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RJ_692

Posted 4/1/2014 9:23 AM (#703636)
Subject: prop bait how to?

Posts: 357

looking for a prop bait "how to".

specifically how to drill a straight hole through the center of the lure body. A Lathe seems obvious but I do not currently own one so looking for an alternate method.

Thx!!!

castmaster

Posted 4/5/2014 9:02 AM (#704651 - in reply to #703636)
Subject: Re: prop bait how to?

Posts: 910

Location: Hastings, mn, 55033

I mark the center on each end and then drill in from each end with a 2 3/4" bit on the drill press. Then I use a longer 6" bit in a dremel tool to connect those pilot holes. On even longer baits you may need to bump up to a 12" bit.

You can also make a simple centering jig of sorts by driving a 16 penny nail through a piece of scrap wood just far enough that the point sticks through about a 1/16" or so. Then clamp that board to the drill press table so the nail point is centered under the bit.

castmaster

Posted 4/5/2014 1:42 PM (#704715 - in reply to #703636)
Subject: Re: prop bait how to?

Posts: 910

Location: Hastings, mn, 55033

Should have said that was a 1/8" diameter bit, 2 3/4" long. The others are 1/8"x6" and 1/8" by 12". Dick Moore sells brass and aluminum rivets to use as bushings in the holes.

kodiak

Posted 4/7/2014 2:44 PM (#705137 - in reply to #703636)
Subject: Re: prop bait how to?

Posts: 1224

Location: Okoboji

if you are making a new lure from scratch just mark and drill while it is square it is much more accurate.

Musky Glenn

Posted 4/10/2014 10:17 PM (#706027 - in reply to #703636)
Subject: Re: prop bait how to?

Posts: 16

Kodiak x2. Bore hole first thing then lay lure pattern out around the hole. Musky Glenn

castmaster

Posted 4/11/2014 8:12 AM (#706071 - in reply to #703636)
Subject: Re: prop bait how to?

Posts: 910

Location: Hastings, mn, 55033

Kodiak,
Do you use a mandrel to hold the wood blank on the lathe after drilling the center hole?

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