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Lapala- you must have the patience of a rabbit trap to do all those joints - beautiful work, as allways . pete

Because all of my lures are pretty small, I have 3 ways of

Yep - there's a post here with 2300 LOOks and 51 replies, it's that old 'Black hole' again, heaps of info OUT nothing back. pete

Deheron - I have also used these tubes and they are quite good for removing those bumps in a profile and also getting the 'perfect' curve, you just have to find that right diameter. pete

Vince- Yes , I do the profile first, then tapered sides and then convex back and last a slightly concave bottom. pete

'Out2llunge- there is another picture here , shows different blank/ jig and different angle. http://www.tackleunderground.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10686 The blank is 'Kauri Pine' - it's a ancient native pine , grows in Queensland. Pete

I know this is small (3" x 3/4" sq) but should work for any size , just scale things up.pete

Good morning, its Melbourne Cup Day here (MAJOR horse race) so it is a public holiday. I should have gone fishing as the weather is perfect here, and I am assuming when the sun rises there on Wednesday (in 17 hours time) it will be a beautiful there too

#Part 2 Either use a tenon saw, hack saw, band saw, circular saw, whatever rocks your bait, I use a very fine circular saw blade, hooked up to a sewing machine motor, because the slot is very fine @ 1mm wide. For some of these bigger lures you could use an adze and as long as it is square, finish up with a great job. Whatever you use, square the blade to the lure or use a set square to draw a line. I use jigs for about three different lip angles (and for just about everything I make). Lip slot and harness grooves are done and it is all pinned together and coincidentally, if you normally place the lip in before you start painting, you have a nice centre line to eyeball with. You should now be ready to sand the lure to shape

I see a lot of guys make

Mark- after reading all these posts, I realised that I was probably the only one doing this, which does not seem possible. When I was making lures to sell (20 yrs ago),I used a router with a full round over bit (20mm) to do this. I made multiple baits on a plank (about 15 at a time) which was pretty quick, but they still had to be sanded. Now I only make a few for my own use / amusment and the sander does a good job, it's quick, safer and does not annoy the neighbours. pete

I have read a few posts lately, here and on other forum, on sanding curves- I posted this recently on another forum, so hope you get something out of it. This will not quite do compound curves but will do concave/ convex. I made this about 20 years ago and have used it for all my sanding ever since. I use a disc sander I made with a motor from a free standing (i.e. portable) evaporative cooler (not sure what you call them there), I picked it up at the rubbish tip for $10. Just pull the

Double post -sorry about that. Pete

Oh WOW, csob3, and who or what is "Elite Series Pro Scott Rook". ! !pete