The joys and pains of plugbuilding

[The Dad Fisherman]

Sweet looking pluggage......But how the hell do you hit yourself in the face doing tail wraps.......I've lost plenty of Knuckle meat....but the face

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Sweet looking pluggage......But how the hell do you hit yourself in the face doing tail wraps.......I've lost plenty of Knuckle meat....but the face

A week ago I actually skinned the bridge of my nose pretty good and should have learned then. I was pulling on the wire with a pair of channel lock pliers and they simply slipped off the end of the wire. Its a technique problem, no doubt.

[Diggin Jiggin]

I'll take a guess. round nose pliers in the loop and vice grips on the end of the wire trying to really pull the last part of the loop tight, and the vice grips slip.

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by Diggin Jiggin

I'll take a guess. round nose pliers in the loop and vice grips on the end of the wire trying to really pull the last part of the loop tight, and the vice grips slip.

You're close, I had an old drill bit in my vise to form the loop around and was pulling with the channel locks....the loop did come out perfect, though.


Anyways, for any of you who don't know me already, I'll be the guy at TFCTFN with the gash above his eye...please stop and say hello....

[eastendlu]

"Say hello to my little friend" and then he pulls out his channel locks

[eskimo]

all too familiar with this. I've popped myself in the mouth twice due to the little fixture I use.

[DZ]

"First time is an accident, second time is...."

Don't let there be a third time.

By the way, nice stuff.

DZ

[angler229]

Apparently, someone needs to show you a safe way to do tail wraps on of these days.