braid for irons?

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Originally Posted by newguy01

how did you magged your reels

I magged the reel with two D61 Neodymium Rare Earth Disc Magnets.

Basically I stuck I piece of stainless alloy in the side of the reel, glued it in with super glue, then stuck a couple of the rare earth magnets I had sitting around on to it.

I wish I could say this was some profound feat of engineering but in all honesty this is probably the easiest mod I have ever done on a reel, as it only took maybe 15 minutes, and I did not even bother to take the reel off the rod.

I just sheered the stainless with my foot sheer. Cleaned it and the sideplate with some acetone, and then glued stainless tab in place with super glue.

The magnets just stick right on it.

No pics but here's an Avet SX I did the same way.






The magnets are on there good, hard to pry back off once on, and they do not seem to want to shift or move. The only issue I can think of would be corrosion of the magnets themselves, but since I can change them out and have cheap supply of them supply this should not be a big deal. They are chromed and I grease them, but set, but I may end up looking at various ways to seal them in the future.

Here's the video of some testing with my Avet SX after the conversion I did.

In the test the reel is filled with thirty pound Power Pro spectra and I'm casting a 2 ounce tennis ball, as you can see the reel does not backlash even though I am not thumbing the spool during the cast and I'm consistently casting maybe forty to fifty yards. I could of cast it further but there's limitations due to the size of the lot, and the power lines.

Fun stuff... that works!!

Jim