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09-20-2006, 07:26 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 4,547
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plug builders stuff
I've turned my last plug. When these are done so am I (with plug building) Everything going to go,I am totally burnt out. Lathe w/duplicator and templates will go as a unit, will not seperate. bandsaw, dust collector (2) drill press. Sorby tools. bench vertical beltsander..... a whole bunch of createx paints, airbrushes, grommets, eyes, lips and a compressor. Everything you need to build plugs.
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09-20-2006, 07:35 PM
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Plug Builder in Training
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: wareham MA
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Say it's not so MAC and your just having a bad day
If you are serious let me know about the Lathe w/duplicator and templates
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09-20-2006, 07:46 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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Mac, it's not April 1st so I'm worried about you. 
you are one of the best builders on the coast, just say it ain't so and maybe just take a break for a bit. I did, and I will get at it again soon.
If you are serious, I am interested in the Sorby's and the dust collector. |
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It's time more people spoke up with the truth. Every time we let a leftist lie go uncorrected, the commies get stronger.
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09-20-2006, 07:48 PM
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I need spring!
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Weymouth, MA
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Did somebody move April fools day to September?  |
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09-20-2006, 07:58 PM
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...and in person!
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Scituate MA
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Well, if you want to give it all away I will take it 
looks like your listed prive is ... free
and you can use it any time you like. |
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09-20-2006, 08:09 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Maine
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Originally Posted by MikeTLive
Well, if you want to give it all away I will take it
looks like your listed prive is ... free
and you can use it any time you like. |
Yaeh right. I'm scottish remember. |
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09-20-2006, 08:17 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
Posts: 7,260
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Mac your Plugs are a work of art, I can't believe it.
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Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey 
Recreational Surfcaster 99.9% C&R
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09-20-2006, 08:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Between the thighs
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This is worse then having a death in the family.  |
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09-20-2006, 08:49 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: RockVegas
Posts: 3,228
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Better start hoarding all your MAC plugs, cause the value just went up.  |
The future ain't what it used to be. --Yogi Berra
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09-20-2006, 08:56 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 71
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Originally Posted by MAC
a whole bunch of createx paints, grommets, eyes, lips
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I really hope you change your mind but if you don't can you give me the rundown and prices on these items? |
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09-20-2006, 09:13 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: plymouth,ma
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Sorry to hear that Dave. Like some of the other guys said, maybe put it away or just scale it back to the hobby level and build what you personally want to fish for a while. Maybe even stop using the duplicator and just turn some by hand, so its not a production line thing.
When I get my last batch done in may, I'm so ready to put the tools down and pick up the rods. And I know by the end of october, it will be just the opposite. I'll be exhausted from fishing and ready to put the rods away, get some sleep and get out the tools again.
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09-20-2006, 11:10 PM
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Where'd he go?
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Rhody
Posts: 849
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Say it ain't so! I was looking forward to getting some MAC pikies & dannies this winter.
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09-20-2006, 11:20 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 399
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I have loads of Mac 's plugs , always felt good knowing I could get more if I lost one....  ...but now  |
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09-21-2006, 04:16 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Maine
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Thanks for the concern everyone but my mind is made up. I'll be seperating stuff next week and out the door it goes. The 2 or 3 guys who have orders in, they will be done by Monday. I will have some extras put up in the sponsors section next week as well then that's it.
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09-21-2006, 04:47 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: MA/RI
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I knew that your "misfit pike" that got the "mac attack" was the sign to a near end.
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09-21-2006, 04:43 AM
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Permanently Disconnected
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 12,647
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It's not always the fun it's made out to be.
Dave call me later 5085618652 and I may take the bandsaw n drills etc depending on what they are.
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09-21-2006, 06:06 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Bedford NH/Salisbury MA
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MAC, sorry to hear you want to dump the lot, I would be intested in buying it as it appears it will be a long cold winter and I need something to keep me from going insane! Please advise of $.
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09-21-2006, 07:29 AM
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Boston Anglah
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sitting on top of the world with my legs hangin free
Posts: 3,322
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Time to retire all my Mac plugs to the wall....after the Vineyard that is  |
Used hard and put away dirty....
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09-22-2006, 04:37 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: South Shore MA
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Good luck. Believe me I understand the OCD cycle. Thanks for the all the help you have given over the last three years.
Mark
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09-22-2006, 05:50 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Saratoga Springs NY
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Dave,
Good luck in the future with everything you do. From the 1st time I sent you a pm with plug building questions you always were quick to respond, a true gentleman. Thanks and good luck.
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09-22-2006, 07:31 AM
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Stuck In Reality
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Holden MA
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Mac, wish you the best. I have to hang up my pikies now. Any pencils left kicking around?
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09-22-2006, 10:04 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New York
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If your mind is made up Dave, then best of luck with everything you do. At 22, I'll just have to be careful for the next 40 or so years throwing your plugs when there are blues around....  |
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09-22-2006, 02:21 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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Sounds to me you got everything in perspective Dave. Good luck your plugs will be missed and thanks for all the help. Paul
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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09-22-2006, 03:43 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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fellow Scotsman
I would never try and talk you out of a final decision
because i know better....
i have just one of your plugs that i will cherish and i will
fish it as it was meant to be fished.
I would have prefered that you wrote a highly illustrated
book on plug making and got rich than to go cold turkey
but i can understand your dilema.... after your description.
I have read every post you did on plug making and i have
learned many things from them and your posted pictures.
i thank you and salute you and your craftsmanship. 
Bravo Mac.... you have set some new standards that will
carry on for generations to come. |
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09-22-2006, 07:00 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Dave I am sorry to hear this! I wish you the best in what ever you do.  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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09-23-2006, 12:48 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
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You know what sucks, I sold a bunch of Mac plugs because I needed the money, and figured I will just buy new ones when I am back to work, some things just don't work out as planned. Mac Good luck and enjoy all your new free time. and room in the basement now.
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Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey
Recreational Surfcaster 99.9% C&R
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09-23-2006, 03:56 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: somewhere on a rock
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dave,
good luck with everything you do
you made the right decision...when something takes over your life like that its time to take a step back and eveluate the situation
the skills will always be there for you
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09-23-2006, 07:02 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,036
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I know the OCD thing myself, I am guilty of it with fishing and letting family and other things slide..I gave up for a couple years because I just cant be a weekend warrior its either Go anytime I want or not go at all....Sometimes I swear its going to kill me, I simply think about fishing 24/7 or talk about it etc...Every single thing in my life revolves around fishing.
Just the other day Clammer ask'd me if there was anything else in my life that makes me happy....I cant think of anything....
Anyway I am rambling, I just know where your coming from and respect you for realizing it and trying to make the change.....Congrats and go smell the roses...Sometimes I think the biggest mistake in my life was picking up a fishing rod................
Best of luck to you!
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09-23-2006, 07:52 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Westwood, MA
Posts: 116
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Mac,
You've made the right decision, Flaptail's comments notwithstanding. Once a hobby becomes compulsive, it's no longer a hobby.
Good for you!
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09-30-2006, 09:11 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Southern NH
Posts: 3,781
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[quote=#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&]I know the OCD thing myself, I am guilty of it with fishing and letting family and other things slide..I gave up for a couple years because I just cant be a weekend warrior its either Go anytime I want or not go at all....Sometimes I swear its going to kill me, I simply think about fishing 24/7 or talk about it etc...Every single thing in my life revolves around fishing.
Just the other day Clammer ask'd me if there was anything else in my life that makes me happy....I cant think of anything....
Anyway I am rambling, I just know where your coming from and respect you for realizing it and trying to make the change.....Congrats and go smell the roses...Sometimes I think the biggest mistake in my life was picking up a fishing rod................
On picking up the rod thing...Stripers in Heaven agree 
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