SW Lures Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 Been reading this thread and some excellent info. I dont deal with resins but I do carve blanks. As Ben suggested to me some time ago I try on certain baits to have a balance fall. Rising baits I allow the tail to be a little more buoyant. The vortex that Dave told me about I tried a 45° (actually a 90°) cut but I dont like a wide joint so I tightened up the joint and the bait swam so well that the following piece bang into the front piece. After that I started openning up the concave cuts. I feared that it would mess the action up. I found to leave somewhat of a skirt in front of a joint, it alllows the vortex to pass and not drop into a open joint, killing the action. I leave my joints at about 120° now and this allows the action to happen. Dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted June 19, 2017 Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 (edited) Anglinarcher - good post with a useful graph. Those are about the numbers that I got using micro-balloons, except I am sure I did mine by weight. But, it was a long time ago. The lightest density that I achieved was around 0.66 but the mix was so thick that I had to inject using a cake icing syringe. It worked out very well, once you get the hang of the method. DaleSW - good job. Dave Edited June 19, 2017 by Vodkaman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
