arrangement on the bottom. I think this may have over the years widened the hole and made the handle looser .
Any suggestions from chaps far smarter than I on a fix for my pin ?
Looking back now at the auction images it is just about visible on the underneath of the spool ... this Is what I missed and why others didn't bid

[Wallys-Cast]

PM sent John.

Wal.

[Paul D]

Dr cane to the rescue?

[Keston]

[Paul F]

That is a bargain John, even with the handle issue, but it sounds like you have that being sorted

[Keston]

Yes Paul I'm ok with the reel , Its a good runner and worth saving . I have started the clean up and she's coming along nicely