Normally I am always spooling up my reels alone, and with the smaller 300yrd or less spools it was never a problem, but since I have been buying the 1000yrd spools, it was a little more tricky.  So I decided to make a spooling station at the house.  I have a wooden rod rack, so I just made it onto there.

 

 

Basically, I took a 8'' bolt and ran it through the wood.  Thought I would just put a nut on there, but the threads didn't go back that far.  So I got a locking collar to lock against the outside of the wood, then a plastic spacer, and then a hard conical plastic faucet washer.  Same on the outside, except added a spring to keep tension, and replaced the set screw with a thumb screw for easy removal on the locking collar.

 

Worked very well while spooling up 4 reels yesterday.  Just thought I would share an easy to make spooling station that cost around $10 and hardly any time to make.

 

Jeff

Nice Work Jeff - way to utilize your resources ~

 

But why in the world would you be spooling up 4 reels with fresh line like that ?  ?  ? 

 

       

 

A-Jay

Normally I am always spooling up my reels alone, and with the smaller 300yrd or less spools it was never a problem, but since I have been buying the 1000yrd spools, it was a little more tricky.  So I decided to make a spooling station at the house.  I have a wooden rod rack, so I just made it onto there.

 

 

Basically, I took a 8'' bolt and ran it through the wood.  Thought I would just put a nut on there, but the threads didn't go back that far.  So I got a locking collar to lock against the outside of the wood, then a plastic spacer, and then a hard conical plastic faucet washer.  Same on the outside, except added a spring to keep tension, and replaced the set screw with a thumb screw for easy removal on the locking collar.

 

Worked very well while spooling up 4 reels yesterday.  Just thought I would share an easy to make spooling station that cost around $10 and hardly any time to make.

 

Jeff

 

That is awesome, great work Jeff.  I have a rod rack as well and will be coping this exactly.  So please wait to fill the patent.  

 

Matt

No patent. I shared this in hopes of helping out fellow anglers!

Jeff

Thats great! I've been sketching a few designs myself to make one. I think I saw Jason Christie make a really simple one with a tupperware container and a bolt of some sort running through the side

That one is nice.  I'll bet it doesn't grumble as much as my wife when I hand here a spool of line and a pencil.

That one is nice.  I'll bet it doesn't grumble as much as my wife when I hand here a spool of line and a pencil.

 

Haha, thats why I've been looking to get one!

Wow.  Why didn't I think of that?  Oh yeah.  That's right.  I don't have any rod racks.  However, I do have a 2 x 4 I can mount one on.  Since I work in a machine shop, I can make my own plastic washers and spacers.  Thanks a lot for sharing.  Bet a lot of people will take advantage of your idea.  I know I will. 

Glad you like it. You can also make an "L" bracket and mount it to anything flat. Just another version.

Jeff