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| Has anyone ever made their own drying rack? Anyone have any photos or tips on the right way and what not to do?
I currently epoxy one bait at a time while rotating it in my hand until cured. This is kind of a pain so I was wondering if anyone has a solution. I saw some of the Crappie Gliders you guys make and love the clear finish. Is that 2-ton epoxy or some other sort of clearcoat? |
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | I have a large rectangular rack that hold 12 smaller racks. E ach small rack hold two baits. 24 can turn at one time. I paint and clearcoat my lures in the racks and just stop the tumbler ,stick in a rack and restart. Ill try to find you a picture. |
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | here are my racks and the tumbler. Motors are roticery motors. I have several of these in operation and am building a big one that runs on a 1 hp electric. Kingfisher
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Location: Eden Prairie & Pine Island | Jon..do a search of this forum and you will see a string on drying racks, pictures, where to get motors cheap, multiple designs, etc. |
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| Kingfisher - 12/14/2006 12:52 AM
here are my racks and the tumbler. Motors are roticery motors. I have several of these in operation and am building a big one that runs on a 1 hp electric. Kingfisher
That is very interesting Kingfisher.
I've been looking at options for a turner, but I dont really have the room in my shop right now. I'd need a bigger one too. I need to turn a couple hundred lures at a time |
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Location: Minnesota | I got a BBQ rotisserie motor off of eBay this summer. It is one of my winter projects to set it up. Great motos though for doing 20-30 baits as long as you set up your system right. |
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Location: Minnesota | PS-Kingfisher that is a great looking setup!
James
FYI to the others here: Listen to Kingfisher. If it were not for him I woudl have a LOT more firewood in my basement. He helped me fix problems and cut bogus work out of my process that woudl have taken me another year or two to figure out. |
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Location: Minnesota | Used eBay rotisserie motors:
http://search.ebay.com/rotisserie-motor_W0QQfromZR10QQssPageNameZWL... |
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| How do you guy's keep the epoxy from running all over the diving bill's? Looks like they are put on first then epoxied. |
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Location: Roseville, MN | Here's mine. This can be used for thru-wired lures or screw eye-rigged lures and easily loadable while it's turning.
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| What is the drum material on your drying rack? |
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Location: Roseville, MN | White (not green) Floral Styrofoam® discs. |
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| muskiemaniac - 1/25/2007 11:56 AM
Here's mine. This can be used for thru-wired lures or screw eye-rigged lures and easily loadable while it's turning.
How can that be used to turn lures with screw eyes already in them? |
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| I would guess alligater clip attched to screw eye |
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| Guest - 1/25/2007 2:52 PM
I would guess alligater clip attched to screw eye
I dont think that would be anywhere near strong enough for alot of lures |
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Location: Roseville, MN | Mojo -
There are two ways to answer your question. One answer would address lure makers who do not screw in their eyes prior to top-coating and secondly, some do.
If you don't screw them in, you can use 2" screw eyes turned in 1/2" and use the remaining 1.5" to mount the lure on the wheel (between the foam discs like I've done with wire in my photo).
Otherwise:
Review Kingfisher's individual rack photo above (for a visual) then:
Replace the wood side struts (as shown in the rack photo) with wire and do away with the spring. The wire struts will push right into the foam. If you put an offset bend at the end of the inserted wire, it will not come out of the foam unless you pull it out. The lure will remain stationary with no bounce as it turns. As long as you don't overload the wheel, you can easily put lures on the wheel as it turns. Keep in mind, if you need a larger wheel, all you have to do is increase the diameter of the foam discs and you'll have no problems fitting lures onto your wheel. |
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Location: Roseville, MN | Had a couple of questions regarding the styrofoam discs I use. Any craft shop or floral shop will have them. The foam is RIGID URETHANE FOAM made by Dow Chemical. It is readily available in density ranges of 3 lb/sq ft up to 60 lb/sq ft. They come in a wide range of diameters from 4" up to 12" or more.
This is not a beaded or a closed cell foam type. Nor is it a brittle or soft foam. It looks like micro-sponge, has open cells and is extremely strong stuff.
As long as you arrange your discs side-by-side, compress them together and use a long enough paint strut to embed it deeply into the gap between discs, the lures will stay put until you remove them.
Additionally, if you carefully evaluate and chose strut material with as small a diameter as possible, there will be very little wear and tear on the foam discs as you add and remove lures, and you will likely never need to replace them. |
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