COME ON... YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!
  • Home
  • About
  • Sign Up for info
  • Contact Us
  • Schedule
  • FLFT Grand Prix
  • FAQ
  • Useful Links
  • Surrounding Clubs
  • Ramblings

Ramblings of a Field Target Junky

String Winder

3/4/2018

2 Comments

 
Picture
So my original purchase of string winders has worked really well over the last 2 years but I'm starting to see that they do break rather easily so I'm always keeping an eye out for other options.


Picture
Recently I saw that some chalk reels had a 3:1 rewind ratio and so I started playing with one of the ones at home depot. It looked to be durable, had a button to push so you could pull on it to disperse the line without the handle killing your fingers. I was able to put 65+ yards of line on this one and still have room left for more if I wanted.

Picture
Here is the non-gear portion showing the 3 screw locations, two at the mouth and one at the opposite end. I'm also showing you where I chose to drill the two holes for the cleat that I'm adding.
The cleat will be used after you have brought this back to the line and will tie off the string so that someone doesn't inadvertently pull on the line and strip the gears (which SOMEONE did to me when I showed this to them the first time).

Picture
Here is the front also showing where the cleat will eventually be.

Picture
I've put the cleat on and have added the two screws

Picture
The opposite side with the lock nuts added and tightened down.

Picture
Now it's time to remove the string from the spool. Cut the end, pull the spool out and start taking off the line. (You could do this prior to taking it apart to make things easier)

Picture
Here are all the pieces ready to be put back together.  Not a lot to it.

Picture
The cap where the string comes out of has a felt piece in there that is normally used to keep the chalk in. It's cut on one side so you can easily get the thread to the center when you put things back together.

Picture
So, what I do is pull the felt insert out of the tip. Then I insert the end of the string through the tip, into the felt, through the rubber "gasket", through the metal "eye" and then attach it to the reel. Hopefully you can see the wandering string in this picture.

Here is the back all put together with a quick detach key ring attached. On our targets we leave the female end on the target and detach the line by simply pulling on the release that separates the two halves of the key ring. We make sure that all of our targets have the female end on the targets so we don't have to worry about string placement.
Picture
Picture
Front of winder. The button after the "DeWalt" is the "free wheel" button. You push this and the string comes out without the winder spinning.
Picture
Here is the cleat being used showing you how the shooter can pull on this and would probably never break the winder.
2 Comments
pete kopf link
3/11/2018 03:49:58 pm

Now that is a clever idea!

Reply
Sean link
3/11/2018 06:59:16 pm

Thanks Peter. Irwin has a 3:1 winder at lowes for $5.25 on sale

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    March 2020
    January 2020
    November 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • About
  • Sign Up for info
  • Contact Us
  • Schedule
  • FLFT Grand Prix
  • FAQ
  • Useful Links
  • Surrounding Clubs
  • Ramblings