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Plug Building - Got Wood? Got Plug?

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Old 02-05-2010, 09:09 AM   #1
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Danny style, 40's , most bottles,pencils and darteres dont get eyes, I like 'em old school and blind...

the rest I like a slightly recessed eye, I've found that glueing them in place rather than just sticking them on eliminates bubbles when you epoxy the plug..reason being, the trapped air behind the eye socket expands as the plug in my heated spinner revolves...

for colors and sizes.... 1/4 on small hand carves and needles.. 5/16 on most otheres, exception being squid plugs.. I use 3/8 on those....

Most black plugs get glow in the dark or holowgrafic eyes.... white plugs get a little Alice Cooper treatment and red eyes... Mac and tiger patterns get yellow eyes.... and sometimes i get lazy and use what's lying on the bench from the last plug...

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Old 02-05-2010, 09:43 AM   #2
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Danny style, 40's , most bottles,pencils and darteres dont get eyes, I like 'em old school and blind...


Ditto, 'cept I'll put eyes on the rear of pencils at times.

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