Jordanlures

With the E-Tex light pay close attention to the mixing instructions, where most people have problems with bad results is due to improper mixing , it is critical to get it well mixed , and a bait turner is almost essential, although some of the folks on here have enough commitment to turn there baits every 30 min or so for the first couple of hrs with reported success (I am not one of those guys) I would forget or get distracted, but good luck and show us your results in the gallery, everyone here loves to see hand crafted wood baits. Let the shavings fly and tight lines. David J.

I make this cut on a sled , just feels safer to me , kinda partial to the 10 digits i have and the blank seems more stable and I get a more accurate cut. David J.

looks like you left the end square blocks on and run it through the tables saw with the blade set at an angle. Just guessing David J

I use a mix of polyurethane and mineral spirits 50/50 that i dip for 10 minutes let dry then coat with a rust oleum base coat, airbrush acrylic then top with etex lite and have had good results but here are almost as many methods as there are builders , you just have to find what works for you hope this helps and welcome David

Hey fish have personality some like jazz and some like green

Thanks Mark, I was calling it the wrong thing, so fiberboard, who would have thunk it, thanks again. David J

@ Mark; Where are you getting your circuit board at, and what size, thickness, or any other particulars you could share would be greatly appreciated thanks. David J

Awesome creative thinking good job. David J

Wow sorry Bob It was Ben, thanks Ben and now Bob again, I work third shift so 4:00pm is way late in my day I guess my eyeballs get a little fuzzy at that time of day, bedtime is usually 1:00pm , it all gets a little fuzzy when you work by the light of the moon, again my apologies to you both. David J

Thanks you Bob for the kind words. David J

@ Bob La Londe Bob the first nut is a spalted ash with a maple top about 1" in diameter and 2" long the second nut is a spalted oak and black jack oak and about 1/2" diameter and 1.25" long I think the pics are good enough to see the threads are very functional and hold the cap to the nut securely. These and many others I have made have all been done on my griz lathe I am very happy with my lathe and would recommend it to anyone who wants a solid no frills piece of equipment IMHO hope this clears up hand threading a little. The hard part is fitting the second piece to the first. David J

Sorry about the double post, slow cell service down here in the ozarks and I get a little twitchy on the button pushing finger, and to answer your question Bob I use a 16 tpi thread for most of my projects and have used a 18,20 and 13 tpi all with no problem just a little faster or slower rhythm respectively. I will try and get a picture posted in the next day or so, and you will see the threads and there quality. David J