penn 113h full accurate conversion

this is not a rebuild post, but just a short post to show off a little.  a guy sent over a beautiful old 113h with an accurate frame and side plate kit.  it's been a while since i put one of these together. 



they're really not hard to do, just a little tedious.  still, it's rare for me to find one already put together that doesn't have some small issue, a screw in the wrong place, or something.  i wanted this one to be perfect!  so the bearings were all lubed, all the screw holes and non-exposed metal surfaces had a light coating of grease, used all stainless hex head screws for the side plate, switched out the brass yoke for a stainless steel one that i had left over, shimmed the gear sleeve, greased the drag washers and installed an oversized pete kolekar handle on a penn international 30 arm. 



i checked the drag on a scale and broke the line at 25#'s.  this reel will easily fish straight 50# mono at 15#'s of drag, or straight 60# mono at 18#'s of drag.  it also had 30 seconds of freespool after just a gentle spin.  it's a little tight right now, but will loosen up nicely after a couple of albacore or yellowfin tuna.  yes, it's old school, but i still believe that, for what it costs and what it does, the penn 113h remains the best value on the market today. 

oh, and bob, your reel is ready......

work of art Alan. In this day and age everything is throwaway. Old school rocks!!

Nice to see one done right Alan.I've seen quite a few "Frankenreels" on Ebay with Accuplates by Bubba that couldn't hold a candle to your work.Sweet!

Very nice!
Alan.... what's the estimated cost for one of us build a similar reel vs. buying something like a Progear?

Progear probably less expensive.

That's a great loking reel. I have a couple full conversions that I still use: 501, 500 (99ed) and 113 in Ice blue.

I'd really like to finish them off with SS yokes, and some of those SS hex head screws (its real dicey not scratching the sides of the screw holes with a flat blade screwdriver).  Can you tell me where I can get those parts?

progears are definitely the way to go, but you may need to change out the drag washers. charkbait has the yokes, olander's or any fastener place has the screws. 

Allan,When I was using the Accurate frames I had problems with line getting pinched between the spool and frame.Is there a spool that fits better in those conversions?
 I resorted to building up the spool flanges with epoxy and then turning them on a lathe.