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@ lukich I did not mean epoxy glue , that one really isn't suitable . I have used 2K automotive laquer as well , it sets pretty hart , but to very thin layers . The topcoats of that concrete laquer on Finnish made baits are very thick and rigid , but they dip them for many a times , also it is very smelly . One guy on a German site uses this epoxy (601) : http://www.bootsservice-behncke.de/index1.html Click on "Epoxidharze" on left column , after on "epoxidharz 601" in center of page . I get my epoxy from a German component mailorder : HAKUMA ihr Spezialist f

@ lukich Don't know that product , but I've read the describtion on one of the pages appearing when clicking your link . It sounds much like the describtion of Etex(used it before) , also seems to be designed for same purposes like Etex . So if you get this product recommended by a tackle component supplier , I guess , that you can trust it , also the working process would be like with Etex , I suppose . But there are also different ways for topcoating lures , one could use ordinary epoxy laquer , in Scandinavia concrete laquer is popular and I have recently read on an Australian site , that one could also use modelling dope , this is a clear paint(also colored available) , that is used to coat and stretch out the tissue on the wooden wing construction of model aircrafts . Maybe also wait for other opinions in here or browse through the threads by means of the search function , there is a lot written about topcoats in here . greetz , diemai:yay:

@ lukich Welcome to TU ! Check Lure Fishing UK , on entry page click on the yellow bait for "links" , three link options will open up , click on the top one , many international suppliers for fishing related stuff are listed there , sorted British , European , American and worldwide(which is most likely Australia in that case) . Only place I know around here selling Etex is Lureparts.nl , I guess , there is also an English version of the site available(it is a Dutch shop) . good luck , diemai:yay:

@ thorium06 For your start out , do not attempt to be fast , try to be accurate ! Experience you make with your first baits would let you be faster and more effectice later , anyway . If you don't or can't use a bandsaw for your lipslot(the fastet and most accurate way) , cut it by hand after a marker line , it requires a woodsaw saw with a wide(high) blade , that would guide itself through it's cut , a narrow bladed saw would tend to wander . Fix the still rectangular workpiece in a vise . Do all marking work on the still rectangular woodblank , also cut the lipslot and slot for internal wireform or you may also already drill the pilot holes , if you intend using eyescrews . If all marking(with measurering gauges like 90

Happy birthday , Jamie , ....still rather more juvenile than mature .....? Anyway , you've got still ten years of fishing ahead of you , that I have already passed........ ! Have a nice day:) , greetz , diemai

@ Grit Alright , I understand......for your purpopses suitcase-sized boxes would really be more practical than cupboards . In that case I'd be thinking 'bout assembling some kinda "U" shaped aluminium or plastic profiled rod onto the top rim of the divider sheets , just to lock the spinnerbaits hanging in their grooves in place , thus prevent them from falling out whilst handling the transport box . That profile rod could be simply hinged and pivot around a small pin leading through one side on top rim of divider sheet and the two pointing downward "shanks" of that "U" profile . The opposing end of the profile rod might be locked in place with a small detacheable pin or hook on the other side of divider top rim or by simply binding onto the divider sheet(depending on size and/or snug fit of "U" profile onto divider sheet) . The grooves to hang in the baits need to be deep enough , so there would be sufficient space on the dividers top rim for the "U" profile rod to fit over it without the baits' wire arms disturbing it to lock down snugly . I have seen sucha similar construction once on a small commercial bait box in a catalog . But if your divider sheets lead upward snugly right against the inner top lid of your transport box , this would also prevent the baits from sliding out of their grooves whilst handling . Maybe plate the inside of the top lid with a flexible material like foam or felt sheet to come to sit snugly onto the dividers , thus lock the baits in place . Uuups , another difficult thing to explain on a distance..........! good luck , diemai:yay:

@ Grit Do you really need to transport hundreds of spinnerbaits ? For simply storage it won't be such a great problem(though a bit time consuming)to construct a large box or a kinda cupboard for your baits , you might also use old furniture . In a clothing cupboard f.e. , you could reinforce the back wall with something more rigid to mount some kind of (metal ?) angled lureholders onto , the long shank should have grooves for the baits to hang into and lead through the entire width of the cupboard , right from back wall to the doors in front . So on each holder mounted to the back wall one could hang a certain amount of spinnerbaits in a row from back to front , one could mount as many lureholders as the space and size of cupboard allows , preferably those lureholders should be fixed with a special locking system , that allows to remove and pull them out in a breeze , just in case , if you're looking for baits hung right in the back , not to have to remove every bait in front one by one for access . You might also utilize a different kind of cupboard , the lower type with three or four large drawers on top of one another . Provided , that these drawers are high enough , you could set in dividers of plywood , plastic or sheet metal , grooved at their top rim to hang in the baits . This way you'd have instant access to your baits just by opening the drawers . Large boxes of any kind might be equipped with such dividers as well , maybe even with two(if high enough) , one on top of another , both guided by two vertical rectangular dowels opposing either side of box , so the dividers could slide down in a groove made up inbetween the two dowels fixed to the boxes wall . This is , if you need access to a divider at bottom , you could just slide out the top one , hold it upright with one hand and get your desired baits out with the other . Probably build a temporary mount for the removed divider for such cases , could just be a solid , heavy board with a groove on top , just to put in the divider vertically not to fall aside and have all baits messed up . But before starting to work on such , you need to do some trial and some calculation on how many baits would finally fit in your construction . Hope , that you understand my thoughts a bit , not easy to explain on a distance . good luck , diemai:yay: