nice grain on some sealed blanks.

[Tagger]

Originally Posted by Diggin Jiggin

Tagger, those darters in the pic are soft maple...

thanks for doing my home work for me ... pleezzz .. are they weighted ? what do they weigh in at sealed ? I was going that way next .. let me know how they swim ../// splitage ???

[Moses]

Dave - I need to make a visit soon, just to BS....

[Diggin Jiggin]

Originally Posted by Tagger

thanks for doing my home work for me ... pleezzz .. are they weighted ? what do they weigh in at sealed ? I was going that way next .. let me know how they swim ../// splitage ???

So I read this and I decided to weigh one to see what it weighed and it weighed about 1/4 oz more than it should have. these should have been just under 2.5 and they were closer to 2 3/4. So then I floated one unwired and it sat too deep and wants to roll sideways.

Apparently I sealed them too long. I soaked them overnight like I always do with ayc, but the maple must suck up more sealer. I wonder if they'll ever dry out and lighten back up.. About 1/2 the batch is now not bouyant enough to float when wired..

Plus where they were hyrdo oriented correctly when unsealed, once sealed the end grain on the flat surface of the cut seems to have sucked up more sealer and is now the heavy side, so they want to roll over. This was supposed to be the final batch of darters .

Hey Mike, long time no see... I've still got that kit for you, it's in the car but I haven't made it down to southcoast in a while...

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by Diggin Jiggin

So I read this and I decided to weigh one to see what it weighed and it weighed about 1/4 oz more than it should have. these should have been just under 2.5 and they were closer to 2 3/4. So then I floated one unwired and it sat too deep and wants to roll sideways.

Apparently I sealed them too long. I soaked them overnight like I always do with ayc, but the maple must suck up more sealer. I wonder if they'll ever dry out and lighten back up.. About 1/2 the batch is now not bouyant enough to float when wired..

Been there, done that. If you put it in an oven (toaster oven out side) at 180 degrees for about 15-20 minutes lots of sealer will bubble out of the plug and you may be able to salvage most of them. The stench is god-awful and lingers for about 10 days if you decide to do it indoors.

As for splitting, darters split perpendicular to the grain lines (along the ray lines I think). This thread discussed the same issue and has a picture of a split darter you might find interesting. http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...ad.php?t=54420

[Tagger]

bummer DJ ...