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08-02-2009, 06:04 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
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Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven
yes you can forego the machined aluminum by using the virtual printer method
but it should be made of carbon nano tube technology with a dual seal built in...
same as vessels that haul oil...
problem is... carbon nano tube technology which is in it's infancy is still too expensive,,,,
but the lightness and strength would be unsurpassed.
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08-02-2009, 06:25 PM
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Location: RI
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Does the $300 MSRP have to be at a profit or a loss?  
-spence |
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08-02-2009, 06:30 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
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Quote:
Originally Posted by spence
Does the $300 MSRP have to be at a profit or a loss?
-spence |
Profit. We're not all subsidized Communists (yet   ) |
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08-03-2009, 03:07 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by spence
Does the $300 MSRP have to be at a profit or a loss?
-spence |
WOW!!!! A Spence post. Where the hell have you been?????  |
No boat, back in the suds. 
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08-03-2009, 06:49 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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Just give me a Penn 706 with infinite silent anti-reverse and a sealed drag weighing around 20-23 ounces - doesn't need to be dunk proof for me. Dunk proof is nice but I fished for many years without a VS. The booming popularity for swimming with the fishes has pushed the demand for waterproof reels - I don't think you can build one for $300.
DZ
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08-03-2009, 07:06 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rhode Island
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If you had that kind of capital, you'd be a fool to spend it developing a fishing reel.
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08-04-2009, 10:15 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DZ
Just give me a Penn 706 with infinite silent anti-reverse and a sealed drag weighing around 20-23 ounces - doesn't need to be dunk proof for me. Dunk proof is nice but I fished for many years without a VS. The booming popularity for swimming with the fishes has pushed the demand for waterproof reels - I don't think you can build one for $300.
DZ
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On Cape here, except for the low rent district that Numbskull and Sauerkraut live in with all those rocks and slime ans sh!t, if you swim with the fishes off of a sand beach you have a real problem on your hands, therefore a ZB or VanZebco is a non-nescesity |
Why even try......... 
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08-04-2009, 10:36 AM
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08-04-2009, 08:13 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Not close enough to the water!
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I think I'd try to retrofit an existing reel- a Z series, SS , Shimano, Diawa etc with good seals or machine a body and rotor that has room for all the running gear from one of those reels and good sealed bearings. Like Accurate did with Squidders-
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08-03-2009, 07:44 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnR
$300 |
i held a front fork of a bicycle made out of it
so it is being done.  |
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08-03-2009, 07:59 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe
If you had that kind of capital, you'd be a fool to spend it developing a fishing reel.
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So true, but it never hurts to dream a little 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven
i held a front fork of a bicycle made out of it
so it is being done. |
Again, $300 - here is a bike using said technology, discounted half off retail is only $3300 greater than reel budget |
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08-03-2009, 08:29 AM
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Keep The Change
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Road to Serfdom
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Why not bend up some SS and injection mold fiberglass reinforced plastic around it, dimensionally stable and rigid enough to hold bearings seals whatever. All screw holes can be machined into SS strip or mold in brass inserts. Groove in molding for a gasket and viola done...
Now to come up with $$$ for tooling..
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08-03-2009, 08:51 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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i realize that carbon fiber technology is expensive...
just seems like the machining process is where the cost of reel making goes sky high....
so when you change technologies you gain advantages.
A reel is allot smaller than a bicycle....
it'll be another ten years i guess.... ayep
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