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RI Popper
11-10-2005, 09:40 PM
Man I'm having a ball with this acrylic :) here's a Yellow, Red and blue Stubbie-needle:

RI Popper
11-10-2005, 09:41 PM
OOPs here is the red one

Nebe
11-10-2005, 09:54 PM
are you casting them ???

they look wild :D

RI Popper
11-10-2005, 10:10 PM
Just some prototypes, They have only seen the river behind my house no salt yet. Maybe this weekend :)

gone fishin
11-10-2005, 11:39 PM
Real nice work -- how heavy ? size? Does the acrylic turn Ok? Heat building up when spinning?? :claps:

libassboy
11-10-2005, 11:56 PM
They look great!! :btu:
do one about 5 inches clear with a silvery olive back, sand eel dimensions... :drool: :uhuh:

ProfessorM
11-11-2005, 11:16 AM
Those are pretty. I have some clear yellow green stuff I will have to try.

RI Popper
11-11-2005, 02:44 PM
Ahhh yes heat is definately the issue when working with it. I personally don't use a lathe, All work is don on sanders. Definatly have to work cool and rather than sanding on down stroke on bench, you need to do it up so it drags the hot material away from it.

The weight is about 2.5 on the large yellow, 2.2 on the Red and same on the blue. Stuff is beautiful when done :) Who know's where we'll go next ???? :eyes:

RI Popper
11-11-2005, 06:13 PM
By the way here are some darters I started making:

Bliz
11-11-2005, 06:16 PM
Geesh Armand!

That Black one is a Beauty!...

Have any extras you wanna have field tested?...

RI Popper
11-11-2005, 06:17 PM
Don I would let you use one, but It would endanger the fish population too much, D.E.M has asked me to keep them under wraps :bl: :bl:

RI Popper
11-11-2005, 06:24 PM
By the way Don, Take a look at this cute little clear purple darter:

Bliz
11-11-2005, 06:26 PM
Armand,

We'll have to meet to talk possibilities...

Bliz

RI Popper
11-11-2005, 06:36 PM
heres a little black swimmer I call blue eyes :) :wave:

Striperknight
11-11-2005, 11:00 PM
Way cool.

RIROCKHOUND
11-17-2005, 02:15 PM
That purple will slay in the spring when the calimari is around

spence
11-17-2005, 02:22 PM
That purple will slay in the spring when the calimari is around
Actually, calamari is squid prepared as food. I'm assuming you don't mean to throw the purple plug at the Union Station Brewpub...while they have great calamari, you might get removed before it arrives :bl:

-spence

RI Popper
11-17-2005, 02:24 PM
Thanks Brian, I'm sure spence if you throw it at the waitress you'll get her attention.

Charleston
11-17-2005, 05:14 PM
Very nice work!! :bl:

RI Popper
11-17-2005, 07:45 PM
Thanks, I'm working on a blue needle now. Takes some work but wow, do they come out beautiful.

RI Popper
11-19-2005, 07:03 PM
ok guys Close your eyes :jump: :rotfl: here's the blue one and another green needle :)

justplugit
11-19-2005, 07:42 PM
Beautiful work RIP, all really nice but that black dahta, oh yeah.:D

RI Popper
11-19-2005, 08:01 PM
Thanks very much, working hard to make them looks and swim good. Takes some polishing work. :bo:

RI Popper
11-22-2005, 07:11 PM
Well here's the red completed with crimped poli-hair tail hook

dickmont
11-23-2005, 11:35 AM
very, very nice. almost too pretty to throw into the ocean with all the toothy critters in it. i'm curious how you polish off the sanding-grinding abrasions. you have a polished finish on them almost as though they were molded that way.

RI Popper
11-23-2005, 11:52 AM
Well I use wet sanding in drop down from corse to fine grit. Then end up polishing on a Buffing wheel with Jeweler's rouge. :conf: