[rustyman]

Trying to find the best way to join a stainless .041 wire to the bottom of a 10/0 straight shank hook. I want to make a loop to tie a leader for a big worm so the hooks set evenly. I had a jeweler use a lazer and worked good but I don't want to pay 2 dollars a hook when each bait has three. The hooks also have shrink tubing on them so can't use a torch. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[bassrecord]

rustyman, on 06 March 2010 - 09:19 PM, said:

Trying to find the best way to join a stainless .041 wire to the bottom of a 10/0 straight shank hook. I want to make a loop to tie a leader for a big worm so the hooks set evenly. I had a jeweler use a lazer and worked good but I don't want to pay 2 dollars a hook when each bait has three. The hooks also have shrink tubing on them so can't use a torch. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Recently I used Devcon 2 Ton Metal Epoxy to glue a clamped aluminum piece to a 1/0 round steel fish hook that I had removed the bronze finish by sanding. I'm impressed with its strength so far. Just an idea for you.

Good luck!
John

[rustyman]

bassrecord, on 09 March 2010 - 03:13 AM, said:

Recently I used Devcon 2 Ton Metal Epoxy to glue a clamped aluminum piece to a 1/0 round steel fish hook that I had removed the bronze finish by sanding. I'm impressed with its strength so far. Just an idea for you.

Good luck!
John

Thanks John, is that stronger than jb weld?

[bassrecord]

rustyman, on 10 March 2010 - 12:38 AM, said:

Thanks John, is that stronger than jb weld?

I haven't used JB Weld in years. Sorry, don't know if it is stronger or not.

For rough rule of thumb comparison, first i put the old piece in a pipe vise and used a 18" Crescent wrench and pulled until it broke. Then I put the new aluminum piece into the vise and pulled with the same Crescent wrench and they both broke about the same effort. For a more precise answer to your question, "Is the Devcon Metal Epoxy stronger than JB Weld" I would use a $20 strain digital gage pulling down on each Crescent wrench handle to see where each broke and see which was the strongest.

Hope this helps.
John

[Frank]

Silver solder acid flux and a really hot soldering iron. The heat will only be on there for about 10sec so it will not burn tubing. And it will be real easy when you are set up and will be fast. Just my thoughts Frank