Musky Glenn Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 2.5 " tail pipe material with a plate welded on one end makes a good place to hold liquid plastic for dipping musky size tubes. The tube baits are 8" by 1.5". Spray Pam inside of pipe to help in release of plastic for clean up. I do not sell lures. I just thought this might help someone else. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 Good idea Glenn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Glenn Posted February 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Upon using my tailpipe tube for an extended period of time I learned of several draw backs. First, the diameter may be to small as plastic tends to solidify to the sides of the pipe giving less room for dipping. Any touching of the sides causes terrible deformity to the dipped tube. Second, the best way is to let the dipped plastic cool between dips which also causes the plastic in the tube to harden also. This means cleaning out the pipe and remelting the plastic. It is an easy cleanup but still time consuming. Some type of controllable heat source might be an answer but I suspect controlling it would be hard as you only have a small temp window from approx. 315-375 degrees and I suspect this would cause hotter temps on bottom which would mean some type of stirring mechanism. It does make a nice product at a high cost of labor. In my situation it took two cups of plastic to fill pipe to working depth but it only took 1/4 cup to make the tube. I am a one man operation making for my self so two cups of each color takes more plastic than I want to commit to a project. I had thought about making all of them white then dipping in dye for what ever color I want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Will these work for you, in the mean time? https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Dry_Creek_35_Full_Body_Double_Dipped_Tubes/descpage-DCFBDDT.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Glenn Posted February 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 (edited) Those might be a smidge small at 3.5". The ones I am making are 8" long and 1.5" in dia. Edited February 18, 2020 by Musky Glenn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Those are nice Glenn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 36 minutes ago, Musky Glenn said: Those might be a smidge small at 3.5". The ones I am making are 8" long and 1.5" in dia. Wow! Those are big! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 3 hours ago, Musky Glenn said: Those might be a smidge small at 3.5". The ones I am making are 8" long and 1.5" in dia. WOW......NICE!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MT204 Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 Been experimenting making large tubes myself for Pike. I like the idea of the tail pipe. Could weld a "heat sink" on the pipe then set it on a hot plate? Guess that's something to try this weekend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
