Lincoya
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Actually Ben, I was the first to photo finish a lure on TU. Riverman was right there with me. I just happen to post it before he did. Gene
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Well said Skeeter! And thanks for the kudos, too! Gene
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I don't believe that it's your topcoat. IMHO, I think that it's the wood that you are using. Basswood has a high absorbency rate as I showed in a post here at TU a couple of years ago. No matter what you use to seal with or how good you think you've sealed your lure, it will still absorb water. I changed to Paulownia and have had no problems since. Gene
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Charlie Little!! Welcome back old friend! We've missed you. Gene
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Because BobP is getting kickbacks from Brite-Bak apparently.
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I use 22 cal. shell casings to make rattles. I use a small bolt in my drill press to expand one slightly. I then add one BB and use the dress press to press another 22 casing inside of the first casing. Gene
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Happy birthday to my good friend Nathan today! He and I met years ago on the old Tacklemaking.com site and have spent many hours talking and learning from each other. I wish him all the best! Gene
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Really looks great! You did a fine job on it. Gene
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No, I have not tried them. Currently, I am not making lures so I don't have a need for them. I am concentrating my carving efforts on carving fish right now. And, yes, that is a wire attached to the back of them. I think that the wire is used as holding device when they make them and is easily removed.
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She's doing great Nathan. She had her first doctor's appointment last Friday and everything looks good.
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While doing a search for glass eyes for my handcarved fish I came across a site that sells "old school" glass eyes for fishing lures. If you're interested the link is : http://www.glasseyesonline.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=77_78&zenid=68d76716afcdebc5728876fde36396ae Gene
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Have you looked at Jann's Netcraft? Gene
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BopP, Your info is not exactly correct about Hazmail's sander. He was at my house 4 or 5 years ago after one of our TU Get-togethers and we built one. It is not a true pulley but a disc with a rounded groove turned on a lathe to the porfile that you want. Then, the sandpaper is glued onto that. Gene
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Send Jerry (Redg8r) a PM and he will help you out. He is the site administrator. Gene
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Very nice! I love the colors! -
Jerlong, That's a great looking lure but please place your pictures in the gallery for viewing as per the site rules. Gene
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I've had one in my pocket for a couple of years now. I, also, mount the ones that don't work right to a small piece of driftwood on a base like you see fish mounted and use them as a desk piece. Gene
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Why not just buy stainless steel cotter pins? They work great. Gene
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I went to my local sign shop and had them cut different sizes and different colors. The black ones I use as shad dots and the the center of my eyes. The colored ones I use for the base of my eyes. If you don't want to fool with "picking them out" just ask th e sign shop to weed them for you. It'll cost you a little more. I got a few thousand for under $20. Gene
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Good looking baits Ben. I'm with the rest of the guys. I like the crankbait best but the paint job on the glider is sweet. The glider paint job on the crankbait would make for good looking lure, too. -
Count me and Linda in! We're looking forward to it. Gene
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Macone, Welcome to TU! That's a great looking lure. But, per the TU site rules, please place all future pictures in the gallery for viewing. Gene
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Mark, I've only used my Solarez once. That was right after I got. I was anxious to know how well it worked. So, I dipped my first bait. It didn't turn out well. There was a drip down my painting wand (not a big issue as I just cut it off) and there was ripples in finish that did not level out. I sanded the finish and dipped it a second time. Still didn't do any better. BTW, I let it cure in the sun, too. IMHO, I don't think it's dippable. However, with that said, I've only tried it the one time. Experimentation could prove me wrong. Gene
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I made a tumbler out of a popcorn tin several years ago by lining the walls with sandpaper and attaching it to a rotisserie. I tumbled baits for several days and the results were less than satisfactory. However, I learned later that i needed to put "fins" on the wall (like on the inside of a clothes dryer) to help tumble the baits and to also add small pieces (1" x1") of sandpaper to sand the inside curves and other hard-to-reach areas. I never made the "upgrades" so I have no idea how well it would have worked. Gene
