grayth Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Hi everyone - I thought I would ask for any tips people have found to help improve production times in cranking out inline spinners faster. I already have a bench mounted hagenfish wire bender...so far I have found the "weak" point in my assembly of these things is in threading the pieces on the wire. especially the tiny clevis into the blade, that can really eat up time with big fat fingers, lol. It's not so bad until you drop a few and well then you have to remake those - currently I'm averaging about 20/hour but would love to pick up on tips to cut my time down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gone2long Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 I certainly have no experience with the parts you speak of but I did make small assemblies and a small magnet hot glued on the end of a pencil was a lifesaver, the million dollar question is are the parts your assembling magnetic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayth Posted January 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 It's basically brass spinner parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlaery Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 It may not be enough but if they are nickel plated, nickel is magnetic. I have a really strong magnet and it will pick up a nickel plated size 0 indianna blade but it is not real strong hold. I use tweezers on some stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gone2long Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 K well then possibly a set of forceps would help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemmy Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 (edited) A lot of my advice comes from fly tying, Break it down into steps. So if you are tying 25 buctail trebles, first prep and stack 25 batches of bucktail, then tie all at once. Or in your case, you might first cut 50 4 inch wire shafts. Then bend line tie loop in all 50 using bender. Then thread on components onto all 50, using a syrofoam rack or magnetic strip or something to stack to filled wires. Then do final loop in each. Then attach 50 split rings and hooks at the same time. ( faster to thread on wire and hook together, so you only need to open split ring once...more durable as well, incidentally). Another thought, since you mentioned having the hardest time with clevis/blade, you could rig a block with a couple rare earth magnets to hold your looped wire form vertically, loop side down. Then thread each component on. This would free up both hands, one for clevis, one for blade. All you do is line up blade's hole with clevis's, and thread both together, one in each hand, on the upright wire. Just make sure to put the blade on in the right direction, lol... A tray or basket right underneath would help to catch the inevitable drops.. Hope this helps, Clemmy Edited January 21, 2014 by clemmy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 I use the step assembly method aswell which dose speed up the process.The biggest addition to my inline work was getting a magnifying flourescent light.7inch window with 3.5X magnification.It has saved a lot of fumbling around getting clevice to blade to shaft etc. Mine was an 85$ purchase .Well worth the money and the saved time and frustration. Hope this helps. On another point..I hope your still able to enjoy the making....at 20 an hour it starts to sound like work...LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 You could also try to find a thumb or finger thimble that has a stickey surface which will help hold the smallest of parts easier as you use the magnified veiwer to guide the small shaft through the piece. A little trick picked up from tieing flies using glass beads. Im sure these would be available at sewing supply shops. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinman Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 My solution to spinner production is my 14 year old son. He has the youg eyes and youthful enthusiam to crank spinners out pretty quick. I am hoping I have this resource for a couple more years at least. But, overall, after years of making spinners, I cannot say that there is a miracle cure for production other than organization. I will try to post a video on this thread soon to show how I do it...maybe it will help you figure out some short cuts on your end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Glenn Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I stand the wire shaft straight up in my fly tying vise. That way I have both hands free to handle parts especially when putting two blades together where you use clevises that overlap each other half way. First clevis-first leg on shaft, second clevis-first leg on shaft, first clevis-second leg on shaft, second clevis-second leg on shaft. Nothing to it but still not fast. Musky Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elijahhenry10 Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 I also break it into steps. I'll cut 100 or so pieces of wire one night and bend they eye in it. Then I'll work at making 10 of the same lure at the same time. When u get concentrated I can crank them out about 1:30 to 2 minutes a piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toadfrog Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 If you make and paint your own lead bodies at some point . Cast the body on the shaft you are going to use make the spinner instead of the pull wires you get with the mold . Eliminates one step . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
