Vodkaman

Just a warning to those considering building your own compressors or vacuum chambers for that matter. If you have no engineering education, then you need to do a lot of research and get a real understanding of the power that you are playing with. The pressure/vacuum chambers must be designed and built for the purpose AND must be faultless. Absolutely no rust or corrosion AND no drilling and tapping new holes. The best analogy that I can think of, is using damp dynamite as play-doh. Dave

Barr5150 - great video, very enjoyable instruction. Dave

I think a simple home made contraption would work. I am thinking a small mustard jar for the reservoir. 1/4" dia pipe in, to disturb the glitter and a 1/8" dia pipe as the spray nozzle. No compressors, simply blow. Dave

Bob and JR - yes, I saw that to P0P P0P P0P Dave

There are glitter spray guns out there specifically for the purpose. Dave

Try a search for each glitter. There are several threads discussing these glitters, you may find what you are looking for. Dave

Music is a wonderful thing to have as part of your life. It takes time and effort to master, but if music is a pleasure and not a chore, then great things are possible, as your son is discovering after only a year. I reached a fairly high standard, but just didn't quite make it to the big time bands. I auditioned for Fodens, but I knew that I was not quite good enough. I was invited to quite a few engagements with the Fodens band when they had players missing, so obviously I came close. I won a dozen or more solo contests, including North Wales solo champion, North West England champion and Manchester district champion. I do miss the banding scene and keep in touch with some of my old banding friends on Facebook. Dave

I also played cornet in UK brass bands for thirty years. I had to pack it in when I started contracting overseas. Dave

Interesting. The lure in the video is very like my sketch. As for the shape, my guess is that if you put a selection of lures on a table, the bottle plug would be the one that people would want to pick up and feel in their hands. The testing that I did on front face lip mounting were among my very first tests. My lure knowledge was very small back then. Perhaps it is something that needs adding to my list of future experiments. Dave

I tried braided once, nearly lost my fingers! DAve

A nightmare for everyone, not knowing what the problem is - sending positive vibes. Dave

These lures have such elegant shape. I did a lot of experimenting with forward face mounted lips. I found that the lures generated less action than regular, slot mounted lips. The reason being that the water spilled over the lip more easily, not being trapped by the notch between lip and body. If you wanted more action, then a deflector shape as shown below would force the water out sideways, generating more energy. I never got around to building a one piece carved body/lip combo, but thought about it a lot. Dave

It is so ridiculous that anyone would be allowed a patent on a cupped front fishing lure. Someone in the patent office is not doing their job properly. Dave

I don't have anything to contribute, except to say that there are no rules in lure design, just problems and solutions. Dave

Very nice eye wire solutions Dieter. Dave

Looks like a plastic insert at the front, rather than an over all tougher plastic. The design doesn't look anything special. I could not find a patent. Dave

Hope it is a BIG tub, Christmas TU meet coming your way Dave

No selfies thankyou.

DaleSW - Ben is right, the water becomes heavier and can support more weight. The result, the lure gets pushed up. It is the same with sea water, which is denser than fresh water. So, a lure that suspends in fresh, will rise in sea water. Dave

I like the idea of removing the bail wire, but I do a lot of bait fishing and this would not work. I have removed the bail trip mechanism instead, so manual tripping will be me from now on. Dave

I think the paint rotisserie is a good idea, but I doubt it would mix the paints from scratch. It would keep the paints in a permanent good mixed state if the paints are initially thoroughly mixed and the wheel kept running 24/7, with a ball bearing in each bottle. If I did a lot of painting, this would definitely be my solution. Dave

Dieter's words explain precisely why adding weight partially solved the problem, by solving the blow out. I addressed only the main issue of tow eye and lip length, but as Dieter says; there is more to it than that. The balance of a lure is a system of many parameters, some more, some less relevant for a particular problem. For example; part of your balance problem is body length, you could say that your body is too short for the lip or not fat enough. But you wouldn't adjust the body when the lip could be shortened or the eye moved forward. Your job is to learn the effect of each of these parameters, test swim a lure and be able to see immediately what needs adjusting to fix the problem. Dieter's expertise is attained because he rarely builds the same lure more than a few times. Therefore his 'feel' for the parameters is very strong and practiced. Dave

Brushape - Fortunately for you, I noticed that the video was on YouTube and I decided to watch the YT version. This meant that the link was saved in my YT history. Dave

JR - I am very happy with my regular internet service. It is not fast, but I have unlimited access for around $12 per month. For many years, I never got my money's worth, but I never had to worry about going over and being hit with huge extra payments. I download a lot of movies now, so easily get value for money. It is a pity that the company don't do a tag on service for portables, as I would gladly pay it and use it. But, I won't pay for a service that I hardly use. Life assurance is an interesting analogy, but not correct. With Life assurance you always get your money's worth as it ALWAYS pays out. It is just a matter of when. The company gambles that you live longer and you gamble that you die tomorrow. It is the ultimate paradox! Dave

I think your understanding of what is going on is good. Yes, the tow eye is too far back. There are two solutions; shorten the lip or move the eye forward. Given the parameters that you have given, I presume that you are looking for depth of swim, so shortening the lip is no good. There are no equations for this setup, believe me, I searched hard. It is prototyping, but eventually, you will get a 'feel' for where the tow eye must go. From there, it is fine tuning to find the maximum depth. Dave