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  1. thanks guys! ill try that mixwax stuff.. maybe some bondo experaments
  2. ok well on a nice long test run on my proto 8" trout swimmie, the swim test went well as did the sinking of the bait. but what i noticed is that the bondo i used to fill the tops of the holes i drilled for the weights started to crack (note: on testing i let it hit the walk way around my pool a few times for the beat up test) none of the weights fell out they are epoxyed in, just used the bondo to fill the rest ans smooth out.. so is there anything else i could used that would be "tuffer" than he bondo? maybe just add more hardner<------not sure if that would work just throwing it out there.. thanks, matt duarte
  3. thanks guys! for all your help ill post some pix of where im at now so you can get a better idea...maybe a video to help visulize.. dramone: so you saying that the top picture or the bottom is a bette rway of doing it? mine are drilled like the top pic..i think i might of drilled past the centerline and thats whats causing the wobble? defently trail and error
  4. this guy is the sh1t how the hell does he do it! i couldnt stop laughing defently be cool to have him at a bar or a party for sure! want more i do! haha YouTube - manualist plays deep purple - smoke on the water! more! lil more this ones awesome! for you mozart lovers can you walk this way! hope you enjoyed that i sure did haha:lolhuh:
  5. awesome guys thanks! the mixwax wood hardner seem like it work but when i test the swimbait it doesnt seem to repell water every well...
  6. mark: no these are still my wood protos... once figured out i will be molding them out of featherlite resin... ok well adding more weight was the trick... it swims awesome fast or slow but.....theres always a but right... now its swims as if it had a lip, kinda has a side to side wobble as it swims in the "s" pattern..i mean its not bad but i dont want it to do that lol... any advice on how the wobble got there? maybe i drilled to deep in the belly for the weights? thats the only thing i can think of..its a skinny bait 3/4 to a 1" thick.. but i dont see that being the problem...since Triple trouts and a lot of other baits have a skinny profile.. thanks
  7. ok well i was looking on youtube and came across this vid of a guy making a glider..he shaped it and pre drilled all the holes needed and sealed the bait with etex.. and then painted and put etex again to finish the bait...so can etex be used to seal the wood? it seems like it would work..i use minwax wood hardener.. it looks like it work but when the bait i test a bait after the minwax is completly dry it still seems like its not water proof...
  8. so your saying dont go to deep in the belly? the holes in the picture are about 1/4"deep... i redrilled them last night and went about 1/2" in the belly havent got to test it yet but i will when i get home from work .. i also added more weight to the middle section and a tiny bit in the tail..
  9. ok for some reason the gallery wasnt working for me...so i guess im gettng a infraction for this but here you go..maybe the moderater can move it to the gallery for me... heres the hole drilled for the weights melted the weights and poured in place i put a drip of super glue to sucure the weights and then added bondo so i can get a smooth finish and last but not least bondo dryed and i sanded it smooth you can see the shape of the joints in the pix...since i took the pix i re-drilled the holes deeper to add more weights higher up in the belly of the beast..
  10. ya the first proto had the same hinge style and swam fine..i did change the size of the segments in this one i forgot about that...and didnt really pay attention to how deep i went on the ballast on the first one.. i was pretty much guessing.. i wanted the swimbait (the first proto) to weigh around 4.5 oz so i just made it weigh that... i didnt put as much in this new one..i think the ballast might be the key on this...ill drill deeper into the belly of the bait for the weight, cause i think i did go deep on the first one... well see how this plays out than, i have a few more blanks cut out (made sure i made a few in case mess ups like this happened).. whats your guys take on the shape of the joint? like just rounding the edges or the "V" cut joints..will the swim the same or will it be totally different?
  11. ok so the first swimbait i made was crude and ugly, im pretty sure i posted a picture and a video a while back...since then i redesigned the body, mainly in the tail section. the first proto swam perfect in every way... now with these new ones im making somethings a little bit off... i weighted it yesterday but didnt weight the tail. i know most people dont weight the tail but most also have the tail hinged with one eye screw, mine has 2 as well as the rest of the joints. now i just did a test run in the pool and it tends to roll on its side. the first one didnt do that (i weighted the tail in the first proto) and the first proto didnt roll at all weather reeled in fast or slow it was flawless... so do you guys think that not weighting the tail can be the problem? there lipless swimbaits and i do have the head of the bait tapering down to the nose like it should..so the not weighting the tail is the only thing i can think of... and like i said the 2 baits are the same just with a diferent shaped tail section... any thoughts would be great!
  12. good deal guys thanks for all the replys! i guess ill do them seperatly so i dont gunk up all the eye screws... i like how the bbz and TT are hinged together but every time ive tried it that way it broke apart on the stress test... the hinge pin always pulls out
  13. nice dude! where did you find the pvc? what type was it pvc decking? awesome job! id leave it lip less, lip less baits are the best!
  14. good deal dude thanks... almost seems like it be easier to etex the swimbait all put together, but i guess ill try it seperatly.. also i read that with some top coats when doing 3 or 4 coats you have to wait for the first coat to cure before applying another? im assuming its the same with etex...to be on the safe side im guessing 24hours between each coat?
  15. hey guys i was wondering when brushing on etex or any top coat for that matter do you guys apply it with all the swimbait segments attached or do them seperatly? im using a eye screw to eye screw type hinge, and if i etex the bait all put together is there a way to protect the hinges tso they dont get missed up from the etex? also does anyone hang dry there lures or swimbaits after applying etex? i know d2t has to be put on a wheel....
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