joelhains Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 Any of you guys willing to post pics of your diy tube tail cutters? I made one similar to the one sold by lure craft but I need some sort of a press to mount it on. I'd like to see what some of you have come up with. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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School Master Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 http://www.tackleunderground.com/community/topic/17272-diy-tube-cutter-non-rotary/ This is what I used to base mine off. I made the block, but mine is pretty similar. I've cut a TON of tubes on it and honestly it works pretty well. If you want full production, look up my up north brother DaveMC. He's got a fully automated one, but he makes my TON look like nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelhains Posted February 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 Thanks school master! That looks like something that can work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driftwood Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 You can also mount your cutter on a can crusher. It's manual but effective if doing small batches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baitjunkys Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 Dave MC used a arbor press for years, you can find them pretty cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelhains Posted February 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 The arbor press looks like a good option! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMc1 Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 I started with the LureCraft press a long time ago. I stressed it real quick and stretched the main bolts on it. I then built one out of a 3 ton arbour press which worked great for a couple years until I got sick of working my shoulder too hard. After that I said screw it and had Leonard at BaitJunkys build me this wonderful device. 2 tubes at a time, bolts to the bench, double activation buttons for safety, runs on air. best thing since sliced bread of you start cutting a lot of tubes. I can sit and cut a couple thousand at a time in a couple hours. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelhains Posted February 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 I don't think I make enough tubes to justify that rig! But I've watched the video of that thing in action. Awesome setup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 (edited) Joel heres mine made ftom scrap. Edited February 21, 2018 by Les Young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelhains Posted February 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 That's the lure craft unit right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 (edited) It’s the block, but. I made it heavy duty. Drilled into side of cutter block &. attached to shaft with set screws. Works. good. Theirs is high & flimsy in my book. That’s the reason I modeled mine after theirs, but a way more beefed up version. I’ve cut a bunch on it & replaced the blades once. Edited February 21, 2018 by Les Young 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boknows Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 On 2018-02-19 at 9:22 PM, joelhains said: Any of you guys willing to post pics of your diy tube tail cutters? I made one similar to the one sold by lure craft but I need some sort of a press to mount it on. I'd like to see what some of you have come up with. Thanks New to tube dipping and tail cutting..looking forward to seeing all the various cutters out there.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass shack Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 I bought a 55''stand up drill press at a yard sale for 75$ welded the chuck head in place . cuts effortless lure craft cutter, have cut thousands of tubes I can cut 100 in 15 min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boknows Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 I have a table top drill press that I had thought about using for this as well...perhaps that's an idea...would love to see a pic of that for reference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 On Thursday, March 01, 2018 at 7:49 PM, bass shack said: I bought a 55''stand up drill press at a yard sale for 75$ welded the chuck head in place . cuts effortless lure craft cutter, have cut thousands of tubes I can cut 100 in 15 min How about some pics of this? At that speed i could stand to have one for my own use too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelhains Posted March 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 The arbor press is the way to go. I picked up an old 3 ton press one last night after work. Slightly overkill for this workload LOL but its doing the job. For now, I just have the cutter sutting on it not attached. I'm using a hockey puck (as any good Canadian would) on the plunger. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted March 4, 2018 Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 Joel, as long as it works it’s good. A mans got to do what he’s got to do that’s affordable to enjoy his hobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
