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| For those of you who turn lures on a lathe, wondering what you are using for lathes. Hoping to find something that will do the job for without spending a ton. |
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| I use a grizzly table top wood lathe. Works fine for me as I mostly turn surface baits up to 10 inches. Only cost a little over a hundred dollars i think. Just do a search for grizzly on the web.
Hope this helps, Matt |
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Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan | Pete,
I use a Jet Mini lathe with a vega midi-duplicator. Works great for repeatable size and shape up to about 10 inches. Once you have a template the rest is a no brainer. I make my templates out of 1/4"plastic and they work perfect every time. Here are the two units I currently use.
http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/2004494/8467/10-Midi-Duplicator.as...
http://www.etoolclub.com/index.cfm?area=shop&action=detail&iid=1398... |
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Location: Hastings, mn, 55033 | I also use a Jet Mini Lathe. Costs a little more but built much better than the cheap ones IMO.
Rj,
How long does it take to do a bait with the duplicator? And do you use plastic to make your original, or as a template to get the general shape of the bait you will use to "copy"? I have been considering buying one of those duplicators but dont know much about them.
(Shoot me a pm if your willing as I dont want to hijack the op's thread. |
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Location: Bemidji, MN | I've got a turncrafter (pro?) lathe from penn state industries No complaints at all, haven't added the duplcator yet, but would like to. |
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