Spinner Disc Diameter Question

[Eric Roach]

Originally Posted by Diggin Jiggin

Eric, my spinner has a 12" disc and I can do a dozen at a time. My hooks are a couple inches in from the outside edge of the circle, and i think theres like 2 1/2 inches between hooks.

Thank you for that info. Do you ever wish you had more room when your hands are in there adding wet lures, or do you find it just fine?

[Rockfish9]

There are several pictures of my 2 spinners on this site, ione is an inline, the other rotissary ... If my fading memory serves me, the discs were 6"... but without looking at my blue print or measuring.. I cant say for sure... my advise is not to cramp yourself... other wards you will be hitting some of the plugs with the back of your hand as you apply epoxy to others...

[Eric Roach]

Found these pics of your spinners, Rockfish. Nice work.

I can see how the small diameter spools can be tough if you are applying epoxy to the lures while on the spinner. I'm too clumsy for this, which is why I thought a separate, single-lure spinner to apply epoxy would be best for me.

[Diggin Jiggin]

Originally Posted by Eric Roach

Thank you for that info. Do you ever wish you had more room between lures when your hands are in there adding wet lures, or do you find it just fine?

It is tight, so I guess it depends on your process.

I always wire before I epoxy, so I have the nose and tail loops to work with and I use them to hold the plugs withouth getting my fingers in the epoxy.. I also use spare pieces of thru wire with little U's bent on each end to carry plugs from where I epoxy them to the spinner. I hook the tail loop on a hook on the spinner and attach the spring end to the nose loop.

[Eric Roach]

Originally Posted by Diggin Jiggin

It is tight, so I guess it depends on your process.

I always wire before I epoxy, so I have the nose and tail loops to work with and I use them to hold the plugs withouth getting my fingers in the epoxy.. I also use spare pieces of thru wire with little U's bent on each end to carry plugs from where I epoxy them to the spinner. I hook the tail loop on a hook on the spinner and attach the spring end to the nose loop.

Thank you for that explanation -- that was very helpful.

[adson]

you don't need a motorized unit to do the epoxy
make a small hand turned one for applying the epoxy
just make it the same distance hook to hook as your spinner so you can unhook the ends and move the whole thing to the spinner
here is a swimmer inspired by the rockfish tutorial ready for etex