mark poulson

This should be in the tutorials under, "The dangers of painting and clear coating without adequate ventilation".

Bruce, Thanks for the kind words. I made the wheels 14" in diameter, figuring the added size would help make up for the slower 1 rpm motor, and that I would have room for a lot of lures if I wanted. I did think that I could put another wheel on, too, if needed, because the whole rotating spit is almost three feet long. I put two concentric rings of eyebolts to attach my lures to, so I could, in theory, do sixteen lures at a time, but....... I've found that I am clear coating the lures on the wheel, so it's not really practical to do more than four at a time. Plus, the Envirotex Lite does drip, so the fewer lures I have, the less chance of accidental dripping from one to another. At first I worried about such big wheels, but then I realized that this motor is able to turn beef roasts, so a balanced 14" wheel should be no problem. I did put an intermediate support next to the wheel farthest from the motor, to take the sag out of the two part shaft. The wheel works great, and I am now trying to coat a couple of jointed lures on it. I'll post photos, now that I know how (thanks everybody), as soon as I have them done.

I haven't had any success yet with any of them. Actually, I've only had a chance to throw two of them so far, other than to test their weighting and action before painting and clear coat. I'll keep you posted. Late winter/early spring is when the bass eat stocked trout down here in SoCal, and that's when the trout glider bite kicks off. I made the bass lure for spawn/post spawn, but it should work soon, too. The ideas for the gliders came from the Lunker Punker lures. Jeremy came up with the idea to make a super spook-type lure that glides, and it is a huge success. I just started making lures because I broke my buddy's 9" pupfish at Casitas one day, when a cast wound up on a mud bank and hit the only hard thing on it, a beer bottle. Poetic justice. I bought him a Lunker Punker to replace the lure I broke. I made my first glider to try to replace his Pupfish, not too successfully, and then I saw how well the Lunker Punker worked, and decided to try to make one for myself. It's a blast, and beats sitting in front of the T.V., drinking beer. Barely.

Thank you Rofish and Hazmail. Here's a 5' bluegill airbrush http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s105/markpoulson_stevie/DSCN0290.jpg Here's my drying wheel. Thank you Dean. http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s105/markpoulson_stevie/DSCN0260.jpg http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s105/markpoulson_stevie/DSCN0262.jpg I'm working on a couple of jointed baits. I'll post them when I'm finished.

I've read Hazmail's instructions (they're printed out next to me). Here goes nothing. The 9" pupfish imitation I made to replace my partner's lure that I broke and that started me on this path, rattle can http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s105/markpoulson_stevie/DSCN0282.jpg My first 6" glider, rattle can http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s105/markpoulson_stevie/DSCN0288.jpg My newer 6" gliders, airbrush http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s105/markpoulson_stevie/DSCN0277.jpg http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s105/markpoulson_stevie/DSCN0274.jpg http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s105/markpoulson_stevie/DSCN0278.jpg http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s105/markpoulson_stevie/DSCN0272.jpg 9" glider airbrush http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s105/markpoulson_stevie/DSCN0270.jpg

One more try. http://s150.photobucket.com/albums/s105/markpoulson_stevie/th_DSCN0288.jpg Drat! It's still small. Can anyone tell me how to enlarge the image before I send it?

Beer doesn't work.

Great site! Thanks. The color charts are perfect.

A question. If you don't like the color of the bill material, can't you just paint it and coat it when you coat the rest of your lure? I have a couple of lures with painted bills. They work.

I Googled staminainc, and found them again. I've ordered stuff from them over the last few years, and, other than some things being out of stock, never had a problem.

Bruce, Does that mean I shouldn't try to post pictures that way? It's the simplest way I know. I should have known there must be something wrong with it. I can't figure out how to get my photos from Photobucket to the TU website, either in the gallery or in a post.

http://thumbp2.mail.mud.yahoo.com/tn? sid=2101622168&mid=ADHPjkQAAAD1R3vMtAGJmhNHiEc&partid=11&f=818&fid=Inbox I quit! I can't get it to enlarge (oops, did I just say that?)!

C:Documents and SettingsMarkLocal SettingsTemporary Internet FilesContent.IE5LGOFP5OT Maybe this is bigger. Drat, foiled again!!

Horray!! It worked. Sorry it's not bigger. This is my light trout 6" glider. Works like a champ.

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I'm going to try and post a photo again. Wish me luck. http://us.f818.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?box=Inbox&MsgId=306_24974586_14962_2355_2066581 Arrghhh!!!! Didn't work!

Those frogs look like they'd be killer for LM bass.

BobP, Would storing the DN in a squeeze bottle, so you're only dipping from an intermediate container like a shot glass, help in keeping the finish from setting in the storage container?

Seal it before you do any testing! Bob P's right. Install the bill, eye tie, and hook hangers, and then seal the he!! out of it. After that, you can play with balast. Nothing will ruin all your hard work faster than water on an unsealed lure.

I think heat setting the paint with a hair dryer, and then pulling the tape slowly toward itself will help. There's alway a chance for a pull away, but, if it's still connected to the lure, just lay it back in place with the back of a exacto knife blade, and coat it. The epoxy will hold it in place. I'm impatient, so I peel the tape after an hour, and then top coat with epoxy. Yesterday I coated some baits as soon as the eyes I painted were heat set, and had no problems.

Or using your marble method to make convex epoxy eyes, out of the extra epoxy that's left over after you coat some lures. Once the epoxy sets, you can paint the back with the black dot, white overlay, and there you have it.

Vman, How about painting the eyes on the lure, and then putting drop of epoxy on them one at a time, to give the epoxy time to set so it doesn't sag or distort. Then coat the whole lure.

He was a famous nationl dance school owner in the '50s here in the States. I figured he must have designed any bridge that can get people moving in lock step!

Vodkaman, The problem with the English bridges was the designer was Aurther Murray.

Weird. I just tried to go to Stamina online, and my computer said the website could not be found.