Swivel pre-load

[bigwood]

In the process of getting tools together for a long spell of owning a Disco I wondered if any one has bought a spring balance for setting the swivel pre- load recently. The ones we had in the Army were  a brass thing you used to see being used by fishing people. As this was a long time ago is there a more up to date piece of kit.  :tappity:

[bilge rat]

thats what i still use now , got it from a fishing stand at a coutry show...alan....

[clbarclay]

I tied using a small digital scales very similar to these (what I had to hand at the time)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Electronic-Digital-Kitchen-Food-Fishing-Hanging-Scale_W0QQitemZ190219946774QQihZ009QQcategoryZ50419QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

But to be honest a good old fangled spring balance is a handier piece of kit to use. An analog display is much better for this kind of thing.

[andyb]

I just have fishing scales that you hold in one hand and hang fish on.........or use to set swivel preload.

Works fine for me. :)

[crazymac]

Nice to hear that there is something that technology can't replace :dance: