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02-04-2004, 08:57 PM
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Location: Maine
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"Dahtas"
Here are a few darters I made. The one on the left was my first plug about a year ago. I gave it to a friend 2 weeks after I made it and had to bribe him to get it back last month.
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02-04-2004, 09:04 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Cranberry Coast Gateway 2 Cape Cod
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as allways, they look great! olive/black eye
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" Happy as a clam at high tide "
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02-04-2004, 09:13 PM
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Location: somerville and hyannis
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real sweet
consider you just been ho'ed.. i like that one right in the middle..
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I heard somewhere that piping plover is indian for "tastes like chicken" ..
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02-04-2004, 09:13 PM
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Olive  Nice. Specs? |
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02-04-2004, 09:14 PM
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Re: real sweet
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Originally posted by crashfromamesbury
consider you just been ho'ed.. i like that one right in the middle..
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i saw them first!  ... i see wonderbread in the backround 
Last edited by missing link; 02-04-2004 at 09:21 PM..
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" Happy as a clam at high tide "
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02-04-2004, 09:33 PM
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Re: real sweet
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Originally posted by crashfromamesbury
consider you just been ho'ed.. i like that one right in the middle..
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BA, the plug is 6 1/2" long x 1 1/4" in diam. weight is 3 oz and made out of birch. I swam 3 of them today before the epoxy and was satisfied . |
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02-04-2004, 09:39 PM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
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Nice Dah Tas ....Newelly ,,buddy old pal ... Real sweeet....yous gots a lot of em ... |
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02-04-2004, 09:41 PM
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Yup, and they be all mine, mine, mine, mine,mine....
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02-04-2004, 09:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Newell Guy
Yup, and they be all mine, mine, mine, mine,mine....
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Last edited by missing link; 02-04-2004 at 09:47 PM..
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" Happy as a clam at high tide "
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02-04-2004, 10:17 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Newell, did you find those harder to make than anything else?? I've been wanting to make some, but for one I dont have the right wood and secondly, isnt the slope and mouth very tricky to get right? I mean if its slightly off, it wont swim right??
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02-04-2004, 10:19 PM
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true, got to have a good eye. I got 2 of them I layed out 6 or 7 different darters and came up with these. |
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02-05-2004, 12:35 AM
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Newell
Very sweet plugs. You use a jig to make the cuts? |
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02-05-2004, 08:31 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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These are great. I have made every type of plug except darters. Talk to us about the technique for cutting the slope on the top and the notch for the mouth.  |
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02-05-2004, 08:38 AM
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Really Old & Really Grumpy
Join Date: Jun 2002
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yeh! grand wizard of ayc, spill ya guts...the mindless want ta know...fess up!
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BOAT fish do count.
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02-05-2004, 05:14 PM
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I line the slope up with the center of the plug and cut it down with my benchtop belt sander. For the mouth cut I insert a 5/16" drill bit into swivel hole and lay it on a piece of strapping sideways. Sounds more confusing than it really is. With only a little practice yo can make this cut come out nice.
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02-05-2004, 05:45 PM
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Really Old & Really Grumpy
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BOAT fish do count.
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02-05-2004, 06:51 PM
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Thanks for the lesson Newell Guy.  |
Life is like a poop sandwich, the more bread you've got, the less poop you taste.
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02-05-2004, 06:53 PM
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all right..... I'll step in here and post the plans :
When I do make soem of these, I'm going to do what newell did and use a bandsaw to do the mouth... the slope ends at the loop at the nose and slopes back to a certian spot along the back, so I'll start sanding at the mark on the back and apply pressure to the nose... when enough material is removed the slope should end at the loop hole.... |
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02-05-2004, 10:58 PM
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somebody told me a really neet way to cut the lip that is very simple an foolproof.Maybe he'll see this an fess up.then again I wish he would not.to many experts out there already.  |
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02-05-2004, 11:06 PM
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Sorry bout that.I like darters that throw like a missle.now gettin one of them to swim is a acomplishment.Oz makes a good darter.I like the shape Tatoos swim good but tumble on the way out.tough to beat a super strike for fishability or a Beachmaster for depth or a gibbs 2 5/8 for all around perfomance.three good models to copy. I rewired an added some lead to those funny gibbs three once jobs an that did the trick with them.I wonder if they even tested them before they put them out. |
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02-07-2004, 12:00 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: PA
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front picture
Newell Guy could you show a front picture of those dahtas. I've been putting the wire threw the middle and bending the loop to the back. Yours look like they are coming out of the back. Sorry for all the questions....still trying to learn!  |
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02-07-2004, 05:40 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Thanks. Got it. Great explaination
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02-07-2004, 08:40 AM
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TT, not sure what you are looking for but here goes, the 3 on left have been swam and dart nicely, the 2 on right are different as far as front loop goes. Going to swim these at the Canal today.
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02-07-2004, 08:41 AM
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here is another shot
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02-07-2004, 10:48 AM
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Nice darters 
For those using the Frech article, you can make a simple jig to do the cuts: |
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02-07-2004, 10:50 AM
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Set up the fence on the bandsaw, then clamp the blank to the jig to do the face cuts. I leave the square end on the tail and put a small shim under the plug to keep it square.
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02-07-2004, 10:51 AM
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After doing both face cuts, set up the blank to do the angle on the top:
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02-07-2004, 10:52 AM
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Doh, attach the image too |
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02-07-2004, 10:54 AM
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Here is the blank, just needs some sanding and it is ready.
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02-07-2004, 10:57 AM
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Awesome! thanks jigman |
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