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Location: Mayer, MN | What is the best kind, I have used maple so far, and where can I order it from?
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| depends on what style your making. theres several good woods available. each has there best for practises |
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Location: Minnesota | I would guess Lee would sell you wood. He does a great job on lure bodies and blanks. He uses kiln dried wood from the same stock for consistency. All I know is his eBay handle. You can contact him through eBay. Great guy to work with and I know a lot of companies use his talents for obvious reasons.
hawaiisbest60
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=hawai...
Use the "Contact Member" button.
James
http://www.gruntmuskielures.com
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Location: Mayer, MN | I have bought some blanks from Lee before on ebay. They worked great.
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | When i was producing baits, i used popple, or poplur, depending where you are from. Cheap sources of that is pallets, and pallet makers, who have PLENTY of scrap they would give you if you asked them nicely. I was cleaning out the basement tonight and found 100 or so blanks if you are intrested. |
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| I've been using Alaskan Yellow Cedar for my Striper Lures.
It's nart as hard as say maple or poplar so it might not be
the best for Muskies and there teeth but it's easy to shape
has great decay resistence & is really bouyant. Might have
to add a couple more coats of Epoxy finish for the Musky. |
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| where do you get yellow cedar from? |
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| cedars are good but soft. we use a good sealer to help harden the pores before painting. finishing with a 2 part epoxy coat. |
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| If you are still looking for hard maple or bass wood, I can probably help you. It is all kiln dried. My email address is [email protected]. Thank you all for the good word. Lee from Muskie 911 |
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| Hard Maple for Glides Ceder for cranks is what I do but thats not a definite and as Woodie said they need epoxy to harden them before pait if you go with ceder |
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Location: Rhinelander. | I used hard maple for those when I owned the company> I think its harder to work with then some but for gliders its great.
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Location: big cove tannery pa | what kind of wood could i use is say i wanted too make a jerkbait like a suick or a burt like lure?
Edited by pamuskyhunter 6/4/2007 3:46 PM
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Location: Freedom, WI | lighter wood will dance more and float faster. Pine or cedar, soft maple or cherry is heavier but not to bad and will give you more hang time. |
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Location: big cove tannery pa | thank you |
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