some cool looking needle designs there, paul.

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wow... is a total understatement
super JOB man
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PAUL,
very beautiful clamps ...
seeing one in action would be sweet

somehow i think you should be in Robotics

Paul,

I'll second that. Those vises are great.

i havent taken any pics recently, I turned and sealed alot of stuff... i need to stop ice fishing long enough to finish it.. I;ve got med Surfsters... giant jointed pikies... small striper pikies, goo goo eyes..med striper pikies ... and an assortment of I'm not sure what hanging for paint... i'll have it all at plugfest.. if i get to painting soon..

Im doing PLUGFEST STUFF see ya there:uhuh:
GOOD LUCK GOOD BUILDIN

Have a lot of stuff ready to paint just need to find some time.

Some flap tails. Big one is 2.75 oz and the little one is .50.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps41b3bd06.jpg

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Some swimmers. The pike and the bigger one are just under 3 oz. The tiger copy I fattened the body a bit and it is just over an ounce and a half.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps8537d52b.jpg

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Topwater stuff is a mismatch of stuff I have been messing around with. The macs are something I try alot and mess up a lot. Can't seem to find something I like paint wise. The small bone pencil is 1 oz and I made a bunch of them. I like them a lot.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps075927fb.jpg

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http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...psf7e81d43.jpg

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Nice Kayak! Now that's what I call a winter project!!

Getting ready for the spring. I got a new Mojo for Christmas and needed to have something to throw. 6.5 inches, 2 3/4 oz. A few had already been etexed, rigged and tested, but most were airbrushed today. Not as nice as Saltheart's or Paul's, but I'm pleased. I love those 1 oz pencils of Salthearts. I have been making a 1 oz thin pencil for years but I think I will play around with a shorter one like Saltheart's as well.

2.15 - 2.4 oz, 6 finished and tested, 10 primed and ready to paint and I have 3 more turned but not weighted or primed that I plan to weight to 3 oz. I just picked up a TFO 10.5 2-8oz and ressurected my 30+ year old Penn 704.

Looking good Fred!!!!!

Fred's going to town

I have to get back in gear.... just sealed another seven. A dozen more ready for drilling. Turn some more tomorrow and have some backlog in different stages. Lord knows I don't have a backlog of work.....:smash:

I picked up the pace a little this week.. I got paint on my pikies, goo-goo's and surfsters...The goo-goo's have been clear coated and are ready for epoxy... the rest of the "gang" get cleared tonight before i epoxy the goo-goo's

First two rows( closest to the camera) are from this season, mostly stuff that was hanging around waiting for some type of finishing.. there's everythijg from darters to norris squid to predators, Danny's etc... all odds and ends..almost ready to turn again...

looks great Joe

I was hoping to have some stuff sealed by now but been flat on my back all week, can't stand up, I guess I wrenched my back pretty bad, have not had this much pain in years. bad timing for this :wall: have not had much work last 2 months just lots of estimates and now work is getting lined up- feast or famine
gotta get better

I do have some needles and spooks all drilled, have pikies, pencils turned also

Well that aint good... backs are a fickle lady... tough when you work for yourself... hope you are feeling better soon.

got bored and wanted to paint something, so I gave my gaff a coat of copper....lol

here's a popper that Ross gave me that decided it wanted to be copper too! Screwed up the tail loop, so I just etex'd over it!

here's an old atom bomb that I found that was plastic, had tons of gouges and chunks taken out of it, so I scraped it, did a lttle carving of of the seam lines and put some wood filler over it....something to get me by...lol

Wow fellas you guys have been busy!
Man I am way behind the ball....a lot of great stuff being built and posted on this forum!!
Well I finally found a little time to get a few things finished, and at the same time get rolling on some new stuff ( little girl is teething and that doesn't leave a lot of time for building or sleep) Here are some of the crank baits I've been working on and finally finished. First attempt at foiling..didn't turn out as well as planned, but with me everything has it learning curve. Hard to capture in these pics (cell phone) but some of the color shifts in the sun are very cool. I will be making some more in the future.

http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps81106f15.jpg

I also cut a bunch of flaptail and swimmer blanks along with my large Musky spooks (a pic of a finished one for reference). The flaptalis and swimmer blanks are 6 inches and between 2.5 (flaptails) and 3 oz (swimmers). The Musky spooks are 8.5 inches and about 4.5 oz, I really love the action of these guys and really hope to slay some waterwolfs with them this season.

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I hope building is going well and also that spring is right around the corner

Best

MS

as always, I'm in awe of all you guys!!!

This is why i dont post my stuff... :agree:
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All beauties. What species of wood are you using for your spooks.?
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Always amazed to look at the quality of everyone's work. I have my second batch of plugs freshly painted. From left to right five 6" Musso Pine Swimmers, two 7" A-40s, three Eddy Needles, and four 6" Musso surface swimmers.

In the works are 3 Sandeel Swimmers and 2 more 4.875" Musso swimmers. Love that the days are getting longer, it is only a short time until we can get these things to work!

Got some nice ones there


Primed 67 plugs today. That's it . Next up paint and hopefully get some epoxied before the festival.
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Thanks fellas
Been using bunch if pine I got from a buddy, weighting is almost exactly as when I use cedar, but free-fifty-free is a good price :)
Great thread and people have been busy.
Cool, cool
MS
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My first attempts at darters, thanks to everyone that offered advice.

Look good. I am curious on what kind of action you get with that line tie down there. I have found the ones I have swam made like that to be more of a swimmer than a darter.
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here's some paint and 5 min epoxy on that old atom. Should get another season or so out of it now...lol

Gave it a swim today in some current, for winging it on this one I was somewhat happy. It did not roll over, dug in good and swims about 2-3 ft. some darting action but also a little too much wiggle. I did not weight it before test but I think it needs weight aft of the balance point. Added 1/2 oz. and will try again tomorrow. That's 5.5 oz. with the weight added.