Line Winders

[Fish Dog]

Has anyone made their own line winder? Maybe I'm getting lazy in my old age but the idea of cranking three or four hundred yards of line onto a reel, under tension, by hand, isn't my idea of a good time. I'm looked into buying a line winder but the ones I saw were like $350 plus! :shock: (Some as much as a couple thousand!! :shock: :shock: ) I figure an electric drill, a little metal and/or pipe, and a chunk of plywood should be able to do the job. I'm just wondering, since I'm not a fan of re-inventing the wheel, if anyone's done this and might want to share some pictures of their rig so I can copy it? Thanks!

[fuj]

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[Fish Dog]

Thanks fuj,

I looked at that one. I think that one was the $300 or $350 one I looked at. I did some cogitatin' on a design and went to the local hardware store and spent about $80 for almost all the parts I'm going to need for one. It's loosely based on that one. I'll post some pictures when I get it done. :D