by G.A.G. » Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:37 pm
Kind of a delayed answer, but I just chanced upon your question.
Building on the previous answers, you could go one step further, by winding a fishing line around the cylindrical piece of plastic you will glue to the PE part to form the core of the reel. The fishing line is transparent but if you paint the cylindrical part black you achieve a nice effect: you can actually see the greasy metallic wire wound around the cylinder.
One way to do it is to cut the cylindrical plastic core of appropriate diameter to a length of 2-3cm so that you can comfortably handle it. This length will suffice to provide the core for a few cables reel. If it is not a black piece of plastic, paint it flat black.
Then stick or tie one end of a length of fishing line somewhere, hold the plastic cylinder with one hand or clamp it down somewhere steady and start winding the fishing line with your other hand around the plastic cylinder. Keep winding it tight and dense, the next wind right next to the previous one with no gaps. It should look very tidy. Just one pass will do. Do not wind the fishing line more than one level deep.
When you have covered as much of the cylinder as you can, keep the fishing line taught and apply a drop or two of thin superglue on it with a toothpick and spread it all over the wound fishing line. The trick is for the superglue to go between the cylinder and the fishing line, and not to cover the fishing line, as it would spoil the effect. Keep it taught for one more minute and then you can let go.
Now you can cut the cylindrical part to the lengths you need and the superglue will keep the "wire" in place. You can even sand the bases of the cylindrical parts after you cut them to trim them to the size of the PE set.
Cheers
Kind of a delayed answer, but I just chanced upon your question.
Building on the previous answers, you could go one step further, by winding a fishing line around the cylindrical piece of plastic you will glue to the PE part to form the core of the reel. The fishing line is transparent but if you paint the cylindrical part black you achieve a nice effect: you can actually see the greasy metallic wire wound around the cylinder.
One way to do it is to cut the cylindrical plastic core of appropriate diameter to a length of 2-3cm so that you can comfortably handle it. This length will suffice to provide the core for a few cables reel. If it is not a black piece of plastic, paint it flat black.
Then stick or tie one end of a length of fishing line somewhere, hold the plastic cylinder with one hand or clamp it down somewhere steady and start winding the fishing line with your other hand around the plastic cylinder. Keep winding it tight and dense, the next wind right next to the previous one with no gaps. It should look very tidy. Just one pass will do. Do not wind the fishing line more than one level deep.
When you have covered as much of the cylinder as you can, keep the fishing line taught and apply a drop or two of thin superglue on it with a toothpick and spread it all over the wound fishing line. The trick is for the superglue to go between the cylinder and the fishing line, and not to cover the fishing line, as it would spoil the effect. Keep it taught for one more minute and then you can let go.
Now you can cut the cylindrical part to the lengths you need and the superglue will keep the "wire" in place. You can even sand the bases of the cylindrical parts after you cut them to trim them to the size of the PE set.
Cheers