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| What do you use to cut the slots for your crankbait lips? I thought that I could easily find a router bit for it, but didn't. I actually found Dremel tool bits that would work, but I'm not using a Dremel tool for it.
What kind of bit do I need, and where can I get it?
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| Hey Beav, why not just use a tablesaw? Much easier. There are alot of things a router can be used for but in my opinion when it comes to lip slots the table saw is the best for square or round stock. Just my opinion. Ken |
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| I figure that the right bit is cheaper than a table saw (that I don't have). Did a couple with the band saw....pain in the butt. Found one site with dry-wall cutter bits that are 1/8" diameter, but I'm not sure how long they will last cutting wood. Think I'll be burning slots and not cutting them. They also had a collet adapter so I could use 1/8 diameter bits in a 1/4 collet.
Don't have room for any more tools. |
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| definately table saw. cut when wood is square |
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| Aren't table saw blades thicker than 1/8"? |
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| It depends on the type of blade you use. I use a 1/8 carbide tipped blade for all my lip slots in round or square stock. Not sure how you would get an angled slot in using a router bit. Good luck and use alot of caution with a router. |
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| The cut would be easy. Just get an eigth inch cutter that stands at 90 degrees to the table, like a drywall bit, and mark the side of the lure where you want the slot and push the lure belly toward the bit. They make some nice ones for other applications, but not wood. Drywall bits are as close as they get. Wish they made 1/8" thick band saw blades. |
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| Table saw blades are readily available in 1/8 "kerf" which is what I use. Although the picture below shows only one clamp on the bait, I use two. It was too hard to clearly photograph the method with the second clamp above the first. Looked a little confusing that way.
As you can see, I just screwed a piece of scrap wood to the device that you use to push the wood through the blade.
Set the blade at 90 degrees and make sure the pushing device is squared up and you're good to go.
Try this, Beav, if you have a table saw. The blades are commonplace, the cut is square and accurate every time, and the lip slot is always "clean" and ready for a lip.
Edited by fatfingers 3/22/2009 10:44 PM
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Location: Kawarthas, Ontario | fatfingers - 3/22/2009 11:42 PM
Table saw blades are readily available in 1/8 "kerf" which is what I use. Although the picture below shows only one clamp on the bait, I use two. It was too hard to clearly photograph the method with the second clamp above the first. Looked a little confusing that way.
As you can see, I just screwed a piece of scrap wood to the device that you use to push the wood through the blade.
Set the blade at 90 degrees and make sure the pushing device is squared up and you're good to go.
Try this, Beav, if you have a table saw. The blades are commonplace, the cut is square and accurate every time, and the lip slot is always "clean" and ready for a lip.
Why not leave the bait flat against the table and tilt the blade? No guessing if the bait or blade is at the right angle. |
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| 6 to 1, 1/2 dozen to the other.
By angling the blade, the variable becomes how much of the bait to expose to the blade. Besides, you'd still need to clamp it in a similar way for baits which do not have a flat belly.
Also with the method, I've chosen, (and I'm sure there is possibly more ways), the blade angle isn't "guessed," its actually set with a square prior to the cuts. The angle of the cut is drawn on the bait and the drawn line is simply lined up with the blade. Actually a lot easier than it looks in the picture. |
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| The ones that I'm making are square-sided for the most part and are marked already. I have a buddy with a table saw, I'll pay him a visit. No room in the little shop of horrors for more stuff. |
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Location: Kawarthas, Ontario | True enough, but with those Jake/Grandma style baits, I cut the lip slot before the blank even sees the bandsaw. |
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| we run 4 pcs through the saw at once. once you get angles and where the lip is needed in a blank its simple cutting.
watch your pinkies. |
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