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05-11-2008, 07:25 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: plymouth,ma
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last batch for me...
Here's most of the last batch, I thought I was done but I just found two I primed and brought upstairs to foil and forgot about...
Here's some white and yellow. It was very hard to just paint a plug white and leave it at that...
The big ones are 6 1/2 " and around 3.5 oz and the smaller ones are 5 1/2 "and between 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 oz.
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05-11-2008, 07:27 AM
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Location: plymouth,ma
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A couple of Big blue ones. I really like this color.
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05-11-2008, 07:30 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: plymouth,ma
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And some lead. I'd been messing with tin and Its harder for me to work with and its $$$, so I decided to just pour lead and wrap it in foil...
I epoxied them with rod building epoxy which is soft, hopefully it will dent when they hit the rocks rather than chip...
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05-11-2008, 07:52 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Love those spook poppers.
I've got some old squids that were called tin clads. They're lead plated with tin. Not sure how they did that, any electrochemists out there? Probably isn't difficult.
Something to think about https://www.caswellplating.com/kits/tin_plate.htm |
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05-11-2008, 07:59 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Falmouth, Ma
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Nice stuff, DJ  |
60 % of the time, it works every time.
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05-11-2008, 08:28 AM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
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[QUOTE=numbskull;588822]Love those spook poppers.
I've got some old squids that were called tin clads. They're lead plated with tin. Not sure how they did that, any electrochemists out there? Probably isn't difficult.
Just a guess
Melting point of lead is 621 degrees F
Melting point of tin is 450 degrees F
with clean lead I would think the tin would stick pretty well
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05-11-2008, 10:05 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: cape cod m.a.
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the tins are awesome looking the plugs are too
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05-11-2008, 10:25 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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Truly awesome work. But you didn't make enough  . |
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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05-11-2008, 02:24 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: plymouth,ma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake
Truly awesome work. But you didn't make enough . |
Too funny. I seem to run out of gas a little easier each year. More is a really bad idea for me...
I've been fishing 3 times and I already have changes in mind for some of the offcenter stuff I did. Testing in the winter is a really poor substitute for putting it on some fish and seeing what they do with it...
I'm starting to think I should finish about 1/2 the stuff I turn each winter and just leave the rest of the blanks unfinished so I can make tweaks to the designs, change weight schemes and hook locations as the season goes along.
I tried turning some stuff last summer and the dust just stuck in the sweat. |
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05-11-2008, 02:25 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: plymouth,ma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Karl F
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hmm... might steal that paint scheme on some dannys i got ready for paint ... nice blue! |
Karl that's blue pearl createx straight out of the bottle. |
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05-11-2008, 06:32 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Bridgewater, MA
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Dave - always a nice job.....
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Mike Malone
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05-11-2008, 07:09 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
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Beautiful work all around. |
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05-11-2008, 07:55 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggin Jiggin
I'm starting to think I should finish about 1/2 the stuff I turn each winter and just leave the rest of the blanks unfinished so I can make tweaks to the designs, change weight schemes and hook locations as the season goes along.
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Definitely the way to go. Nothing worse than having a bunch of stuff you don't like or won't use. |
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