Some of you may have seen this elsewhere but here’s some pics of a custom reel I built.
As pictured it has been made entirely of brand new - 100% genuine Daiwa parts.
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JIM
What would Macgyver do . . . . . ?
Nice work Jim, Though of a name for it yet? I see you have parts from the Pixy, Alphas, and Steez .. plus a few more internally no doubt. Don't suppose you have any tips for painting a Zaion body Gekkabijin do you?
Thanks
Matt
Thanks mate … it was lots of trial and error, and parts orders but I finally got it how I wanted it.Originally Posted by MattChew
Sorry I can’t help you with painting a zaion bodied reel that’s not really my area.
Flairj did a “project cherry certate” on this forum he might be able to help.
JIM
What would Macgyver do . . . . . ?
Jim, McGyver would be proud, except his reel would have fold out braidcutters and built in fishfinder made out of a casio watch!!
Seriously, looks like a brilliant reel. Quite well balanced and cosmetically pleasing look too. Well done mate. Hope it performs as good as it looks.....dare say it will!!
cheers Steve
Thanks Steve hopefully I'll give it a good work out this summer.
It has since been modified with some non genuine Daiwa parts and spooled with PE#1 to be used later this year.
11+1 bearings (incl 2 ceramic. )
7 element drag stack with carbontex (stock was 3 element)
Weight - 155gr
Pixy main body
Pixy brake holder and magnets
Pixy spool tension knob.
Pixy main shaft bearing (thinner than alphas shaft bearing width)
Alphas ito ai left side plate (brake and brake holder removed)
Alphas ito ai right side plate
Alphas ito ai worm drive sleeve (black)
Alphas R-edition drag star
Daiwa Zillion Pe worm drive collar and bearing
Daiwa Zillion Pe level wind
Ize factory 90mm carbon handle
Ize factory bearing x4
Ize factory handle nut and collar
Smooth Drag 7 element drag stack with carbontex.
Zpi aluminium knobs x2
Zpi ceramic bearings spool bearings x2
Zpi Rc 301 Cp-o Mg spool
Zpi decal inside the clear side plate.
Polished internals and full re-lube with Hot Sauce.
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JIM
What would Macgyver do . . . . . ?
is it for sale?
(when Im dead) my biggest FEAR is that my wife will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it.........
how much did it cost to mke this reel? im sure you did it just for kicks, but is it more cost efficient to make one like this.... looks awesome and i want one!!!
I support catch and release fishing, Keeping the natives native
Nice looking reel mate.
I have been toying with the idea of morphing my alphas 103, alphas r and an ito into a custom reel, but you beat me to it.
Nice work.
Cheers
Lee
looks verry impressive.seems you've done a lot of hard yards for parts?i'v done a couple of abu reels and found it hard to source the aftermarket parts is there a place that specialises in aftermarket reel parts that you know of ....peter
Everyone has a price mate....but I doubt anyone else will see the value in it.
Bit like guys that build hot rod cars. Not everyone else will see the same value in it as the guy who built it.
Cost to build in the original daiwa form (first set of pics) including purchasing the 2x brand new donor reels and brand new parts (and shipping) is approx- $1300aud . The orange Zpi spool alone is nearly $400Aud. Taking the total cost to over $1600 aud.
Yes I almost have a complete alphas, and a heap of other spare parts but the idea was to get the pixy exactly how I wanted it. Maybe one day I’ll get around to doing something with all the spares and leftover parts I have.
All the genuine Daiwa parts came from PLAT or Japan Tackle. Japan tackle have a heap of abus parts although they are currently out of stock of a lot of them. I have a big order of abu parts on back order with them…
JIM
What would Macgyver do . . . . . ?
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