Is this the Place?

[BigFish]

Morning! Just back from breakfast with FishChick! I had a visitor in the shop yesterday for some plug building lessons! Pics in a moment! The "Kid" is a natural!

[Backbeach Jake]

Here's one in particular that I've been working on. Cape Cod wood from a Cape Cod tree, made into a Cape Cod plug. I cut the branch last Summer and dried it on top of my furnace. Flaptail had mentioned that such a plug would be cool..

[eastendlu]

Good Morning guys.Fred that pretty cool.Here are some i have been working on.

[BigFish]

Fred that plug is awesome!

Lou you been busy!

[BigFish]

Frank came over yesterday for a day of plug turning! One of Frank's favorite plugs is the Guppy Canal Pencils made by the Hess Family, great plugs for sure and a favorite of many! Frank took a 32 pounder one day last season from the ditch......one of my season highlights was watching Frank play that fish! This season Frank will be fishing his Guppy knockoffs I am sure! Here are a few pics of Frank at the lathe!

[BigFish]

Here is Frank in a few more of the finished body! A little more hand sanding and Frank will have them in sealer! Nice work Frank and a great day! Thanks for coming by.....and for the coffee!

[Swimmer]

Originally Posted by BigFish

Here is Frank in a few more of the finished body! A little more hand sanding and Frank will have them in sealer! Nice work Frank and a great day! Thanks for coming by.....and for the coffee!

I, as well as many other people are lucky to call Bigfish a friend. Larry did most of the first one, then we split the second one, and he said he didn't look as I did the third one all myself, but I think Bigfish looked over my shoulder a little.

In that picture of me holding the two plugs I look strange. I think I was OD'ing on sawdust. Or the meds for the pulled back muscles were wearing off. Any way I had a wonderful day in the cave with Bigfish. Now I just have to keep from screwing up the paint job.
Peace everyone.

[eastendlu]

Oops forgot these.

[Backbeach Jake]

I had a lot of help over the years with that plug. There's a lot of PM and numbskull in it.
Lu you're making me want to build a duplicator. My plugs all look like they don't know each other.

[eastendlu]

Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake

I had a lot of help over the years with that plug. There's a lot of PM and numbskull in it.
Lu you're making me want to build a duplicator. My plugs all look like they don't know each other.

Save yourself the trouble just send me the ones you want and i will copy them for you.

[eastendlu]

Here is the pic of the fancy paint shaker i made.You have to love gorilla tape.This thing rocks turns paint that has been sitting their for over2 years into a milkshake in 30 seconds.

[mfm22]

Lou is that a jig saw [can't enlarge thumb?] ingenious !!

Jake I know the feeling sometimes my plugs are cousins sometimes strangers need more brother & sisters

[eastendlu]

Originally Posted by mfm22

Lou is that a jig saw [can't enlarge thumb?] ingenious !!

Jake I know the feeling sometimes my plugs are cousins sometimes strangers need more brother & sisters

Yes its an old jigsaw i had sitting around.

[Backbeach Jake]

Lu, awesome!
In the works..

[ProfessorM]

nice Fred. I like them.
Lawrence it looks like you got the heat going in your cave, No?

Nice job on those pencils Frank. I am now making 4 sizes of those things right down to a cute little one. It is my favorite canal plug and has been since Brad made them. In mine I weight the crap out of them and really just for the canal as they are really too heavy for non current applications. You got a good mentor.