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03-17-2008, 12:01 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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New plug spinner
some have you may have seen this else where.... I posted some pics about a week ago...
My old spinner that I built about 3 years ago when I switched from varnish to epoxy has just about had the pork...
So I took a week off from plug building to build a new and improved model, one that could handle more than 6 plugs at once and one I wouldnt out grow in a hurry...
the new one is made from MDF, I used a 2.5 RPM rotissery motor,the 1/4" shafts are driven by gear belt pulleys and 1/5 pitch gear belts, and ride on replaceable nylon bushings, the original rode on wood and wore out..the ferris wheels can each hold 6 plugs which can be strung on re-usable wire or held with lengths of jack chain, tension of the fasteners is accomplished by 10-32 screws that are swiveled and locked in place with a wing nut.. it only takes a fe minutes to load 18 plugs into the spinner...
The ferris wheels are 5" in diameter, the shaft speed has been geared down to keep the "wheels" spinning at around 2-3 RPM..
Heat and light are provided by a pair of switched 60 watt light bulbs, the top switch controls only the top bulb, the bottom switch controls the bottom light and rotissery motor, this switch is also an overide for the timer that I wired into the system, I can program it to keep the plugs spinning and the bottom light on from 2-8 hours with just the touch of a button...
The motor also has it's own switch in the event I want both lights on but the ferris wheels to remain stationary...
The epoxy is applied to each plug as the plug revolves, there is enough space between each plug to apply epoxy to any part of each plug as they rotate...
A pair of plexi glass doors keep out cntaminants and keep in the heat..
To be continued..
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03-17-2008, 12:02 PM
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Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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here's a view of the side and controls..
Continued:
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03-17-2008, 12:03 PM
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Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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The inner workings..
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03-17-2008, 12:17 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
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Your a freak! nice box
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Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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03-17-2008, 05:03 PM
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f/v Fin-ish Work?
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: North Truro,Cape Cod
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That's freakin awesome man!!
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03-17-2008, 06:09 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Amazing.
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03-17-2008, 06:12 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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Wow that is sweet
I need to make one someday, my inline one isn't working in the cold.
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03-18-2008, 07:52 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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here's a few pictures of her hard at work....Now if the hooks would only attach themselves!These are the last of my plugs for this season, most of those are going to my son to feed the Jersey boo fish, I ran 60 through the "cycle"..this weekend, I've still got to pour a few bucktails, tie a few trout flies... now to finish the house projects , clean the yard and get the garden tilled, then, finaly,
get the boat ready... spring cant come fast enough...
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03-18-2008, 09:43 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: North Smithfield
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That is the most impressive spinner I've seen, great work!!!
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03-18-2008, 11:10 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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The plugs in it ain't too shabby either. Lets see some closeups of those sweet darters and king dannys.
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03-18-2008, 11:22 AM
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Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
The plugs in it ain't too shabby either. Lets see some closeups of those sweet darters and king dannys.
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It will have to be tomorrow.... I dont have any pictures here, the darters are a Jack Fretch copy, as well as I could do through the several sketches I have...
I made 18, all but 3 swim pissa... and two out of the three I was able to improve by putting a 4/0 hook on the nose hook, a 2/0 6X gladiator on the rear belly and use a teaser tail instead of a treble.. the last one is just a turtle, it refuses to do anything but dive... go figure... |
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03-18-2008, 09:24 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
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Joe - I use a spring attached to a swivel to help in hanging my plugs. It also allows you to spin them while applying the finish. Homies have them in just the right strength. That rig looks pissa. Excellent job as always - your usual work.  |
low & slow 37
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04-03-2008, 10:07 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Have you tried cooking small chickens in there yet?
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04-04-2008, 06:12 AM
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Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Highpockets
Have you tried cooking small chickens in there yet?
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Nope.. but it makes a mean darter,bottle or slope head! |
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04-04-2008, 06:24 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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phewy shakin my head...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockfish9
clean the yard and get the garden tilled, then, finaly,
get the boat ready... spring cant come fast enough...
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i am staggering from information over load LOL
Rockfish9 - you ain't just whistlin Dixie with that statement
nice spinner...outrageous in fact
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