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12-28-2005, 09:29 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Clean up on a belt sander, and draw centerlines top and bottom and lay out parallell lines each side of it to mark the desired top and bottom widths..............sorry lost that picture but I think it is self-explanatory. Next I make a side pattern determining the shape that separates the top and bottom half of the plug and draw it on each side. This will act as a guide for how far up the side of the plug you want its max width.
Now you need some tools. Some of you guys will just go to the belt sander, but I have trouble keeping things square so I use hand tools. A spokeshave, file and/or rasp, and some sandpaper is all you need.
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12-28-2005, 09:40 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Something to hold the plug while you work on it helps. Here's what I use. Screw the plug to it with shaped blocks.
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12-28-2005, 09:42 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Spokeshave to each layout line (top and side) clean up with file.
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12-28-2005, 09:44 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Flip it and do the top.
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12-28-2005, 09:48 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Clean up with sandpaper, plug holes with whittled match sticks and epoxy, drill your weight holes (if you're good you'd do this before bandsawing, but that's too much for me) and off to the sealer.
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12-28-2005, 09:51 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Another view.
Takes a while, and you're not going to turn out big numbers, but its worth a try, the shape possibilities are interesting. Good luck.
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12-28-2005, 10:12 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: North shore
Posts: 1,247
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Numbskull, Thanks for the post! Got to get that band saw put together! really nice stuff!!! Using just a rasp and file takes forever!
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12-28-2005, 09:42 PM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
Posts: 8,484
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Thanks ... george... will try it ..
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Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
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