Line removal

[tooboocoo]

When you get an old broom or any tool with a wooden handle that no longer performs, cut the handle into 8" pieces.  Drill and insert a screw in one end, cut the head off, and attach your cordless drill.  You now have a cheap but effective line removal system.  If you intend to re-use the line, mark it with a label or Sharpie and store it with the rest of your line.   

[Capt. BassinLou]

When you get an old broom or any tool with a wooden handle that no longer performs, cut the handle into 8" pieces.  Drill and insert a screw in one end, cut the head off, and attach your cordless drill.  You now have a cheap but effective line removal system.  If you intend to re-use the line, mark it with a label or Sharpie and store it with the rest of your line.   

Another thing that can help and its a little simpler, are the cardboard rolls from used up toilet paper. Just slide the roll over the drill, and viola. Fast, cheap, line stripper.

[tooboocoo]

I have tried that, but it only works if your chuck is exactly the same size as your roll. Neither my Milwaukee nor my DeWalt is.

[Capt. BassinLou]

Another thing that can help and its a little simpler, are the cardboard rolls from used up toilet paper. Just slide the roll over the drill, and viola. Fast, cheap, line stripper.
[/quoteI have tried that, but it only works if your chuck is exactly the same size as your roll. Neither my Milwaukee nor my DeWalt is.

Huh... didn't know that. Learned something new today. The roll slides over my Dewalt ok,  but mine might be smaller than the model you have.

[tooboocoo]

You're probably right....both mine are 1/2" pro models I use at work.   

[SteelHorseCowboy]

I just save the empty spools the line comes on. I tape the end of the line to the empty spool, hit the spool release on the reel and snug down the spool tension knob just enough to keep it from free spinning. Then I insert a sharpie/pencil/pen through the hole in the center of the spool, and use either my finger or another writing utensil in one of the pie slice shaped slots to reel it back onto the empty spool.

If I'm throwing it away, I pinch the end between my thumb and forefinger, spread the rest of my fingers, and use the other hand to wrap the line around those fingers. Then close my fingers, slip off the neat little coil of line, use my leather shears to cut that coil into several sections over the trash can. That way, instead of sending 100' or more of line to the landfill for birds or equipment to get tangled in, I'm sending a buttload of one-two inch pieces.

[cport]

I just save the empty spools the line comes on. I tape the end of the line to the empty spool, hit the spool release on the reel and snug down the spool tension knob just enough to keep it from free spinning. Then I insert a sharpie/pencil/pen through the hole in the center of the spool, and use either my finger or another writing utensil in one of the pie slice shaped slots to reel it back onto the empty spool.

If I'm throwing it away, I pinch the end between my thumb and forefinger, spread the rest of my fingers, and use the other hand to wrap the line around those fingers. Then close my fingers, slip off the neat little coil of line, use my leather shears to cut that coil into several sections over the trash can. That way, instead of sending 100' or more of line to the landfill for birds or equipment to get tangled in, I'm sending a buttload of one-two inch pieces.

I'm a finger guy too; wait, that didn't come out right...

[Princeton_Man]

I have tried that, but it only works if your chuck is exactly the same size as your roll. Neither my Milwaukee nor my DeWalt is.

Probably due to product downsizing. Bigger cardboard roll, fewer sheets on the roll. Probably narrower smaller sheets as well.

Pretty cool though, I've used every technique mentioned here plus a few others. Anything that will fit in a drill chuck could be at risk of being wrapped in old line. By the time I strip the fluorocarbon off, it's not much use for anything, but I hang on to a few rolls of old braid. It's useful for repairing things.

[SteelHorseCowboy]

Probably due to product downsizing. Bigger cardboard roll, fewer sheets on the roll. Probably narrower smaller sheets as well.

Pretty cool though, I've used every technique mentioned here plus a few others. Anything that will fit in a drill chuck could be at risk of being wrapped in old line. By the time I strip the fluorocarbon off, it's not much use for anything, but I hang on to a few rolls of old braid. It's useful for repairing things.

About three years ago, this same brand of butt wipe fit the holder perfectly. Proof the rolls are getting bigger in diameter and narrower in width.




So yeah, we're getting shafted on toilet paper these days.