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12-20-2009, 08:08 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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thanks G. I just watched him on Monster fish on Nat geo channel catch a big striper while floating around in a wet suit . It just got over.
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"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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12-20-2009, 08:52 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: new bedford, Ma.
Posts: 651
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8am or 8pm? 
still messing with the musso's as well.
Also started some needle's but want to try maple along with the birch ones. Finished these up over the week in the heated room vs. the garage. |
Nobody calls me Lebowski. You got the wrong guy. I'm the Dude, man.
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12-21-2009, 06:13 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eskimo
Finished these up over the week in the heated room vs. the garage.
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First rate!!!! Those are on the to do list for me as well. I actually cut a large plastic superstrike in half to get a pattern (getting more and more like Eddy everyday). I know they are not as good a plug as the 2.5oz version, but I'm hoping I can solve that and come out with something larger and heavier. I noted the hook and weight placement are somewhat different between the two different sized plugs.
Spent yesterday drilling, drilling, and drilling. Managed to fckup a bunch of Musso (BM) wadd clones cutting the eye angles  . The stock I start with is rarely true square (I rip rough lumber to width but don't bother jointing and thickness planing it) and the special brad point drill bits I use don't run true if started in a drive/tail center hole so I drill my plugs after cutting off the ends. Getting eye holes perpendicular to the hook hole (without building a jig for each style plug) is something I still struggle with.
Got darter slopes to fckup today. The firewood pile ought to grow fast. I need one of those rubber mallets that's in Mr K's second picture. The wooden one is starting to leave a mark on my forehead, |
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12-21-2009, 08:23 AM
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Covered in Sawdust
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 358
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
I need one of those rubber mallets that's in Mr K's second picture. The wooden one is starting to leave a mark on my forehead,
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Don't be fooled, the rubber mallet hurts. It just doesn't leave a dent! |
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12-21-2009, 09:38 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: S. Boston, MA
Posts: 214
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numbskull, try putting a piece of dowel in the belly hole that you drill, and if you don't already have one, a improvised v-block works great. (2 pieces of 1x with a 3/4"-1" gap between)
the longer the dowel the easier it is to get it horizontal as you have a longer "gauge" to look at when drilling.
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12-21-2009, 01:52 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: new bedford, Ma.
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[QUOTE=numbskull;733608]First rate!!!! Those are on the to do list for me as well. I actually cut a large plastic superstrike in half to get a pattern (getting more and more like Eddy everyday). I know they are not as good a plug as the 2.5oz version, but I'm hoping I can solve that and come out with something larger and heavier. I noted the hook and weight placement are somewhat different between the two different sized plugs.
If your cutting it in half just for a pattern then let me know. I can vector it and the plug can be kept in one piece. It's very accurate. The most it will be off is a coupe of pixels. I actually might have a large version at home.
The sinking version I was messing with sunk but tail first. I was try to get it to sink more like a needle so I added a chin weight but it was to much. absolute helicopter.
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Nobody calls me Lebowski. You got the wrong guy. I'm the Dude, man.
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12-21-2009, 02:00 PM
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Covered in Sawdust
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 358
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[QUOTE=eskimo;733675]
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Originally Posted by numbskull
The sinking version I was messing with sunk but tail first. I was try to get it to sink more like a needle so I added a chin weight but it was to much. absolute helicopter.
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Why do we do this to ourselves??? I tried making a prototype out of mahogany last season and it sunk FBI informant! Will try again this season. |
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12-21-2009, 02:11 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
Posts: 3,749
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
First rate!!!! Those are on the to do list for me as well. I actually cut a large plastic superstrike in half to get a pattern (getting more and more like Eddy everyday). I know they are not as good a plug as the 2.5oz version, but I'm hoping I can solve that and come out with something larger and heavier. I noted the hook and weight placement are somewhat different between the two different sized plugs.
Spent yesterday drilling, drilling, and drilling. Managed to fckup a bunch of Musso (BM) wadd clones cutting the eye angles . The stock I start with is rarely true square (I rip rough lumber to width but don't bother jointing and thickness planing it) and the special brad point drill bits I use don't run true if started in a drive/tail center hole so I drill my plugs after cutting off the ends. Getting eye holes perpendicular to the hook hole (without building a jig for each style plug) is something I still struggle with.
Got darter slopes to fckup today. The firewood pile ought to grow fast. I need one of those rubber mallets that's in Mr K's second picture. The wooden one is starting to leave a mark on my forehead, |
Talk to Paul before you cut those slopes.....there is a better way..... |
A good run is better than a bad stand!
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12-21-2009, 06:47 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Originally Posted by Rockfish9
Talk to Paul before you cut those slopes.....there is a better way.....
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Nah, I do it on the bandsaw about the same as you, only I use the same pinned cradle I use to mark the layout lines. It is the belt sander where I screw 'em up. That is the step I'd love to eliminate. I hate belt sanders, probably I should get a rotary one I can sight down from above with. |
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12-21-2009, 08:41 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
Posts: 17,125
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George, are you holding your belt sander on edge?
It's easy to make a cradle for it to turn it into an edge sander.so you can eyeball whar you are sanding easier.
you could also setup a specific jig for sanding the slope so they come out all the same. I'd be glad to help you with that someday if you want.
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12-21-2009, 09:26 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Mine is an old, old, old Sears thing with 8" by 36" (or something like that) platen and worn bronze bearings. The price was right, free. Been paying for it ever since.
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12-22-2009, 08:53 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
Posts: 2,264
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
Nah, I do it on the bandsaw about the same as you, only I use the same pinned cradle I use to mark the layout lines. It is the belt sander where I screw 'em up. That is the step I'd love to eliminate. I hate belt sanders, probably I should get a rotary one I can sight down from above with.
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I used to use the bandsaw/belt sander. There is a MUCH better way. Jigs and the table saw. Jigs make up VERY quickly and make cutting the slopes EXTREMELY easy and VERY consistant. All I use the BS for is easing the angle between slopes. |
Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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