jerkbait Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=47287&cat=1,42500 Here is a little tool that will work in a drill press or small drill or air tool. You can adjust the air perssure to deflect as much or little as needed for perfect radii. I use a laminate trimmer to roundover the bigger baits but on small bass sized stuff in basswood, I just chuck this in the drill press and do all the shaping in a mater of seconds. Jerk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
out2llunge Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 That's very cool. There not to far from me either. Smells like a Christmas present idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverMan Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=47287&cat=1,42500Here is a little tool that will work in a drill press or small drill or air tool. You can adjust the air perssure to deflect as much or little as needed for perfect radii. I use a laminate trimmer to roundover the bigger baits but on small bass sized stuff in basswood, I just chuck this in the drill press and do all the shaping in a mater of seconds. Jerk! Have you tried this tool? Seems like it would have to be awfully soft for the tool to make the round you want on the edges of a bait. Interesting concept. RM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerkbait Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 I have been using it for about a year and even though I still route the edges of big baits, I no longer hand sand anything. I put about 10 psi in mine and use a drill press to spin it. The center of the drum will deflect as little or as much as I need to get a good rounded back on baits up to 1.5" thick. Small stuff as mentioned, I dont even rough I just hit both sides, then top and bottom and it is off to sealer. The center deflects more than the ends of the drum so you can either vary the amount of pressure or use the edges to get less radius. I saw a guy on TV making skateboard decks out of ash and he could get a perfect round edge with one pass on each side of the deck. I would be glad to throw up a picture but it may take me a while to get to it. Jerk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
out2llunge Posted November 18, 2007 Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 Here's another pneumatic sander that I founf thinking that it would be much cheaper - boy was I wrong. http://busybeetools.ca/cgi-bin/picture10?&NETID=2007591117071628396&NTITEM=B095N Their stuff is usually off-shore and cheaper, but tis time not significantly so the Lee Valley product should be much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverMan Posted November 18, 2007 Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 Hey lunge, buy one and tell me if it works on musky lures would ya? lol. RM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark berrisford Posted November 18, 2007 Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 that pnuematic sanding drum looks interesting but i can only see it being used for finishing as opposed to rounding the bait from square due to the large amount of wood that needs to be removed and associated dust problem's .the router is still the tool for rounding large hardwood baits in my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
out2llunge Posted November 18, 2007 Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 For hardwood I would agree, but for some softer woods like cedar the drum may be just as fast. I do know that some thickness planers actually use sanding drums instead of planing knives to reduce stock to a desired thickness so the possibility is there. RM, I know one of the owners-ish of Busy Bee maybe he can donate one ot my work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiverMan Posted November 18, 2007 Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 That's what I was thinking too.....when you look at the amount of wood laying around the router after just one lure it seems like that would be a wholelottasanding with a set-up like this. Seems like it would be a great set-up for those doing balsa baits though. I would still like to experiment with one to see how it goes. RM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbkindle Posted November 18, 2007 Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 PhilB, using about a 6" section of a large dowel drill two holes in one end slightly smaller than a small finish nail. Now cut the heads of the nails of and using a little epoxy push the nails into the dowel leaving about 3/16" exposed. You can now take your bandsawed blank and push the nails into the blank and using one hand on top of the dowel and the other to turn it round over al the edges. this must be done on a router table. You will have a couple hole to putty but it works great, just remember quality router bits. kbhere what size round over router bit do you use 1/4 3/8 or 5/16 or does it matter. can you get the full roundover with one pass kb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whittler Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Ken, I have 1/8, 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2" roundover bits so I can match whatever thickness of wood I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
out2llunge Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 It's usually best to perform the round over in a succession of increasing depths. Woods like cedar, which splinter easily do not react well to full round overs right away, especially for example with a 1/2" R bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoiseyCricket Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 A table-monted router is probably the fastest way for rounding lurebodies, but certainly very dangerous. Machining handheld lurebodies with a table-router is asking for an accident to happen. At work (a plastic machining company) we have several table-routers with custombuilt safetydevices, but routering small handheld lurebodies is deffinately abit scary anyway. Am planning to machine some sort of device to secure the lurebody when routering it but I need to get some sort of non-slip rubber so that the lurebodies easily are securely fixed without too much force needed. For handmade lurebodies a japanese radius plane could be of use, Iv e recently ordered a small one, 160x26mm with radius of 18mm. It will be intresting to see if it works, Ive read that radius planes like this are used when building custom music-instruments and stuff like that. Heres a pic: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikeman Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 NC, it looks kind of big, for small lures (let's say under 3" ) , and how are u going to fix the lure for this operation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.J. Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 I'll add my 2 cents becasue i've been trying many different methods. Router table is deffinitly the fastest way to go. Are they dangerous?...no not any more than any other tool as long as you respect the tool you'll be ok. My wooden lures are 4 inches long and I'm not so interested in rounding them out as much as I am in getting all of the sharp corners rounded. Recently I have been experimenting with a lathe. My baits are symetrical so the lathe is well suited for this. I start with a 60 grit strip of sandpaper and work my way down (or up) to 120 grit. I cut the sandpaper into strips and run it along the bait as it is spinning on the lathe. As long as your bait is symetrical and is centered on the lathe the results are very impressive. I'm inclined to say better than what I was getting using a router. Not much chance of getting an accidental manicure either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoiseyCricket Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 Pikeman... most of my baits are around 200mm long, so i dont think its any problem with this "small" radius plane. Im planning to manufacure a "clamp" (dont know if its the right word?), the lure is fixed between two custom-shaped acrylicparts that got non-slip rubber... kind of hard to explain for me in english I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.J. Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Like this? Available at Lee Valley for under $20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemmy Posted November 25, 2007 Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 Not that I want to contribute to anyone losing something important like a body part, but Woodcraft has their carbide anti-kickback roundover set on a heck of a sale this weekend, with free shipping possibly to boot, I don't have them but seems like a sweet deal. http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=20353 Clemmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 Go to Home Depot and look at their oscillating belt sander/spindle sander. Their tool brand is Rigid. It uses 4X24 belts, which are standard and easy to get, and have enough surface that they don't load up/wear out for a long time. I shape bigger baits using 36 grit, and it removes matl. quickly. Much easier than a router, and I have more control. I have nothing against routers. I must own eight. But the sander is quicker to just walk up to and use, a lot safer, and I can change belts and go from roughing out to finish sanding in a heartbeat. Anyway, it works for me. And the Rigid machine didn't cost an arm and a leg. Just an arm. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazmail Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 It's a shame we can't get this thread into a tutorial (M'sST) there are so many safety DONT's, and brain storming DO's, to questions which are basic and fundamental, to lure making here in one thread, it's not funny - PLUS- "The Australian Wheel' would be in stone for all to eventually take on board with fingers in tact. There are so many great ideas/ tools buried in threads on TU, you just have to read every one.pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuskyRuss Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 I found this on www.youtube.com thought it my help you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unc_ross Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 I found this on www.youtube.com thought it my help you. [/url] This looks like part of a video on making a jake... Is the rest of the video on there somewhere also? I can't find it. Would love to see the whole process... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
338muskie Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Did you see this one? http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?video_id=zQLwXu6qTwI&rel=1&eurl=http%3A//www.tackleunderground.com/forum/showthread.php%3Ft%3D10621%26page%3D8&iurl=http%3A//i.ytimg.com/vi/zQLwXu6qTwI/default.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskK0M5tGFv6tbgfb9iB4EOyw& http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWDgmV80S3khttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWDgmV80S3khttp://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?video_id=zQLwXu6qTwI&rel=1&eurl=http%3A//www.tackleunderground.com/forum/showthread.php%3Ft%3D10621%26page%3D8&iurl=http%http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?video_id=zQLwXu6qTwI&rel=1&eurl=http%3A//www.tackleunderground.com/forum/showthread.php%3Ft%3D10621%26page%3D8&iurl=http%3A//i.ytimg.com/vi/zQLwXu6qTwI/default.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskK0M5tGFv6tbgfb9iB4EOyw&3A//i.ytimg.com/vi/zQLwXu6qTwI/default.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskK0M5tGFv6tbgfb9iB4EOyw& Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 (edited) After going through this thread I noticed that hand held cornering tools were not really mentioned. There was one mention of a cornering plane but this tool seems a bit more convenient since it has multiple radii. http://www.leevalley...682&cat=1,42524 They carry another cornering tool but it does not have as much options as the above set has. Anyone try this method yet? BTW the pneumatic sanding drum posted previously is ingenious, now I'm debating if I get that or the above. Edited March 9, 2011 by Central Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Central, The problem I've found with that kind of hand held edging tool is that it catches the grain whenever there's a slight change in grain direction. This is because there is no depth control. Before you try that, get a block plane with an adjustable throat, and give that a try. A block plane and a sanding block will give you control, and remove wood fast enough. But Pete's radiused sanding wheels are the best idea for consistent, safe rounding over of blanks, short of the mutiple blank approach with a router table. I can envision stack of discs glued together and mounted on a shaft, with several different radius'. Sort of like a step pulley, but all the same diameter. The only drawback I can see is changing the paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
