Hi Jigman! Great thread, good job!
Adam

Excellent How to thank you for the present. can you share you lead molding jig secrets too?

Hoho, it's off to the lathe we go!!

Jigman, I can see it becoming a problem with that plug spinning off center wobbling around, good way to break a drill bit or bend it or worse, it could fly off there easily. Maybe you drill slow enough where it isn't any problem for you but I know others could have an accident doing it that way.
It is 10 times safer to put the drill chuck in the motor end of the lathe. Just trying to help like you are with this tutorial. Thanks

Thanks Slip! Always good to hear other ways of doing things. I'll probably turn some stuff later. Will give your way a shot.

Striperman36, be happy to share some jig making info. If you have some questions in mind, start a thread. I'm sure there are a few others here who could give some good pointers too.

:wave: Adam. Nice photo on the front page :kewl:

Jigman

I was shown to put the drill chuck in the head stock. Put a drive spur in the tail stock. Put the plug against the drive spur and bring the tail stock(plug) forward to engage the drill. With the tightening lever of the tailstock lightly snugged (to align the unit) you can actually push the plug onto the turning drill.
IMHO it's a much safer method. Also with the drill turning there is less tendancey for the drill to "walk off"
BTW; we were using a long drill in from each end. The entire though hole took a matter of less than a minute.:happy:

BTW; With the plug not turning there is no wobble with off center drilling! As Slip mentioned.

What if we made this the start of our favorite Plug How-To subsection here in the plug forum? If that's OK with all of you and, of course, Jig Man. Very cool thread.

We can grab a few other ultra-informative threads and put them in the same place?

(Jigman - I want to meet you and shake your hand next time you are up here :hee: )

JohnR, feel free to use this thread on the site any way you like. May be the thing to do would be sticky a thread with links to how to info. Been plenty of good stuff lately that could be in there. A great resource for many of us. I hope to be up that way fall 2005. I'll let you know in advance. If you ask nice, I might even let you go fishing in my plug bag too :D

Thanks Charleston. Sounds like I need to rethink my center drilling method some. Good thing I posted this :)

Jigman

:)

Very good stuff!!!!! :)

WOW
 

most informative thread I have read so far!!! I'm just getting started in this and learned more from this thread than you can imagine! With the info here, even a novice like myself can get everything lined up right the first time. Thanks so much!:D

BTT - gonna make this one another Jiggy article ;)

(btw - jigman - that thing we were talking about before the thing blew up i have thoughts on how to do a new thing :tooth: )

John, if you make this an article, you might drop the thru-drill section. Since putting this up I do like Slip suggests: put the drill in the head stock and the plug in the tail stock. I believe he is right, its easier and safer that way. I'll see if I can take a few photos next time I drill one and we can replace that section.

Jigman

Got it - thanks!

John

OK - thanks again to Jigman for the great How-To :btu: - This will go a long way to helping folks get started...

I now have this up on the articles section for Jiggicle #2

http://www.striped-bass.com/fishing/...-building.html

Thanks!

John

I just reread this again. Good info and some good stupid questions by me.

Looks good John :)

Jigman

My Pleasure - thank you :btu:

Of course, you're up on everyone else so maybe this will inspire and inspiring Plug article from one of the brethren :tooth: :hidin: :bshake:

Great looking lures!! What are you using for the final clearcoat?
Benji

Been a while since I did those and don't remember off hand what I used for the clear. There are plenty of choices. A search on the Plug Building Forum will give you a bunch of things to try out.

Jigman

can you do this all without a lathe?

I do all my thru drilling without a lathe. Takes a bit of practice to get the feel of it. The key is learning how to let the plug spin in your hand to be sure that the plug/drill are centered on each other. Practice on some cheap dowel form Home Depot. You'll get the hang of it... :)

Jigman-
Great post. Do you know of any "How To" plug building books or other online resources?
Please reply to winevine@gmail.com

Winevine,

You might check out www.striped-bass.com and go to their Lure Building forum. I hear a few good builders hang out there :cheers:

Jigman

Jigman :btu: