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Location: W. PA. | Though I'm no expert, here is how I weight my lures. Most of my stuff is made from 3/4" stock. I figure roughly where the weight needs to go by putting a rubber band through an egg sinker or 2 and fastening them to the body then floating them in a bucket and moving the sinkers where they need to be and marking the positions. Next I use a 3/8" forstner bit to drill two holes where the weights will go, normally I like 2 weights so that I can add or remove lead to get them to float level from front to back. Now I dip them in sealer again to seal everything off so I can water test without the wood soaking in water.
I make my own weights by pouring lead(wheel weights will work) into a mold I made. I ripped a 2x4 in half on its end, clamped it back together and drilled a bunch of 11/32" holes down through it. Now I have a bunch of weights just slightly smaller than my 3/8" hole and around 3" long. I cut off what I need with side cutters and epoxy them into the holes. I always slightly over weight them so I can remove small amounts of lead with a drill to get them perfect. Here is where you can correct the leaning to one side. If your plug leans when you put it in the tank just drill lead out of the heavy side instead of the center. Fill in the holes with epoxy or plumbers putty and you're done.
You can do this with one larger weight also if the bait doesn't work right with 2 smaller weights but you need to be a little more precise about where you drill the hole so it floats level from front to back. I'm sure there are many other ways of weighting but this is just how I do it, hope it helps.
Edited by jerkin 9/8/2008 9:31 PM
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