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12-03-2010, 11:48 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Melrose, MA
Posts: 92
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New here
Hey Guys, I joined a little while ago but this is the first time posting on this site and forum. I have been reading threads here and besides the fantastic plugs you guys are building and posting, I also like very much the overall knowledge here and helpfulness of the answers to any questions asked and it looks like a nice forum to be a part of.
As for me, I am not brand new to plug building, (some of you guys may know me from another site) I've been building for a few years but am by NO means an expert on any aspect of it. I have fun with it and catch fish on my creations, trade a few here and there and thats keeps me happy and doing something fishing related on the off season. I hope to offer some helpful info when I can here or any tips I may have that may help someone sometime, but the way I build is a bit different than most guys and I don't know how much may be useful.  I don't own a lathe or use any power tools except a hand drill. I enjoy hand carving and and using hand tools to shape my blanks. I also don't use an airbrush or rattle cans to paint. I use brushes and a spatter paint technique to get the effects/results I want. I always though that I would have all those things by now but I actually enjoy the hands-on aspect of the way I build. It is and always will be just a hobby for me. (Also a great excuse to escape to the man cave when needed. hehe)
Here are a couple pics of some of the stuff I enjoy building.
Joe |
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12-03-2010, 11:49 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Melrose, MA
Posts: 92
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couple more
Few more pics I still had on my computer.
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12-03-2010, 03:14 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Hello, and welcome.
Cool stuff, hope you stick around.
Have you tried a spokeshave?
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12-03-2010, 05:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Melrose, MA
Posts: 92
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
Have you tried a spokeshave?
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Thats exactly what I do most of my roughing out of a blank with.  Its a small one perfect for plug sized work while the blank is held in my vise with a pair of rubber vice pads. I can get a blank pretty close to final shape with it. |
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12-03-2010, 06:14 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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This thread may interest you, it has another way to hold your work while you spoke shave (better for larger stuff). http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...carve-how.html |
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12-03-2010, 07:28 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Fairhaven, MA
Posts: 112
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Hello and Welcome
These guys do awsome work. Your stuff looks good.
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12-03-2010, 08:01 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: CT
Posts: 448
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Hey Joe  |
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12-03-2010, 08:24 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Melrose MA
Posts: 587
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Welcome
Welcome to the site.
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12-04-2010, 07:42 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Harmony, Rhode Island
Posts: 311
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Nice paint on the scenic popper.
Might be the only way to get bluefish to eat plovers.
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12-04-2010, 10:53 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: some where on the water
Posts: 2,313
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JMAC_kerel, VERY NICE, great looking MAC,LOVE the FIN effect did you brush them on  , Im going to try a few this winter, if I can hold my hand steady  QUESTION on the baitfish how are you weighting them, or should I say WHERE are you putting the weight
GOOD LUCK HAPPY HOLIDAYS |
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12-04-2010, 01:43 PM
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"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
Posts: 6,588
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Can I have a plug?
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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12-04-2010, 09:07 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: A village some where
Posts: 3,436
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thefishingfreak
Can I have a plug?
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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Me2 im a good tester!
Nice mac pattern btw and nice tail wraps |
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12-05-2010, 08:56 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Melrose, MA
Posts: 92
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Thanks for the welcome and kind words guys.
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Originally Posted by saltydog
JMAC_kerel, VERY NICE, great looking MAC,LOVE the FIN effect did you brush them on , Im going to try a few this winter, if I can hold my hand steady QUESTION on the baitfish how are you weighting them, or should I say WHERE are you putting the weight
GOOD LUCK HAPPY HOLIDAYS |
Yeah, the details like the gills, pectoral fins and mac stripes are brushed on. (Not sure if the stripers really care but I enjoy doing it)
As for the weighting most of the plugs I have been making are slider/glider type plugs and I weight them to be slow sinkers or hang just under the surface. On my smaller plugs like the peanut bunkers in one of the pics, I actually weight them right near the center and as low as possible to almost act like a keel and keep the plug upright and level. I little twitch of the wrist makes them 'swim' like the real thing. They are small enough that weight placement doesn't effect castability like it would in a longer plug. For the longer plugs I move some weight back but try to still keep a nice level sink rate. |
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12-13-2010, 06:17 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Lexington, MA
Posts: 1,940
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Joe- Your plugs look great. Curious what wood types you like to use?
Basswood, eastern White Pine, Alaskan yellow cedar?
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12-13-2010, 09:00 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
Posts: 17,126
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Very artistic stuff there  I like it
I think I met you in RI this past fall
welcome to the forum |
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12-13-2010, 09:41 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pembroke
Posts: 3,343
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Real nice stuff, welcome.
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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12-14-2010, 09:06 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Melrose, MA
Posts: 92
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blondterror
Joe- Your plugs look great. Curious what wood types you like to use?
Basswood, eastern White Pine, Alaskan yellow cedar?
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Thanks. I actually use a variety of wood types. Mostly maple, cherry, poplar, birch and some pine. Depends on what I want the plug to do. Believe it or not, almost all is found/recycled wood or scrap wood. Old furniture etc. |
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12-14-2010, 09:08 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Melrose, MA
Posts: 92
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slipknot
Very artistic stuff there I like it
I think I met you in RI this past fall
welcome to the forum |
Thank you. We did indeed meet in RI. We had lunch with Glen (GooGoo Man) and Matt. I think we were the last customers of that guy's season. |
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