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To: techdiver@opal.com <AHDNN1A.DDRAKE01@ed*.co*>
Subject: Re: , Reels,
From: "Andrew Cohen" <Andrew_Cohen@cc*.ss*.nm*.go*>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 95 07:59:33 EST

     I built a reel using a spool from telephone wire, contained by a frame 
     made oput of 1"/1/16" aluminum. I used nylon bushings and a nylon 
     winding handle.  It cost me about a dollar for the nylon parts; the 
     rest was garbage.  It works fine, and I can control the tension by 
     tightning a wingnut that goes through the spool's hub.  It holds about 
     200 feet of 550 cord (parachute cord).

     Andy Cohen


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Subject: UPDs, Reels, UW/USA, & Programs
Author:  <AHDNN1A.DDRAKE01@ed*.co*> at ~INTERNET
Date:    95/03/23 20:19
rs, etc.  Does anyone
have any information on these?  I can easily make a reel frame, but can't make 
a good spool.  Does anyone know where I can get a relatively inexpensive
spool that is suitable for salt water other than Dive Rite. Are there any 
plans lying around for a spool, particularly one that has an automatic 
tensioner device?  I've developed a crude mechanism to do that and help stop 
tangling, but thought there should be something better.

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