|
|
Posts: 44
| Well I bought the air brush, compressor, and Jet mini lathe. So what wood do I use for topwater, crankbaits, jerkbaits.
The postings about basement baitmakers and painting got me into a lot of trouble with the wife I am just shy of $900.00 spent so far. But I quit drinking so this gives me someting to do so she is not complaining to much I would of have just drank up the money instead.
BTW thanks to all for putting me in the right direction on air brushes and paints. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 58
| I have used Maple and Poplar for Jerks and Cranks. For top water {i.e.}
Jack pot, Doc style I have used dowl rod. A cabinet maker I know {old timer} said it's a hard wood. I'm not sure. What's nice about dowl rod is different sizes {diameter} This is what works for me.Hope this helps.
RonP
Chicago
Madd Dogg Lures Inc.
http://my.core.com/~caveman |
|
| |
|
Posts: 18
Location: Ashalnd,Ky | I would say that the most popular woods for making lures would be
Balsa wood,Bass wood,red cedar,Poplar
Balsa, and Bass wood are your lightest woods..and make good topwaters..
I like to also make top water baits from red cedar..but since you said you bought a lathe I see no reason why you can't make top water baits out of all the woods you like to play with.. balsa may not do well in your lathe unless you are very careful with it.. its very soft..
you might also want to stop in at the tackleunderground.com that website is all about lure craft
good fishing
Trimmer |
|
| |
|
Posts: 13
Location: Stellendam, The Netherlands | One of my friends makes beautiful jerkbaits. He uses mahony wood. In the past he used maranti, but the quality of maranti differs a lot. Some pieces are much heavier than others. And that's not very handy if it comes to balancing the lure. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 393
Location: Kawarthas, Ontario | It really depends on the action you want. Hardwoods like ash, oak, maple and cherry will have a tighter action, but will also be less buoyant than their softwood counterparts like cedar and basswood (I know it's a hardwood, but it behaves like a softwood). You'll need to add a lot of ballast to softwood baits if you use them for jerks. Like a previous poster said, visit tackleunderground.com for lots of tips. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 1137
Location: Holly, MI | Ditto on the Dowels. I use the 1 1/8 inch diameter to turn trollers and topwaters (any round bait) I have been using rough sawn cedar for my body baits because I have some lying around. Remember on the lighter more boyant woods they are softer too. Longer screw eyes and glue will be needed. I even put a little glue on my screw eyes in the hardwood dowels however. |
|
| |
