FishCandy Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 Over here on Long Island it's mostly salt water fishing. There are a bunch of striper anglers, and a big market for plugs. Every now and then, I'll steal an idea for musky or gar for use with stripers, bluefish, or fluke. I don't have anything fancy, most of my tools and machines are second hand-some free from Craig's List. My lathe and the lathe tools are from Harbor Freight. I ordered this e-book when I first started turning, I still haven't tried everything in it: http://www.woodenluremaking.com/ Turned out to be a good buy, he even gives you sources for materials and supplies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Glenn Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 One thing that will help with the balsa wood is to invest in a live center/ball bearing center for the tail stock of your lathe. This keeps the lathe from burning the end out of the wood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigblue2 Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 does any one have ideas about cnc lathes to make lures on just trying to find some help on whats out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishCandy Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 CNC is serious coin. A lathe duplicator would be more affordable. You'd have to hand turn the master. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCfranko Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 I've been making hard baits for years, hand carved from wood then molded. I just started with the lathe and I'm having some fun. I don't want to just make the traditional torpedo shaped lures so I'm experimenting with some complex shapes. Just make a few Jitterbug style lures that turned out pretty nice. I made a video and I would love to get some feed back from fellow lure makers. Check out the videos at : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishCandy Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 I like your video production. You've given me a clear path to follow when I try my own. I also appreciate the desire to travel off the beaten path. I didn't want to to just copy other designs, I developed a few of my own. It makes things more interesting, but it's a harder sell. People forget the "traditional" designs used to be new not so long ago! The lure drying machine you came up with is terrific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 Have you ever considered putting silicone legs on your frog baits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCfranko Posted April 11, 2018 Report Share Posted April 11, 2018 Thanks for the feed back. ..I'm pretty new at the video thing so any thoughts on topics and length would help. Stay tuned For an upcoming video on Unique Designs of mine that I plan to introduce. As far as adding silicone legs on to those jitterbug's; I have made hybrid hardbait / Soft Bait lured for saltwater that really kill.... I'm still a little bit greedy with those and haven't shared them. A hard body frog bait with silicone legs... Something to try. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
