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UKandy

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  1. As dave said above, use weight for the microballoons, also I found with my glides that there really is no fast way to perfection you just have to keep testing all elements until you reach something you're happy with, the biggest thing that caused my glides to either work or not was weight placements & a level sink rate Andy.
  2. Hi all, back after a long lay off & looking to start getting back into my lure making, firstly I hope you're all well Okay so I'm after a little information on the different types of woods you all use for different styles of baits, why do you choose a certain type of wood for let's say a glide bait & another type for a crank bait? What are the important factors in making your decision? I'm looking at making some top water baits, some glide/swim baits & some crank baits, so I'm hoping you guys can give me a heads up on the best woods too choose from for each application? These baits will be 5" upwards mainly for pike. I remember seeing a chat that someone had created for lure builders which stated all the popular wood densities against water, which was helpful, unfortunately due to a major computer failure I have lost nearly all of my lure documentation if anyone knows of that chart i have mentioned and can send me a copy it would be much appreciated. Thanks guys, I look forward to your input Andy.
  3. Hi, have you definitely got your centre line on point & is the weight you're adding dead centre? This would be my first point too check if the bait is leaning over to one side. There are so many differing variations in lure design, be it, store, hobby, custom or hand made that too pin point why you can't always match them for action & weight would be a nightmare, if you think about it, store lures can be made from a completely different wood or material, such as plastic, some can be hollowed out have rattle chambers in them etc, different top coat weights, paints, ballasts the list goes on! I would suggest making something you're happy with yourself, do your own thing and learn along the way, ask lots of questions on here & the guys will help out & trust me they know their stuff! I was in a similar position too you a few years back and as most suggest you just have to try stuff out, if you do want to get as near to store bought lures as possible then maybe resin molds may be an option for you. Andy.
  4. Thank you I will have a look through the links Andy.
  5. Amazing! How do you guys think of these things Andy.
  6. Thanks for the video link, wow that is one heck of a setup right there & inspiring, is there still a place in the market were custom/handmade lure makers can make a living/good profit? The video made me question that aswell Andy.
  7. Thank you for the info provided, I have also been looking down the 3d printing route & resin printing, I'm just not sure what too do with all the choices involved, if I could sell a few baits it would make more sense that's for sure! Andy.
  8. Hi Pete, sorry for my late thanks on this, I've been out of action for a good while now! That was very interesting, I would think it can be modified on to a smaller machine also, will have a think. Andy.
  9. That's a good idea, I like that, so basically make 2 identical half's of a lure and then glue together after insering a through wire etc, makes sense and definitely worth a look into! Andy.
  10. Agree with what you are saying, good points you have made, the link that you shared was interesting, I've never seen that type of machine before, baffles me how it even works! Some more learning is needed I need to swat up on things. Andy.
  11. Some really good points, thank you for sharing, the wood filament sounds very interesting. Andy.
  12. Hi dave, thanks for your input my friend, I have been more and more interested in the 3D printing side of things, as always though I don't want to make an expensive mistake, I will have too take a look into CAD design and see how I go with that, I've worked on a whole lot of computer softwares during my career so hopefully I could pick it up at a basic level okay. The point you made regarding the different types of plastics has got me head scratching though! Would definitely need to do some research as I would have no idea where to start regarding materials. Many thanks Andy.
  13. Hi all, I was speaking to a guy yesterday about making lures & he asked if I'd thought about using a 3d printer for making them, I said that for now I would like to stay down the resin/wood master route at present as I am still very much learning that side of things at the moment. He then asked if there is a desktop lathe/router that would basically do the same idea as the 3d printer but by carving wood spindle blanks, to be fair I was unsure of this, but assume it would be an expensive machine to buy & some kind of cad programme would be needed to run it? Interested to know if you guys know of any options about this, at least I will have that knowledge then Many thanks Andy.
  14. Sorry for my late reply! Thank you for the information you have supplied it's really appreciated, all good advice & I like the ideas you have suggested trying out, as soon as I have time I will get back to the lure blanks & do more testing. On my next batch of testing I will add some pictures from start to finish so everyone has a better visual of the testing stages! Many thanks again for your help, Andy.
  15. Another note I have just made regarding the test lures: I've been holding one upside down in the palm of my hand and it's very apparent that the lures are wanting to roll over quite aggressively at the slightest amount of tilt, the width of the lure bodies are 18mm and the diameter of the ballast holes are 10mm, I'm not sure if the ballast holes diameter ratio too body width are causing some of the roll problem on retrieve, maybe narrowing the diameter of the holes on another test lure too see? Just thinking out loud, I could be going down the wrong rabbit hole here interested to know what you guys think & if it would make any difference Cheers Andy.
  16. Hi Dave great to hear from you, your input is always received with gratitude, so I will look forward to hearing more from you I tried to give as much information as possible so people can understand my dilemma, I know there are so many factors that can change a lures action, therefore I thought I'd ask for a little help. Andy.
  17. Hi Wayne, after a couple of conversations on here, I was advised that a pure resin/micro balloon mix would never get the same kind of desired action as from a wooden lure, but if a certain type of foam pour was used it would give a much livelier action nearer to that of a wooden lure, it was my decision to go down the middle and give a resin/foam mix a try don't get me wrong a couple of people on here also pointed out that they thought it wasn't worth the hassle, I was and still are only starting out on my lure journey so I gave it a whurl right or wrong Im trying! Andy.
  18. Hi guys, not posted for a while I've been doing some more lure testing out on the water. I've been working on a 7" one piece jerk/glide bait for some time now & have tried quite a few different things out throughout my testing stages, as I am using a resin/foam mix for the body (bottom half resin, top half foam) I have been messing around with all sorts of different mixes to achieve the buoyancy I thought I needed. My first batch of test lures produced one lure that stood out from the rest, it had a really nice side to side swimming action on a steady retrieve & if paused upon the retrieve would glide maybe just over a foot in either direction, nothing hugely amazing but it worked well, the problem I had with this lure was it suffered from some belly roll, which became more obvious as it got closer to the rod tip. This particular lure that worked well from the first test batch had 2 ballast placements, one was slightly infront of the centre of balance & one was slightly behind the centre of ballance (this ballast was basically as far back as needed to have the lure sink in a horizontal manner) the ballast holes were quite deep and near to the centre line of the lure, which I believed could be contributing to the belly roll I was seeing whilst retrieving the lures. With that said I went back to the drawing board with the intention to correct the belly roll on the lures & maybe get a slightly greater glide. My thoughts were to use a heavier resin on the bottom half of the lures, this should mean that I would need less ballast which would allow me to keep the centre of gravity even lower down within the body, which hopefully would cure the belly roll problem. After making the second batch of lure bodies with the heavier resin, I still felt that the ballast holes would be too deep & close to the centre line of the lure, so I opted to split the ballast so there were 2 ballast placements next to eachother just infront of the centre of balance & 2 placements next to eachother behind the centre of balance, this allowed for much shallower holes and kept the centre of gravity on the lure very low down. Next was to get out & test the new batch of lures on the water, I found that on a steady retrieve the lures had lost nearly all of the nice side to side swimming action that the first batch of lures had produced & they pretty much had no glide action at all on a pause of the reel, whilst I was stood there thinking what exactly was going on, I happened to give the reel handle a really quick half jerk turn, which caused the lure to glide off in one direction about 4feet, surprised by this I reproduced the glide in the other direction with another swift jerk of the reel handle, I was baffled, these lures had lost nearly all action on any type of retrieve apart from a really quick jerk on the reel handle, I also noted that when the lures got closer to the rod tip the action would fade and the lures basically became a torpedo & still produced a slight belly roll. This has got me rather confused as to what has made such a difference and why the lures would now be acting in this way, I would assume that the vortices would be acting exactly the same on each batch of lures produced, so I'm guessing the slight adjustment in ballast placement has thrown things off, I'm also wondering if using less foam for the top half of the lures would actually help with stability. If the second batch of lures had kept the nice side to side swimming action on a steady retrieve & then I had been able to produce the 4foot glide with a quick jerk of the reel handle, I feel I would have been on to a real winner, unfortunately I've come to the point were it seems it's either one action or another. Can any of you more experienced guys please give me any direction of what I can try next to have the lure produce the swimming action & glide action within the same lure, some shop bought ones I have do both, as you would expect, so maybe I'm down to fine line adjustments now. Two last points I would like to make is that the belly hook on the lures has always been placed directly under the centre of balance, I have not yet tried putting one point of ballast exactly on the centre of balance of the lure & moving the hook placement, not sure if that would help or make a big difference in action, but thought it was worth mentioning, the second point is that the lures are near to critically balanced with an ultra slow sink rate, if I remove the hooks they would float, so could it actually be a point were I'm not using enough ballast to gain a better action in whole (more driving force weight). Cheers guys, as always your help is massively appreciated Andy.
  19. JD thank you so much for the detailed information you provided that will be very helpful for me moving forward Andy.
  20. This sounds really interesting Hillbilly have you got a link for the thread please? Andy.
  21. Thanks again for all the info JD, really appreciated my friend Andy.
  22. Can I ask where you guys get all of your blades/props from please? Andy
  23. Thanks for the input LHL I enjoyed reading it, the Z bend you mentioned is a great idea! Did adding the ballast eliminate all body roll or just help? Your bait looks really cool I like it Andy.
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