I have just finished drilling the first of 16 holes to be drilled into my jigmaster spool. Only problem is it takes like 15, 20 minutes and 1 and a half batteries to drill a single hole, so it'll take a little while, but I'll keep you guys posted on how much I ruin my spool.
-Brian

Tread lightly my freind, and buy a new drill. You're going to have to anyways. That and get a good bit. The harder it gets to drill a hole, the bigger a chance of getting hurt. Just like fileting w/ a dull knife.

Keep us posted,
Amish Ed

I'm pretty on top of it. The spool's in a clamp and both of my hands are on top of the drill pushing down so there's little risk of injury. As for the drill, I give it a rest every so often, that 20 minutes includes breaks for the drill. The bit held up surprisingly well, we'll see how it goes tomorrow.
-Brian

you need a new bit homey. Time to go to sears.

I've fished Jigmasters and various other Penns for 15yrs. but I'm clueless as to why you'd take a drill to the spool. I use a drill and polishing paste to smooth rough gears or a slightly corroded spool sometimes.

Wade, I saw Eric's YTS with the spool which he drilled holes in, and figured I'd do it to my Jigmaster since it doesn't cast for crap, no matter what else I do to it. The reasoning is that it makes the spool lighter and easier to cast.
-Brian

Now that I think about it I remember having and seeing some "wiffle" spools on light freshwater baitcasting reels. Let me know how it goes and I might try it on 1 of 3 Long Beaches that were given/bequeathed to me(old ones with chromed brass spools). I don't think I'll sacrifice my only Jigmaster though, unless I'm real impressed.

Tight lines
Wade