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| guys, need some help. been makin gliders for a while now, and i want to start makin some of my own cranks. i see the lexan lips are attached with some type of glue/epoxy. what is it and how is it applied? i would love to know how thru wire works too, how do you fish a wire that attaches the screw eyes thru a solid wood bait? how does said wire attach to the screw eyes? thanks for all guys, you are all true masters! good luck fishin!! |
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Location: Hastings, mn, 55033 | In a thru wired bait you wont have screw eyes for the hooks. I think most guys making thru wire cranks are routing a groove for the wire with the bait in half, then bending and placing the wire in the groove and lastly epoxying the 2 halves together. The wire will have bends/loops going down out of the belly for any belly hooks and will be looped at the tail for a tail hook.
Edited by castmaster 1/3/2010 9:06 AM
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| Look thru posts by Kingfisher as he has the thru wire down pat. He has a main wire thru from nose to tail and then has wire loops as droppers for the rings and hooks. He also uses eyes on the smaller baits. Thru wire is tough to do, practice. Mine never look good, in the lip area anyway. Many use eyes as when they are anchored in with 2 ton epoxy. they are past strong enough. As long as the wood is solid and sealed, they wont pull out. Good luck. |
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| I make my lures with two pieces of balsa wood and after I bandsaw the two halfs to the shape of lure, I bend the wire with round nose pliers, gouge out a hole in ea. half for a weight and sometimes a rattle. Then I use gorilla glue to glye the two pieces together. After 4 hours I carve and sand the lure. After I either put foil on it or paint it, I then glue in the lip with super glue and put two coats of Flex-coat to seal and get a nice glossy finish. Flex-coat needs to dry overnight for ea. coat. |
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| on our thru wire we drill all bodies whole. just like the old cc pikies.. more labour better results on straight baits. |
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Location: beloit | http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=48... |
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Location: Ohio | I bore (not drill) a hole for all of my baits.
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