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CPES is a good(best) sealer but watch out as it does add weight and kill a bit of wood's natural buoyancy. If I'm building from scratch and CPES being cheaper; they would be ideal as sealer.

bandsaw, scrollsaw, table saw, v-groove router bit.... Lots of choices but it'll all depend on your proficiency in using them.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. - Thomas A. Edison

If you have fished lures that does what you wanted before, take a close look at it's lip and tow eye placement. That'll give you some idea where to start.

I think this need a bit of fair give and take regarding newbie,olderbie and oldbies? Newbie getting a "third degree"? To be fair, I don't think all newbies gets just a brush off with "use the search". Usually it'll be answered like, "Search TU with the keywords "X' & Y" or with a few pointer to get you along the right way". And a search will dig up more information than you'll get from one person answering you; also search digs up different ways of doing the same thing so you can choose and modify to suit you best. Just take a simple question, "How do I use an airbrush?" 6 words or say "What is the way to paint Firetiger?" May take you less than 1 minute to post. But to answer the questions completely, someone will have to type diligently for half an hour or more. IF that someone has done it more than a few times, what will be the reaction when it's asked again? A lot of ppl are doing this as a hobby and taking off time from their job and fishing to answer questions. A few even have their own lure business and took the time to share knowledge. I feel newbies should be thankful that someone already took the time to answer questions, make tutorials with pictures and posting them. (Try doing a tutorial and see how much time it involves). It is the commitment to sharing knowledge that produce the wealth of knowledge in TU, we should respect those efforts and do a search. If you need clarification, posting it in an old thread would be more desirable and relevant than asking the same old one. There are times also trying for yourself first is the way to go. Mistakes are mother of sucess and great knowledge is learned from it rather than the opposite. As for olderbies, those who have learned and should be passing the baton along. So there is a continuation from the efforts sown b4. As for what's already shared, I'm sure all of us who posted did it willingly, so forget about complaining about ppl who just take. The richness and fulfillment is in the giving, and not asking for any "reimbursement". There I said it

We do have ppl just dropping out of this hobby for whatever reasons, I don't think anyone quiting over a period of time thought of "deregistering" from the forum. There are quite a few "old timers" i remember that hail from tacklemaking time that is no more active or even pop in. Another reason is TU has accumilated so much knowledge here someone new or a lurker can just get enough info to start and even exel so less active postings. Good or bad well it's up to you to decide. Care to revisit "Which is better, Devcon or Etex" every month? More..... Seasonal: Well this is winter month for the nortthern hemisphere, lots more of you are cooped inside so more post LOL Temporary: Like myself, I didn't hae internet connection for a few months after moving to a new hse. I have never replied in "the givers and takers thread", nor did a lot of others, are we the takers? Well my point is lets not look at the numbers and just enjoy what we have here, why bother lol. Do we have a vendetta against lurkers?

That is cool. We have water monitors here, same swimming style but I doubt any fish here would eat one.

If it'll be CNCed why wood??? Metal mold halves be the key.

Here's some ideas: http://www.plat.co.jp/shop/catalog/default.php Mid way down the page where it says, "Super Lure for TUNA" If's it's deep water we use metal jigs here.

Very sound advice all over. Forget about ur Photoshop Crankbait . I'm sure you know about color management in Photoshop and that is to manage the color process from RGB to CMYK and ensure WYSIWYG from designing on screen to printing. Pantone color system is one of the industrial standard that can apply to paint. If you insist on doing a simulation on computer you should consider ColorVision Spyder on ur monitor for a correct color match 1st then color manage to simulate Pantone colors. Finally to get to the paint itself you'll have to find one that adheres to the Pantone standards. Other standards available too, if you can get you hands on a color profile for it. Go with what Mac10 said. Computer colors are just not made for hobby stuff. Pigments used in paints are not as pure as theory suggest as well. Even just black comes in red, blue, purple and brown base depending on manufactures , they are not as pure as we imagine.

Light sanding (600grit) the cured epoxy will score the epoxy enough for paint to bite. Your epoxy should look a uniform matte after sanding.

LOL good one Pete. By same logic, all man are equipped to commit rape

Your own website?

90° rotated belly hook eye has the benefit of making a standard treble sit perfectly flat against the lure. Used that config b4 and it serves it's purpose but if u get weeds caught there, harder to "cut" the weed with a jerk.

This might save me from getting more PMs Download from MediaFire: http://www.mediafire.com/?fzd1yxc0mt2 PS: Clemmy why not put what you have in there too. Maybe we can collect the whole series in this thread. That's a bit of Lure Making history in these E-Zine.

I have one Apr03

How about this ancient design? it was used to weight gold

Just MHO, if you have something to offer, you are making $$ so it's just fair to help support TU by advertising in the Classified Ads or be a sponsor. Hosting, maintaining the site and some programming updates etc doesn't come free and that comes out from personal time too. The software vBulletin this site is running one cost 160 to purchase and 30 every year for updates. Plus you are allowed a link in your profile too which is very generous on behalf of the site admin. Why ask for more free ride? Don't forget, if you are good and a contributor to the forum you get noticed, that's already free advertising

Rigth on Bob, Suddeth is the one I'm thinking of.

Husky don't give up on foam yet. Here's something from Nishine Lure Works to inspire you. I don't believe their claim on N-Foam lol, Foam is foam but maybe they have some extra additive. Foams I gets here are of the kind that u vary their mix ration to get diff density, so the potential is definately still there. There is a well know company in US that uses foam too but have since been sold. THe name escapes me for now. (signs of inhaling too much lacquer and saw dust? )

Here's the deal, don't throw away your a/brush for photoshop. You still need to base coat, lay down a base color blend, blend the seams etc. Don't forge iridescent colors, metallics which you cannot print out. Photoshop is mean but not an end to painting.

Cool I'll check it out

Man that's cool. Seem the body can pivot in the arms?