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| I started making some prop baits this week. These are the first wooden baits I've ever made. I sealed the wood with sanding sealer, and now I'm concerned that the tailpiece is going to swell a bit and it's not going to spin freely on the shaft. My okay to seal these with sanding sealer? The front body of the bait was mostly sealed with epoxy over the holes and weights. I sealed the rest of it that wasn't covered in epoxy with sanding sealer. Going to be adding paint tonight as long as that tail piece will spin properly on the shaft. Have some pictures up soon when everything's done. Thanks everybody for the tips |
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Location: oswego, il | Worrying about a tail piece swelling then not spinning on the shaft is the worry of every married man. |
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| put rivets in the holes |
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| I have rivets in them, wondering about the middle between the rivets |
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Location: oswego, il | You can run a copper tube through the hole. I have seen some globes use a small square tube all the way through. You can buy it at any bobby type store. No worries with swelling. |
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| So they are all done and the tail pieces spin freely, but when i put them in the water they are not spinning, the prop is turning untill its to the top of the water but not making a full rotation. Do i need to counter weight the tail piece so that cintrifugal force keeps the tail spinning?
Edited by T3clay 8/9/2017 1:10 PM
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| Tune the blade. |
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| Tried that, for like an hour and compaired it to a topraider and fat bastard |
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Location: oswego, il | Can you post a picture? |
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| Got it now, a little too front heavy!
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