Sunday Morning Plug Talk Thread!

[pbadad]

Got some Salty supplies at RISSA. Hoping to finish drilling lip screws holes and installing lips.

[Diggin Jiggin]

I wrapped up all the stuff I was refinishing and very glad to have that all done and out of the way.

This week I've been messing around with small batches of a few different plugs. I made some broken back slope headed stuff to try in the canal and I made some needles in 3 different styles where i am pouring the lead directly into the plug and then topping that off with epoxy to fill the voids and sanding on the lathe. That worked great for the soft maple but the pine ones the wood was too soft I ended up sanding down the plugs more than I wanted. live and learn.

Next up for me is maybe trying bottle plugs.

[numbskull]

Mix some a lot of saw dust into the epoxy to make a paste filler and I think it will sand easier.

[striperswiper75]

I have been finishing up some of the Wadd style needles that I started a while back. I wired 6 of them and have 2 coats of E-Tex on them (drying) I also get a hold of some 1/4" stick on eyes this weekend. I added them to this batch of 6 plugs that got their first coat of E-tex on Sunday. I decided not to wire these ahead of time. I wanted to see which method I liked better. The eyes are a very small addition to the overall product, but they certainly do make the plug pop a lot more.