The type of wood you would want to use depends on the lure you are making,,,,, For Top water stuff you can use Alaskan yellow cedar, basswood etc... I think some guys get the balusters and cut those up. for needles you can use maple or Birch.... Do some searches ,,, these questions come up a lot,,,
I just picked up a second lathe from
www.woodcraft.com you can get birch dowels from them too but look for specials.... I created a little account then put stuff in my wish list ,,, then imagine this a few weeks later they send me some emails with those Items on special and if I click on any link in the email I get stuff with free shipping,,,, so even though the lathe was not a variable speed which is fine I got it for 179.99 new ....not tax,,, no shipping,,,,
The band saw,,,, you can get one for $99 at lowes or Homies,,, it will be a little one with 3 3/4 (I think) cutting area but that will be ok for cutting lips slots or ripping blanks,,,...Just make sure you set it up straight...
Lips slots can even be done with a small hand trim saw.... That is not to hard either.. Who knows,,, never did much with a scroll saw so not sure how that would work,,,, I guess with the right jig anything is possible,,,,
Here are two quick pages,,,, even look in the how to section,,, some talented guys took a lot of time to make posts to help others,,,,
http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...ighlight=birch
http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...ighlight=birch
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