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I'm retired and live alone. Some folks say I'm a contrary cuss so that might be why I can't find a woman tough enough to last more than a week or two, but that means I can work on lures any dang time I want to. Even being an iron a$$ like me has it's perks. Ben

I use to play with a few lures after work, sometimes on the weekends. Lately I've been really enjoying making different swim baits. Since I got hooked on those I've been in the shop working on them almost every night. Here's a few of the new ones.

Oops! I meant ArcheryRob- old eyes see stuff differently! Sorry! (lol)

Pardon my ignorance here, but the way I'm seeing the Spike-It website, the Gel-a-Lure material is NOT the same as their Pourasol, right? Is the Spike-It Pourasol prepared the same as other plastics (like heat thru gel to clear, etc)? Thanks. Rick

I recieved an email yesterday from 12spot (Dave) asking what I thought was, "how do you find the centre of a blank" - when what he was really asking was,"how do you centre the eyes on a lure". I went out into the 'Shed' and took a few pics and came back ready to email them to Dave, and just read the question again?????? So his loss (I posted my answer on eyes) is our gain. Here is a few tools to get the centre of a blank, best if square and paralell, but the little 'spider' tool will also do EVEN tapers. Vernier Calipers (everyone should have these), they will measure width/ depth to 1/10 of a millimetre- mine cost about $40, but you can buy them for half that, or a set of plastic ones for $8. [/img] Dress Makers Gague- I bought this at an Amish quilt makers shop in Missouri when I was there in May (cost $3.50)- this will measure depth (lip slot) and length/width , and has a sliding stop, very handy little tool. Just be careful and check the measurements marked on the tool, you may have to file some off the end to make it accurate. [/img] Or this 'Spider', which I made way back, because every stick of wood I cut was a different width. I cut 2 X 'U' sections from aluminium 'U Channel' - file them so the legs are exactly the same width, drill a small rivet hole dead centre, (this is where you really need Vernier Callipers) and rivet the legs together - salvage the broken anvil pin from rivet and sharpen on a grinder to a needle point and drive it back through the rivet as in pictures (this will be the 'scriber'). Straddle it over ANY width piece of wood (as long as it has parallel sides, or which has an even taper, drag it along the stick and you get a scribed centre line. If you are doing multiple lures, it's best to do it along the full length of the stick before cutting off to your desired length lure blanks. [/img] [/img] [/img] I put more time into these jigs etc, than I put into lures - Don't know which I enjoy more!!! Hope you can use something here. pete