Holy Mackeral, Tagger. I'm speechless. That kind of work is inspiring. Way to go.

Sorry I will not be in like stated it will take at least 17 yrs for me to make 23 plugs.Not good at math either.Plus what am i gonna do with one of those roman things taggers makin.they don't make em anymore for a reason.:-)
BB I know u wouldn't dowel me I have seen ur work.Thanks for the kind words but u guys are the artists I'm a shlub.Have fun...

:bc: sorry Nib ,,,didn't mean to chew your ears off..bummer u won't be joining us , but you can critique us... :scream: Tobias is making the Floyd Romans,,, The reason there aren't any VB has them all .... Thanks Knumbskull,,, I think your right Slip just wondering if the thing will dart set up like one .. probably not..I hate casting red cedar,, nothing worse than having a great swimming plug that won't reach anything ..

bombers work great and usually catch right in the wash anyway. something to think about. just test them both to see.


I am tetering on whether to do howdys or hawg hunter pencils.

I took a Hawg hunter pencil the small one cast like crap an it was the squid color.hat didin't catch anything.I took it apart an made it 3.5 onces not sure how heavey it was before.I also painted it yellow.Now it cast's like a rocket One of the best casters I have,an catches.

Tagger U know I will have only nice things to say bout my fellow builders work.

Makin progress
 

The easy part is done. Off to the Bridgeport. Do the Hawghunters Bruce. :D

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91...8/000_0288.jpg

Looks great , and I'm glad to see you're getting your fluids too . :drool:

easy part my azz!

lookin good there paul.
i shoulda teamed up with someone. and stuck to the paintin' thing. :(

I'll help you out Mike

seriously

I love turning

:kewl:
i'll make the first, you help me duplicate it......
twenty something times :uhoh:

that is,, if no-one has a problem with that.

OK by me .
p.s. The Pikie was mailed Monday . :)

The only problem I got is I wish you were painting and coating mine :uhuh: P.

Ugh, now I feel behind
:wall:

Chris don't feel behind I haven't even used my lathe yet this year :laughs:
I haven't even tested my design yet. I won't be ready to mass produce my plugs until January. :laugha: :wall:

I'm still messing around,,, haven't started yet ... don't worry ,,this won't turn into lazy swap .. will it ?

No, No, I'll be done

:devil:

All set with the first 2 steps = bodies turned and sanded. I made a few extras too :D
Guess I'm doing the pencils :happy:


http://www.bmwoodworking.com/brucefishing/05swapa.jpg

Cool Bruce. I love that lure. The only thing I changed from my original is I put a little less weight so it stays afloat. The one I had sank like a rock. It still cast's a country mile.
Chris I am far, far from done. I am also going to Aruba for 2 weeks in Jan. so I will loose that time so need to get an early start. Besides I will be sweating the final operation big time. I will be suicidal if I wait till the last operation to screw them up. :doh: P.

You have no idea how many plugs i trashed last step .. epoxy .. almost quit cause of it ... I still fear it ..

I will probably always be gun shy. Don't really care that much if I screw up my own but when they are going to others it adds a little extra pressure. I ain't given up though.

I'll weight them to just float. Brad didn't make then all the same and many sank but they catch fish. These will cast and fish great.

Epoxy? Paul, when you get to that part call me, you might want to use something else if it's giving you fits. I'll help you out.

Thanks Bruce.

i'm gunna make what they call a woodchopper.

freak
 

Is a woodchopper anything like a Hatchet MAC? ;)

something along these lines......

epoxying 3 plugs a night on a spinner for 8 hours for 30 plugs... is going to take quite awhile...

Anybody do the Math......23 builders making 23 plugs each.....There's going to be 529 Plugs floating around for this thing :shocked: :drool: :happy:



I spun mine this past weekend, have all the holes drilled too.....Tonight I'm going to put the cups in for the mouth. hopefully they will be all sealed after this weekend and ready for some paint


I did learn one thing...its hard to be consistant....They are all roughly the same but there are some small differences.......I guess they are "Unique" :D

makes you appreciate the guys who turn'em out in quantity for sale

Flip 'em, one night=done.

Now would be a good time to buy stock in Bass Ale...LOL