grady garrett Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Should I buy the Bojon,or Lurecraft's tail cutter. Which one is better and easier to use? what do you think. I will be making 1 1/2 inch crappie tubes. Are there any others out there? can anyone do more than one at a time? comments are very welcome. thanks Grady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squigster Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Should I buy the Bojon,or Lurecraft's tail cutter. Which one is better and easier to use? what do you think. I will be making 1 1/2 inch crappie tubes. Are there any others out there? can anyone do more than one at a time? comments are very welcome. thanks Grady I think BOJON's would work better for the larger tubes. I have one like his and if your tube is that small you would have a hard time rolling just the tail due to the blade diameter vs the size of your bait. If you are going to make larger tubes then it would be the way to go. I made my own and it works well but I use an arbor press to cut my tubes. I went to Lowes and bought 20 scraper blades and put two 3/16" shafts threaded on the ends through the holes and spaced the blades apart with #10 washers. and put a nut on each end and tightened them up. I then cut a piece of aluminum to fit over the back of the blades so that my arbor press would apply even pressure across the blades. I lay the tubes on a cutting mat and apply downward pressure with the press. It works well and is very precise but it is alot slower than BOJON's roller type and you need an arbor press, but if you are only cutting 1 1/2" tubes you may be able to apply enough pressure with your hand or a hammer to cut them. I think it all cost me about $8. $2.50 / pk of bladed x 2 = $5 + washers $2.00, the shafts I had made and the cost of the nuts. Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grady garrett Posted June 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Do you have a picture of it? How do big manu handle the splitting of their tubes. How would someone do one hundred a day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojon Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 The arbor press,or a rubber mallot and some boxed blades should work great for the smaller tubes.I used a set of carpet blades with cardboard spacers for years.The blades were set in a wood box constucted using JB WELD.I tried epoxy,but the box failed.The cutter box works great but the rubber mallet will drive the people around you nuts.I will try to send a photo of what I'm talking about.Very economical and it will work great for your use.The rotary blades are 28mm diameter,and as stated above works best on larger tubes.Mine are mostly 2 1/2 to 3 inches,and now I live in a apartment,so I can't make the kind of noise I used to.The rotary is silent.Be sure to use a self healing mat to save your blades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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