Anyone Made Anything Out Of Balsa Wood?

[Brent Christian]

If so how do you do it? The ol lady was at Hobby Lobby today and i ran across some and bought it, maybe try to make something while snowed in.

[Bluebasser86]

I tried. It's super light and very buoyant. I couldn't get the weight right in it to make anything work right so I ended up junking it. 

[Brent Christian]

i made a popper a couple years back, but lost intrest real quick and never really tried anything else..

[Munkin]

A lot of crankbaits are made out of balsa as it is very buoyant. Things to know about balsa: there are different levels of hardness/density, it is very forgiving as far as ballasting, more fragile that other wood. I have made a few crankbaits but it is tough to get both sides even on the blank. Now the only ones I make are D-Bait style out of blanks I buy from Janns or Barlows.

 

Allen

[Cole Richards]

Balsa is hard to make , due to weighting issues , I make my own plugs all the time . Pine wood or bass wood makes a great plug , all you need is a belt sander and band saw and you are good to go.  With balsa make the plug in two separate sections and run a wire through the bait for stability and strenght of your hardware.  Then add a weight inside the two halves and seal them with epoxy .  Then cut a lip and add rattles and it's ready to paint.  I always seal balsa with pour on epoxy to add durability.   Add hooks to the wire and you should be ready to go 

[kcdinkerz]

This guy on the tube has some amazing builds using balsa his name channel is Paul Adams check him out he covers pretty much everything

[drew4779]

I have always used cedar but have never got the weighting right for cranks.  I'm stuck on spook style lures.