clifford d Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Does anyone know where we can buy titatium spinnerbait wire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiredhatred Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 You know I have been looking for the same thing myself...and im sure the great Terminator spinnerbait company wont be telling us anytime soon. So if you find out my friend, let me know too!!! In the mean time I will continue to use those great baits, as well as my own homemade spinnerbaits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike-A-Pike Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 When I bought my glasses (10 years ago), I bought Titanium frames because they could be twisted and bend out of shape, released, and go right back to their original shape. This results in a rather expensive, but highly durable and long lasting frame which is light in weight and causes no skin allergies. The "memory metal" characteristic makes me wonder if any special process is needed to get the wire to keep the desired (original) shape while letting it distort and twist, then return to the original shape again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkin Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 They have some sort of patent on their frames? If anyone is interested I have some chart/white 3/8oz heads that are softer TI frames that I would sell. I bought these for $2.50 each on ebay several years ago and have no plans to use them. Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 I did find a place to buy titanium wire a few years ago but what you must realize is that titanium has to be tempered in a complicated process. If you would be able to find titanium wire that was tempered, you would not be able to bend it. I've had terminator spinnerbaits that I lost the blade and swivel because the loop wasn't closed all the way, thats when I discovered that you can't close the loop, it simply will not bend, so after some research and talking to a few reps from a tackle company, I discovered that the titanium wire used to make spinnerbaits is formed from untempered wire, then it is tempered to give the metal it's flexible property. I was lucky and found that out before I purchased the wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Maxwell Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Used to be able to buy titanium frames from Janns-Netcraft. They don't carry it any more. Instructions were to heat end red hot let cool then bend loop. That seemed to work. My only question??? If your spinnerbait comes out out of alignment how do you fix it??? Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Termite Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 My only question??? If your spinnerbait comes out out of alignment how do you fix it???Tony Tony, I think that is the point, they shouldn't get out of alignment from use. They should just bounce back into place. However if they are molded out of alignment then they would be junk. The other problem is you would not be able to tune the wire for faster or slower retrieves, seems like a lot of down sides to titanium wire:boo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverrat Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 I have used Titanium Tig welding rod before for spinnerbaits. You can get it at a well outfitted welding shop. I bent it with my pliers. You kinda hafe to go past what you want for a bend because it does spring back a bit. The down side is that its very exspensive. I have tryed tons of wire. Its cool to have Titanium frames but I honestly don't think they work any better than SS. I cant remember what alloy Titanium it was, a buddy got it for me. Hope this helps. Merry Christmas everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
