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This topic may have come up before, but does anyone know about a federal excise tax that effects tacklemakers? I was told by someone that if you manufacture tackle for resale you have to collect this excise tax everytime you sell your product, and it's something like 6% of the sales price. Does anyone know if this is fact or fiction? Please enlighten me. If this is true, how do you go about collecting it? Does this effect the little guy who makes and sells a few dozen lures/year? Thanks!

Here's one of the sites that sells them - http://www.craftkaboom.com. Yesterday I made my own with 2 fabric rotary cutting mats (Purchased at Joanne Fabrics store). The mats have rulers running horizontally and vertically, which makes measuring really easy and accurate. All I did was push the mats together, leaving an 1/8th inch gap between them which serves as a "crease maker". I then nailed small brads around the mats to keep them in place. After measuring out the dimensions of the box, I placed the card stock in the appropriate position over the mats to make the creases. I ran a bone folder (a creasing and folding tool made out of bone, also purchased at the fabric store) over the cardstock between the 1/8 in gap to create perfect creases. It worked very well. Again, thanks for your suggestion of making them on my own. That seems to be the way to go. Have you ever tried using a heavier paper stock, like poster board? It's probably expensive? Also, it may not go through a printer.

Legendary, thanks for your input. I'm going to try to make up some of my own boxes. I have a Kinko's by my house so I'll get some price quotes for preprinting the graphics on the card stock. I'll let you know what I find. Do you use any of the craft boxmakers that are available, or do you have your own system for creating your boxes?

Thanks for the advise. Legendary Lures do you print the card stock on your pc printer (if so what kind of printer) or does a printer like Kinko's print them for you? If you use a Kinko's, how much do they charge for the printing?

For weeks I've been searching online for companies that manufacture/ sell the 2-part paper/cardboard boxes (plain white or kraft) that would be suitable for lure storage/sales (like the antique advertisement boxes that lures used to be sold in). I can't seem to find what I'm looking for. Does anyone have any suggestions, or know of any companies? Thanks