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I am thinking hard about modifying my do-it injectors so they lock, but I thought I would ask the group to see if anyone has attempted it before. I am thinking there should be enough meat to drill in a hole for a split pin and a notch is just a quick file job. It would be nice if the nozzle had more meat to grab onto so there might be an issue there. Am I missing anything else.

I'd never heard of a "Huddleston" tail. Learned something new! Thanks @mark poulson Also, I tub tested it without the boot, and it still had no action (predictably), so I added a lexan lip to it, and now it swims great!

I made a stir stick to mix up my Dead On gallon jugs. Chuck it in the drill and mix away. Beats shaking the guts out of it. I used a 12” long 1/4” wooden rod with a groove cut up the center about an 1 1/2”. I then inserted a piece of plastic milk jug cut just shy the opening width and drilled pilot holes through the wood and plastic. Then I applied glue and used finishing nails as holding pins. All that’s left is to trim the corners up, cut the nails off, grind them down flush and wipe it down with isopropyl alcohol to remove any debris.

Eastman03, there’s an art and a specific technique to using epoxy and it differs according to the brand. Envirotex Lite, aka ETEX, is quite different from Devcon Two Ton. ETEX is a pre-thinned bar top - decoupage epoxy while Devcon is a glue. As for applying heat, that also falls into the “art” category. Warming ETEX before brushing may be ok, though I personally don’t see a need for it. Heating an epoxied lure is also ok or maybe not. If you heat a freshly epoxied lure enough it will expand the air in the wood, forcing it out into the finish. So if you want to heat the lure, do it before epoxying. Also, a lure turner running in a box gently warmed by an incandescent bulb might work fine and shorten the cure time considerably. You can also use an alcohol burner passed quickly over fresh epoxy to draw out any bubbles (breathing on the epoxy can do the same). For me, heat is another variable and the fewer variables there are, the better I like it. The best technique I know of for epoxy, or any finish, or for any crankbait build step: have some patience. Haste makes waste. Measure and mix epoxy well and it will cure hard in its on time without further help.

depends on who you sell to. if they use a scanner to ring up there items then yes the bag needs a upc.

Heres a link at member tutorial to make belly weights.

this tutorial is on this site. I had to google it I made several out of corian scraps I had laying around. Still use them today

Seems normal to me. Standard response for problems is to delete all your history and stuff, always works when I have a problem. TU seems particularly sensitive to history problems. Dave

No change here using google

I'm kind of anal when it comes to my internet speeds. I have Comcast, which is super fast, but you might try running a speed test. I believe this one is universal....... https://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

Hmmmmm..........seems the same to me. Perhaps do a virus or malware check?