How To Wind A Fishing Line On A Trimmer Spool: Key Points

The petrol or electric trimmer is an indispensable tool in the arsenal of the modern summer resident or the owner of his own house.
Thanks to these garden devices, you can easily cut around even a large garden plot. After acquiring this tool and doing a few mowings, many people think about how to wind the line correctly on the trimmer reel. For an inexperienced user, the first replacement operation will seem problematic and time-consuming, since developers often do not fully reflect the instructions for replacing the fishing line in the instruction manual.

Preparation for winding fishing line.

Before the winding process is necessary to remove the reel with the fishing line from the body. Depending on the manufacturer, power and type (electric or gasoline), there are three structural types of trimmers:

  • Compact electric trimmers.

A tool of this type has a lower location of the engine and the head, which in turn has two side buttons for dismantling the bobbin. When they press simultaneously, the upper part of the reel with the fishing line is detached, while the lower part remains rigidly attached to the braid. Experts recommend disassembling on a flat platform to prevent spring from jumping out.

  • Powerful trimmer and electric scythes with a straight barbell.

In this model provides the ability to install a knife. Removing the coil in such models is done using two keys recessed into the coil body. To mount the trimmer knife, you need to combine the hole of the reel and the rod, and then insert the device in the form of a steel pin (screwdriver, iron bar). After fixing the coil body easy to unscrew clockwise.

Winding fishing line on the trimmer.

The measured and accurate dismantling of the spool from the spit spool makes it possible to proceed directly to the winding of the fishing line. The design features of the head, the number and location of the fixing holes dictate the sequence of actions when performing this operation, and also determine the methods used. Today, there are several types of coils, depending on the number of antennae of the fishing line and methods of refuelling:

  1. Trim head with one working tendril;
  2. Reel with two antennae fishing line;
  3. Coil with automatic winding.

Single-bar trimmer coil.

Many owners and specialists note the ease of operation and refilling of a single-whisker reel. Depending on the manufacturer, the length of the line to be filled can vary from 2 to 5 meters. The end of the line inserts into the head into a unique technological groove or hole, and the winding performed in the direction opposite to the working rotation of the reel. On most coils on the outside of the case, there are marks in the form of arrows that indicate the direction of movement of the trimmer reel.
After winding, you need to leave a free end of 15-30 cm to enhance the centrifugal force, which is decisive when removing trimmer fishing line in automatic and semi-automatic coils. We leave the left end through a working opening of the coil, and we make assemblies of a head.

Trimmer head with two grooves.

After removing the spool from the coil body, we determine the number of streams for winding the fishing line (1 or 2). There are no fundamental differences between reels with one and two grooves, but with careless refuelling in a paired slot, there are problems with operation. Due to the likelihood of intertwining of adjacent tool lines, a situation may arise when it is impossible to extract new ones after the wear of the working antennae.
Regardless of the number of streams for refuelling, a fishing line must be from 1.5 to 3 meters long. Winding should be done in the direction opposite to the head rotation, since winding in the direction of travel will lead to the fact that the fishing line will not be removed from the reel. After the line tucks into the trimmer spool, loose ends (15-30 cm) passes through special holes. Next, collect the head in the reverse order of disassembly and check performance. Do not worry if the ends of the two antennae are very different in size, because when you start the trimmer, the knife mounted on the protection cuts off the excess.

Trimmer head with automatic thread dressing.

In some models on the market, installs a coil with an automatic winding mechanism. It is sufficient for the owner to fill and fix the ends in the head correctly, and the winding operation will be performed by the tool itself when switched on in the operating mode. It is almost impossible to wind the line into a trimmer with such a head, as the coil determines the position of the antennae. The advantages of the automatic trimmer head include ease of threading the line, and the disadvantages are frequent breakdowns of the mechanism due to the complexity of the design and high cost.