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03-07-2005, 11:24 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Grafton, Ma
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my very first off lathe
Well, here they are. My very first attempts.
Both needles are 7.5" Popper 5". White cedar. Even got the through hole drilled. Used the lathe like Slipknot showed at plugfest. Thanks
Looking to make the needles floating/slooow sinking. Still usure how much weight to use in belly and tail.
Ordered some hardware from NJ tackle. Waiting on it to arrive before I drill any holes. Unsure what size holes to make for grommets.
I appreciate all the information you guys have posted on this site. I wouldnt stand a chance without it.
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03-07-2005, 11:26 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Grafton, Ma
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Also sealed a few NJ Tackle poppers. Waiting to prime and paint.
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03-07-2005, 11:45 AM
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Let's Rock!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Wareham, MA
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Nice Job!!!......Good luck with you new addiction.
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03-07-2005, 12:57 PM
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Keep The Change
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Road to Serfdom
Posts: 3,275
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To figure out how much weight and where, find a plug you like the action on and float it in the sink. Take the plug you are building and tape soem weight on with scotch tape where you think it should be and float it. Adjust weights till you get what you want.
I usually do it without hooks, but with wire and a swivel.
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“It’s not up to the courts to invent new minorities that get special protections,” Antonin Scalia
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03-07-2005, 04:10 PM
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Certified Mass-hole
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Jackson, NJ but born and raised in Massachusetts.
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Looking good!! I just keeps getting better!!
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03-07-2005, 04:12 PM
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viva the plug-o-lution
Join Date: May 2002
Location: notsob
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live to fish. fish to live. rod tips high.
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03-07-2005, 05:46 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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 Great start, don't tease us, keep going. |
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03-07-2005, 07:35 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
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" Choose Life "
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03-07-2005, 09:39 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
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Nice job
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Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey 
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03-08-2005, 07:35 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: jerseyshore
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Be sure to seal em.Hate to see ur first runs split or get water logged.
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03-08-2005, 08:59 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Grafton, Ma
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Thanks guys.
I will definatly be sealing them once I have put the rest of my holes in.
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03-08-2006, 07:36 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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very nice looking job..i am new to lure building, could you please tell me what size hole you drill thru ? thank you gary
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03-08-2006, 07:59 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
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1/8 "
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Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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03-08-2006, 12:22 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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Originally Posted by garyb
very nice looking job..i am new to lure building, could you please tell me what size hole you drill thru ? thank you gary
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Go with a 5/32. Fits nose grommet and a sturdier drill than 1/8. Also go with an aircraft drill, less flute length. I am not a fan of those brad point drills with the long flutes. You will never get the chips to flow down the flutes much more than 3/4 of and inch before it starts to heat up so no need for all the flute. Much less flute length equals less flex and more strength. M&D's has them. Peck away at the wood, relieve the chips frequently or it will heat up the drill and wood and it will walk. Get a short length drill same size to start then go on to longer length drill. Good luck. P. |
"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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03-08-2006, 12:25 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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What PM said.....I find the 5/32 is easier to work w/ than the 1/8.
And Lower.....Sweet looking Shtuff
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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03-08-2006, 12:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: plymouth,ma
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Ths is like deja vu. Funny cuz I talked to him at plugfest and was pretty sure he was building.
Then I looked at the date on the original post and it was exactly a year ago yesterday, but it looks like a new thread?
Oh well, nice stuff anyways.
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03-08-2006, 12:57 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,225
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Doh!!!!!
You know......I knew he had plugs at the Plugfest that he built....But I just can't read dates very well...I'm an idiot
Last edited by The Dad Fisherman; 03-08-2006 at 05:08 PM..
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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03-08-2006, 05:05 PM
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WTF
Join Date: May 2004
Location: wareham
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lookin' good, that popper will be nice!
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03-08-2006, 09:53 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Grafton, Ma
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Wow...I saw this thread and questioned how intoxicated I was last night. Did I really post that??...then realized it was old.
By the looks of this thread it looks like I've been turning for one year!! Cheers to that!
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