CABLE TOOL LINE SPOOLS

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Permalink Reply by Benny Hardridge on July 5, 2011 at 9:56pm

The smaller side would be the working side,they would drill 5 foot at a run.This would be where they would spool enough drill line to a run. The large space is called the reserve.On a cabletool machine you don't want to drill with cable spooled on top of itself,so to speak.

Permalink Reply by Tom Kipgen on July 6, 2011 at 9:21pm

Thank you Benny so very much for taking the time to educate me.    It makes perfect sense now but I would never have figured that out on my own.    I'm going to build a fully functional 1/8 scale model of the rig and see how deep it will drill under my shop floor.     I just finished a 1/8 scale steam engine they used way back then to run these rigs with and I'll post a couple of pics of it for your review.    Thanks again and I am very sure I'll have more questions as I get into the building and I hope I can call on you for help from time to time.

Tom