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Originally Posted by the greek
There are many ways and none are right or wrong but this is what works for me. Mark nose center and tail center and then through drill on the lathe. Then take a 1/4" forstner and drill your belly hole to where you bottom out just at the through wire hole. I don't like to be too deep. The 1/4" looks small but is plenty big, any bigger and your hangers will be bigger and tend to fold. Keep them small. You don't want the hanger to be too loose or you will have trouble keeping it centered when you fill it. I did a long post with pics at the other place on this [drilling and weighting handcarveds]. A small 1/8 inch s/s rivet head makes a great tail grommet for thin tailed baits. If you need metal for lips and some rivets pm me. I could throw a hanger or two in to let you see how I make them.
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Thanks Ted, I will go look it up. I can make the lips, though mine are kind of cavemanish. I have 1 SS piece you gave me left and I have a huge sheet of it that is kind of dinged that was given to me last fall, but it's workable with a hammer.
I have a hard time imagining making hook hangers that small with my thorugh wire, but maybe I just need to make that jig and muscle it.
I can buy some rivets I'm sure. Probably pretty cheap? Can you find them at Home Depot you think?