wardsmit Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 anyone interested it getting a lot of old cd's for making lure lips? If so, send me a pm and will work out something. I trash several hundred cd's each semester. w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamSpartacus Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Wait? Does that actually work? Really?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wardsmit Posted December 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 yes, afraid it does. Takes some work but material is free. Can heat with heat gun and bend or dimple, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamSpartacus Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Anybody have any pictures of these on a lure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rofish Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 I have used CD material for lips. I became an expert in removing the thin metal sheet that covers one side of the CD. Some info I read says that CDs are made out of polycarbonate. I was glad to hear that, so I tried the material. My advice: forget about CDs as lip material. They brake easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 I have used CD material for lips. I became an expert in removing the thin metal sheet that covers one side of the CD. Some info I read says that CDs are made out of polycarbonate. I was glad to hear that, so I tried the material.My advice: forget about CDs as lip material. They break easily. What he said. They have a "glass jaw". Circuit board, Poly C and SS are the way to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 I got a welders sheild that fell out of someone's mask off a jobsite. I believe it's Lexan. It's clear/transparent, very flexible, and tough. I cut it with tin snips and used a piece for a lip. Works. Has anyone else tried Lexan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palmetto Balsa Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 I got a welders sheild that fell out of someone's mask off a jobsite. I believe it's Lexan. It's clear/transparent, very flexible, and tough. I cut it with tin snips and used a piece for a lip. Works.Has anyone else tried Lexan? I have seen the shields made from Polycarbonate and from Cellulose Propionate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazmail Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 rofish- I will second that, put one in a vice and try and bend it. How do you remove the 'thin metal sheet' from these CD's? Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jio Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 I have seen the shields made from Polycarbonate and from Cellulose Propionate. -My choice is polycarbonate; easy to shape and strong and don't broke easily. Propionate plate is also as good but more expensive and hard to found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rofish Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 How do you remove the 'thin metal sheet' from these CD's? Pete It is quite difficult for me to explain that, but I will try. First, I cut the CD into 4,5 or 6 pieces. I take one piece, bend it in every possible way, until I see that in some places the thin metal sheet is no more glued to the CD. I put the blade of an x-acto knife under the metal sheet, press it with a finger, and remove that piece of metal sheet, little by little, and pressing the cutting edge of the blade to the line where the metal sheet meets the CD. The metal sheet would brake not where you would want to (as big a piece as possible), but it would become narrower an narrower. With some experience, you could "tell" the metal sheet where it should brake. Repeat this process until you remove the whole metal sheet. If, by mistake, you drop the metal sheet back to the CD, it would glue to the CD as if it would be magnetized, making you angry with that piece of metal sheet (or me ? ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike-A-Pike Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 I watched a college kid stick a cd in a microwave once on high for a few minutes:halo: - there was a very pretty light show for a few short seconds,,, and the Halon fire extinguisher made very short work of the resulting fire. So what ever you do, don't store those used CDs in a microwave! Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazmail Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 Thanks Rofish - like you say , it sounds pretty tedious, when I find a color I like, I might give it a go. pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodieb8 Posted December 9, 2007 Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 we use lexan on all lures but metal on special oders. lexan resists shattering in colder temps and rock crashing. its expensive for sheets but very durable and can be cut easily on bandsaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted December 9, 2007 Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 Woodieb8, What thickness Lexan do you usually use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodieb8 Posted December 9, 2007 Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 we use 1/8 on the 5 and 6 inch lures. some 9 inchers also. if an orders requested we use 3/16th on others. some areas are rocky. some guys troll suspended musky.. a standard 10 inch table saw blade should give you the exact cut for 1/8. hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikeman Posted December 9, 2007 Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 Thanks Rofish - like you say , it sounds pretty tedious, when I find a color I like, I might give it a go. pete it is usable for the false lips from the other thread and for testing different lip types on a body shape before using a lip from a better material:twisted: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
