BizFromQC

Here's a related question. My airbrush spits water (or paint) as well from time to time, totally messes up the paint job, a royal PITA. Could the airbrush be responsible (and it's paint coming out) for that or does it have to be the compressor. I unhooked the airbrush and let the air come out of the hose to see if any water was coming out but I couldn't "feel" any. Is it normal? I would want to know for sure a water trap would fix the problem before I caugh up the money for one. I saw a Campbell Hausfeld one with built-in regulator (which I don't need since there's already one on the compressor) for 30$. Seems a bit expensive to me. Any recommendations (in Canada or a place that ships to Canada for cheap) for a good/cheap water trap? Thanks again, BizFromQC

Thanks everyone for the tips, I really like the idea of creating templates with nails (create a couple for different size baits). I'll give it a shot. If I were to go the "wire forming tool" way, which tool specifically have you used or would you recommend to create the through wire ? Here's how I bend it by hand. One of the biggest problem I have is that when forming the wire, since it's just a 20 gauge, it tends to bend a lot and having it "stay flat" for easy mounting between my two balsa pieces is again another PITA. Here's my pathetic drawing done in Windows Paint. Thanks again, BizFromQC

Good afternoon everyone, a new guy here on the keyboard. I've started to make my own crankbaits out of balsa and having a lot of fun in the process. Even built my own drying wheel using a microwave motor (about 6 rpm, I'll try to post some pics of it a bit later). This website/forum is just oozing with information and I want to thank everyone for the wealth of tips and tutorials on how to do pretty much everything related to making your own hard baits. My biggest "challenge" is in "forming" my 20 gauge SS wire for the "through wire construction". I looked at a tutorial here titled "Micro Through Wire Construction" but somehow I can't see the pics and I was wondering if anyone has any tips on how to best shape the SS wire for through wire. I twist everything by hand it is quite a PITA and the results are so so. I'd really like to improve that part of the process, any info, tips, suggestions are appreciated. Oh, another question... Has anyone tried any of the "Wire Forming Tools" out there, they seem to be targetted more towards spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, etc... Could I use one similar to this for shaping my through wires? Hand Held Wire Forming Tool Thanks in advance to anyone taking the time to read this thread BizFromQC