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Sailfish? ............what sailfish?

All good tips. Remember Silicone molds will exude small amounts of oil until they run out. You should try priming the mold before pouring. I've had meager success with it, depends on the mold cavities, primer & application. If it works for you then you'll pull a primed bait right from the mold. You will still want to clean/degrease the primer before painting because the silicone oil is now on the outer surface of the primer instead of underneath it. If you try it, report back. Good luck.

Damnit!! I avoided the web & talking to 2 of my friends because I know they ordered the PPV fight. I wanted to watch it, who'da thought I'd get the spoiler in a luremaking forum. I was pullin for St Pierre Anyway, back on topic, sorry for the outburst.

Good to hear, Unfortunately "the machine" wont be making the trek w/ me. She's put on too many pounds. I'll be sure to shoot some good video & bring it w/ me to show anyone who's interested.

Travis has given great advice. The foam will form a "skin" that once broken will expose air cavities. The 16lb should be extremely dense however. I've been using 8lb. & its easily stronger than balsa IMO.

Same here, I'm a big admirer of your woodworking skills.

I should be there around the same time. My flight arrives in KC around 3pm & then a couple hour drive to Clinton. They put me on the 3rd floor. I plan on getting settled in then running down to Nate's to help setup & BS if he needs me.

You've been given an infraction for going AWOL, dont let it happen again Good to see you back.

Hmm, good question!

Well said, however, I dont see a need to change the course of discussion. Threads like these are helpful to me to help understand & better suit TU to be functional for everyone. We will soon have more search options & with Bruce's help, the Tutorial section is growing tremendously. If anyone has suggestions, lay it on me.

Cool, I hear they are considering Orlando one year, but haven't seen anything official.

Great links...... The one about halfway down this page looks oddly familiar: Kalastus.com keskustelut I built that one 4-5 years ago, we lost the pic in the server crash. now she's back home

Got my room tonight. I'll be in Thursday thru Sunday.

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Hi All, Just a notice to let you know TU will be down for maintenance April 4th. possibly thru the 6th. Sorry for any inconvenience, just wanted to let you know in advance. Thank you, Jerry "redg8r"

Same here, Hold tight, we're gonna do another upgrade, maybe this weekend, that should fix alot of issues.

Don't see why not, just watch your piggies when holding the mold open to pour. if you try it, take some pics for us to see. Best of luck, Jerry

Yeah, forward it to our claims dept....... Bruce is our claims manager Hey, Bruce should I bring it as "carry-on" luggage?

Nice hog, Bet you were proud. To you question, that is usually a symptom of not fully mixing the plastisol. The hardener settles to the bottom (easier to rectify with Calhouns) So I'm guessing your getting closer to the end of your batch & getting harder baits. If thats the case you could add softener for the remaining batch & make sure you stir the heck out of the new batch you buy, stir it well when you open it, stir it again each time you use it. Hope that helps & congrats on a nice catch!

Precisely, seems the simplest, so that's what I'm shooting for. I've used that technique before to cope wood on a tablesaw. I havn't tried that on the machine, but tilting the blade a few degrees might very well ease the tax on the motor. I'd have to redo the tracer to suit the change, but it's not that hard, it's made from polyethylene.

Just an honest bit of criticism, if you have customers, you should keep a backup compressor. It's happened to me more than once & they usually choose fail right before I finish the project.

Thanks, I love McMaster for those hard to find items, I did see a 6" ID bearing.......... $415.00 ea. They did have the lazy susan bearings for around $10, but Lowes has em for 3.95 There may be another alternative but you gotta support an 8+ foot blank of wood turning @ 60rpms, otherwise it would look like a jumprope

Again, safer & "green" products are in great demand, only problem is science is having a hard time finding products that both "PRODUCE" & are "SAFE" Believe me, I work in the finishing industry & spray @ 20 gallons of finish a week, I go to industry tradeshows, meet with all the major reps & they are hastily looking to meet that demand, unfortunately there is currently a trade-off in performance. Actually, the Proprionate dip is one of the SAFEST topcoats used here simply because it's reduced in Acetone which has been deemed HAPS & VOC compliant by the EPA. Acetone is also the main reducer used in many of the LEEDS compliant water based finishes. Don't misquote me, it does contain dangerous compounds but the parts per million were low enough to pass. The issue here seems to be concern for safe application. so you need to protect yourself & your area accordingly, which I see most do here. The majority of the builders here want a product (along with a topcoat) that is superior to whats available on the store pegs & in my opinion, you wont get that with a non-toxic product.

right right...... this video somewhat demonstrates what I think we're both talking about. This cnc lathe uses a support bearing to keep everything true, but that where the similarity ends. After watching the machine make it's pass, imagine the bearing locking onto the remaining blank & pulling it into place as the machine resets for the next pass. ov3awRWfVJc&hl