bulldog1935 wrote:
I've made a few with music wire...
So, I'm guessing there is not a handy source of flat spring material?
I just picked up a very nice-looking old Shakespeare Noris 2111 for cheap; something to add to my small collection of low-budget vintage reels (to be used). The drag had apparently been left engaged and the end of the flat drag spring was slipping off the end of the part that compresses it as it moves down the screw when increasing the drag.
I straightened one leg of the spring a bit where necessary and now it operates properly but how long will it stay that way?
I do have a good selection of music wire but I'd likely have to file a groove in the adjuster (and maybe the pawl?) to keep the wire in place if I made a replacement spring from it.