jbass Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 I haven't posted in a while, but I've been back in the shop. I made the stencil for the craw pattern and a blue gill. Three others now have a finish on them but no pictures with finish just yet. 2 Quote
Snakehead Whisperer Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 Those are really well done. Nice work! Quote
florida strain Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 Nice. I think I saw these on T.U. bass guy is it? 1 Quote
DFrench97 Posted March 31, 2014 Posted March 31, 2014 Where do you buy the bodies or do you make them? I'd love to get into this. Quote
jbass Posted March 31, 2014 Author Posted March 31, 2014 Nice. I think I saw these on T.U. bass guy is it? Yep, ya caught me. LOL 1 Quote
jbass Posted March 31, 2014 Author Posted March 31, 2014 Where do you buy the bodies or do you make them? I'd love to get into this. I carve them from a block of PVC, sand them down smooth, ballast them, make the hook hangers and the line ties from ss wire, cut the diving lips from Lexan then shape them to a template. Epoxy the hangers, ties ballast and then paint. Once the paint is finished, install the eyes, and diving bill, then cover the painted bodies with epoxy, let cure. After the epoxy is cured, install split rings, and hooks. From shaping to finish about 6 hours counting cure time for the epoxy for the line tie and hook hangers, etc. 2 Quote
Charlie47 Posted April 2, 2014 Posted April 2, 2014 Where do you obtain the components and how are they listed? Thank-you! Kind Regards, Charlie47 Quote
jbass Posted April 3, 2014 Author Posted April 3, 2014 Where do you obtain the components and how are they listed? Thank-you! Kind Regards, Charlie47 I purchase the PVC from Lowe's trim section. It is a brick molding. I cut the material to size on my table saw and with a template I made, I draw the shapes on the material and then them in to chunks. I buy the Lexan at H Depot and have a template for the diving bills and shape them on my sander, the stainless steel wire I pick up at an ACE Hardware not far from my house. I cut the ss wire into pieces aprox 3" long and use a pair of vice grips and a 1/8" shaft in my vice and twist the ss wire around the shaft for the hook hangers and line ties. The ballast for my baits are just egg sinkers with a hole and the hook hanger goes through the egg sinker. That's pretty much it...... Jerry Quote
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