mouldybits

cheers for the link there mate,thats just the job!

thanks for the help guys like i said before i have one in the garage at home from an old metal lathe but wasnt sure if it would be too heavy for my wood lathe what do ya reckon? its around 8inch diameter and around 3 1/2 deep, i've seen chucks for holding wooden vases etc on wood turning websites but as said they're quite expensive

i have a 3 jaw chuck at home off an old metal lathe but thought it may be too heavy for the wood lathe, i had thought about the pressure marks as i used to get these on steel bar when turning pieces out. it would be for the concave mouth on larger popper type lures, as when turning i've found that the wood often breaks long before i get to finish the mouth with the tool and have to finish by hand...is it perhaps i'm turning the lathe too fast?

can anyone tell me if its possible to get one of the large 3 jaw chucks like that used on metal lathes for holding lures?

excellent thread that link,i've saved it into my favourite pages to come back to

hmmmmmm some very interesting comments there folks, i'm hoping to get some popper style surface lures made in the new yr to try out for spring on my local coastline aswell as some more jerk/glide bait style pike lures. every days a school day

thanks for the help all i suppose i'll just carry on with the individual ones for now then just out of curiosity whats the best way to drill a hole right through for a thru-wire construction??

hmmmmm food for thought anyways, it was only to reproduce them so i could have a few different colours of my fav's

sorry meant to say i meant wooden ones, its very time consuming too to reproduce wooden ones but can never get them the same

to exactly the same as the one before to get identical lures??

thanks guys, much appreciated. thats some nice baits you got there bezyb, looks like you gotta nice finish on them. do you buy the beech by the plank? cheers phil

i'm from the uk, its for pike fishing, i've gotta few to get ideas from but not overly sure what the starting point is for them? ie what type of wood to use thicknesses, different curves for actions etc etc.

nope, the plan was to have something with two trebles thats it, just to try and keep it simple on my first go. or do you reckon i should just bandsaw the shape/shapes out and try them first to see if the pattern actually works?? cheers phil

it'll be a wood one i'm wanting to have a bash at, it'll be one piece, the type with two flat sides and perhaps weighing between 2 and 3oz in some sort of shad shape if that makes sense? cheers phil

where do i start with one? cheers phil