tpvegas Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 Any one know of some good videos of how to make balsa crankbait and how to use the lips where you tie the line to the lip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpvegas Posted November 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 And where is a good place to get balsa wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBlaze Posted November 11, 2014 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 you tube for the videos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpvegas Posted November 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 I have ben looking on YouTube but can't find anyone showing how to use the lips that have the line tie on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted November 11, 2014 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) It's pretty straightforward. Drill a hole in the lip that is a tight fit for the line tie wire. I use hand twisted "screw eyes" from .041" dia soft temper stainless steel for mine so only need to drill a single hole in the lip. Bend the screw eye slightly below its loop at a right angle before you insert it in the lip. You want the line tie to sit upright in the lip and run snugly along the bottom of the lip to the rear of the lip assembly. Assuming you cut the lip slot when cutting out the basic lure blank, you need to make a groove in the bottom of the lip slot in which to fit the line tie wire. When you epoxy in the lip, the line tie gets epoxied into its slot at the same time. Edited November 11, 2014 by BobP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpvegas Posted November 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 Ok thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwfflipper Posted November 11, 2014 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) There the search function at the top right of the page. There is a lot of info and a lot of pages Edited November 11, 2014 by jwfflipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonoman Posted November 11, 2014 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 check out the toxic tackle videos, the fella does a real nice job imo, I believe he has the videos you may be after...good luck Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedyarb Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 I get balsa at hobby lobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Maxwell Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 Balsa at any hobby or hardware shop. Thru wire construction with balsa sandwiched around. pain in the butt to glue up, otherwise no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
