I don't mind admitting that it has been a bit of a head scratcher, working out the best way to make the backplate, but in the end my CamCopier attachment did the trick so here are just a couple of pictures of the results so far.
These were far better than expected and the sizes were held to within 0.002" of the camplate.
You will notice that there are three lineguard lugs instead of two. This is because I am offering this reel in both left-and right-hand wind versions and rather than make up a new, mirror image cam plate, (it couldn't be just turned around, in case you were wondering) It will be easier to make the backplate with lugs for both sides and just file off the one not required.
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/rJwGvFv.jpg)
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/N8YoSJg.jpg)
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/hOk1NpR.jpg)
The next big job will be to cut away an awful lot of metal to leave the reel seat. This is intensely annoying as the bed centre height of the lathe is 3 1/2" and a mere 1/8" too low to do it the way I would have liked. However, I think it will be just about do-able with the aid of two right angled plates screwed together...
...watch this space!
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