osutodd Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Been airbrushing crankbaits for a year, dipping in GST for my clear coat and just letting them hand to cure. It works OK, but I do get a drip from time to time, and always have to clean off the rear hook hanger. Now I have a turner, and was wondering what your thoughts are on which way to orient the baits. I see lots of pictures with them in different positions, so I know there are different preferences. Imagining a line from the line tie to the rear hanger, I can put them on with this line parallel to the axis of the turner, or perpendicular to the axis. I haven't been able to think of a reason it would make any difference, but I'll bet someone here has some opinions on why one is better than the other. One way, relative to the bait the force of gravity will go around the middle, like it were wearing a belt. The other way, it will shift from head to tail. Does it make any difference at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Makes no difference. Either way works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass100 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 I don't know if one way is better than the other but I do mine parallel to the axis as this made more sense in my mind. Bubbles will want to go north no matter which way the lure is spinning and by putting them on a parallel axis they have a shorty way to go to escape the epoxy. Of course if you are spinning them to fast this won't matter at all as you won't give them enough time to escape. I find that 1 to 3 rpm's are the best for thicker top coats. I recently just built another turner, here is a pic: This turner is made out of hardwoods. It holds 58 baits up to 7.5" long. I made this turner so that I can move it whenever I want. The turner is 32" long X 24" wide X 24" tall. My turners work inside of a hot box so if I am not turning any baits I can take it out so that I have room to put whatever else I need in the hot box at that time. Like I said I don't know if one way is better than the other but this made more sense to me and I have zero problems. Hope this helps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 It makes no difference. As long as the rotation speed is slow, then the only force in play is gravity. My last turner was parallel and 5 or 6 rpm. I did a lot of research on the speeds; the result was slower is better. Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 No difference. You are just preventing the epoxy from moving on the bait so orientation while rotating is not relevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskie Tamer Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Direction doesn't matter, but speed does like posted above. You don't want to go to slow though. My old turner was 1.3 rpm and that was to slow as the epoxy would collect at the tail of the bait, my new one is 2.4 rpm and is much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 It don't matter, But the axis needs to be level, Or finish will favor the low side. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aulrich Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 I picked up a lure turner plan from that guy who had been putting on webinars lately, with his turner the lure is at 45 to the rotation, the though being the clear coat gets spread more evenly over the whole length of the lure. But the best part about it is the lure clamps and how easy it is to handle lures from painting to clear coat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeter Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Hughesy is right. Makes no difference. Skeeter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
