Thank you for the great idea TJ!! ❤❤ I just finished putting my shelf together and building three spooling setups. Looks great!! Now just time to try it out. Love your videos by the way❤❤

I just started putting a small spooling stand together after watching this and I found an Old 1911 Recoil Spring I’m going to Cleave in Twain for resistance lol, this is a cool video my friend.

Best thing I do to unspool a reel get a bolt some washers and a nut if you have a empty line spool or really anything put the bolt through the spool washers and nut then put the thread end in a chuck drill and unspool a reel in now time

I use a similar setup, but without the bushings and springs. Bolt it to the same type of shelving too. Works great. Thanks man. 👊

I'm so glad you did this vid, James! I've been wanting to copy the earlier version of this that you used in the line spooling vid that Big Shirley recorded. I was going to figure out mods to suit my purposes, but you've already done that for me!

nice job jim the spring tension is the most important part of your design , i have made free standing spool station without springs and the bolts would tighten or loosen as you spooled up would drive me nuts lol

Love the new spooling station.

I used cones from a couple of wheel bolts instead of bushings, that way you can change manufacturer and always have the spool centered and "tight". I also used the foot from a articulating lamp so that it was movable and turnable, flat sided for spinning reel's and rolling for baitcaster's (i dont have a dedicated workplace for my fishing gear)

Great job TJ! My son has one set up almost exactly like yours and it works great. Thanks again for some great content.

Love that setup, especially including rubber washers. 👊

Very well done ! I use a big carpenter’s/artist pencil and my toes lol I’m very low tech

Someone got an A in shop class! Well done!

nice dude 👍

I have one I built for my boat. Cost me $10. First piece is a 3/4" dowel from lowes for $6. I cut it to the width of my center storage locker, so it sits in the lid opening, but doesn't fall in. Second was two spring clamps from Harbor Freight for $2 each. Put your spool on the dowel, clamp the dowel in place in the center storage compartment. BOOM...I keep those on my boat. It's cheap, it's fast, I can respool a reel quickly on the go while sitting between the seats. I've seen all kinds of contraptions and devices sold for doing it on a boat, many costing a lot more. This is by far the cheapest I could come up with and it works so dang good. I've shown it to a lot of people in my club and they all use this method now. Now, there's no tension built in, but we employ the Iaconelli method of spooling and run our line through a towel soaked in line conditioner. That provides the tension, and doubles to condition the line as it's going on the spool. If you've ever spooled fresh line and tensioned with your fingers you'll notice this chalky powder that's left behind. Going through a towel of conditioner removes that. That being said, BRAVO, sir! I'll be picking up the supplies to build one of your spooling stations in my shop.

Slicker than vasoline insoes !

This is a nice setup and respooling your reels should be a breeze!! Thanks for sharing this with us!! :)

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Great video TJ. I'm going to set one up myself!

I put a pegboard "paper towel holder" on my fishing wall and it fits thin spools of line great, thinking about bending the end back straight so it can hold wider spools of line, too! Cost me like $5

Pretty Cool!!! Like that setup!!! Stay Safe & God Bless!!!!🤠👍

Definitely building me one of these

Very cool I just use a short piece of wood dowel on my bench vise and two rubber bands

Hey TJ, cool easy idea! I’m digging it👊

Awesome. I just got some coupons from ace hardware in the mail today to buy this stuff

Smart man! Great idea man. Great video

Fun stuff Tinker Junky!

Great tips Jim

Awesome setup

Great idea thanks for the info👊👍💪

Nicely done.. Preciate the idea..

That's a great set up, I'll definitely be doing something like tha when i move. Holding the spool with a spatula handle between my feet is getting old 😂🤣

Thats a great setup and im definitely doing this. What if you soldered or epoxy the washers and spring together? So when you have to change spools its just one peice and the wing nut.

I bought one on wish 2 years ago paid 6 bucks for it now they have it for 4.79 I still have it use it a lot works well with the 100 to 300 yard spools and 1/4 lb spools definitely won’t fit bulk spools though but mine clamps to anything that. The clamp fits on to I take it with me everywhere a long with my tub of spools of line But great idea for people

Nice build !

You and Debo should have a segment home made fishing hacks .

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Great job

Nice setup, all I use is spinning reels. Tried a quantum baitcaster combo from cabelas, it was junk

That’s a good idea. Would work well on a standard work bench I bet.

Make big Mike hold a pen and some finger tension like all us did for our dad when we was kids

Awesome! Now let's see your solution for spooling a spinning reel, because you can't spool them the way to can a Baitcaster. They are a PITA to put line on. I'm getting close to buying one of those fancy contraptions from Tackle Warehouse...but if you got a solution.

I built one a couple of years ago, very similar. I didn't use the bushings, but used two washer back to back. The problem I have is the spool will tighten the wing nuts down, to the point you can't stripe the line off the spool. Do you ever have any issues with the tension changing?

Why not just grind off 1/8" off the brass bushing for smaller spool? It would still work on the larger spool. thanks

A piece of a broken 2 piece fishing rod and a small Amazon Box lol I desperately need something better to keep constant and correct tension on my line, I have horrible OCD… thank you Jim..

Whats that nylon bushing that you used?

I just watched several videos on line spooling and all the pros say not to lay your spool on its side when spooling spinning rods it causes line twist

Where did you find the bushing to fit the spool?😊

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Offer lots of trouble just fill a reel spool!

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Wow thats crafty!

I just have my wife hold my spools lol

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Is there something wrong with pinching the line with your fingers? Free and you've always got them with you. Well, hopefully anyways.

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Very cool, think I’m going to steel this idea. 🥸 thought, you could have just trimmed the bushing for the small spool.